The Thai driver has a cope with Williams by to the tip of subsequent 12 months and has been clear that he believes the Grove-based squad has a vibrant future underneath new workforce principal James Vowles.
Nevertheless, Albon’s latest spectacular kind has seen him emerge as an apparent goal for quite a lot of high groups, together with Purple Bull and Ferrari, who’ve vacancies for 2025.
Albon is nicely conscious that curiosity round him is rising and has mentioned that’s the reason he desires to bide his workforce into subsequent season to see what his potential choices open up for him.
Requested by Autosport if he was pleased to carry hearth on making a choice about staying at Williams past 2024, Albon mentioned: “I believe I’ve the arrogance in myself to maintain myself open.”
Albon has loved his return to F1 with Williams, and would love nothing greater than seeing the workforce make the progress it must get again to the entrance of the grid.
Nevertheless, he’s additionally conscious that point is ticking on his profession and he can’t wait without end if he desires to have the prospect to win races.
“There is a stability actually,” he mentioned about the place he noticed his future. “Being completely trustworthy, I need to see this workforce and I need to be a part of a workforce that brings this workforce ahead.
“I believe the speed of progress that we’re having right here at Williams and seeing what’s taking place behind the scenes is nice. I am totally dedicated to the workforce till my contract just about ends.
“However I’m additionally 27. Though I am not younger, I am additionally not {old}. And I do really feel like I’m in a very good a part of my profession. When you take one other 12 months I am 28, then 29 going onto 30 quickly.
Alex Albon, Williams Racing
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“I need to give myself the prospect to have the ability to combat for wins and combat for podiums. And what it comes right down to is, at the moment and in that point, can we deliver this workforce to be that workforce?”
Williams has been making strides in bettering its 2023 F1 automobile, and has made specific good points in including extra downforce.
And whereas an even bigger step could have to attend till 2024, Albon senses there’s a good probability for the squad to unlock a very good chunk of lap time if it could actually type out among the inherent automobile traits which have been inherent within the Williams design for years.
“I believe we’re in a window of alternative for us, as a result of we’re reaching outcomes and we consider there’s much more potential if we will repair these attribute issues,” he mentioned.
“We obtained downforce on the automobile, possibly a little bit bit lower than among the high groups round us, however we’re additionally poor inside some corners the place we simply cannot be on the restrict by the entire nook as a result of we’ve a sure limitation at a sure level. As soon as that goes away I believe we’re going to turn out to be a way more rounded workforce.
“That being mentioned, it sounds very simple to say. It has been a limitation within the automobile for nearly over 5, six years, I might say. So we do want to deal with it and repair it, however I really feel like now, greater than ever, there is a good probability we’ll actually get on high of it.
“We could not repair it fully, however I do consider we’ll make a very good step.”