British-born Thai racer Alexander Albon to race for Toro Rosso F1 team in 2019

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Albon to race for Toro Rosso F1 team in 2019

 

Alexander Albon//Wikipedia

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British-born Thai racer Alexander Albon will race for Toro Rosso next season, the Red Bull-owned Formula One team announced on Monday.

 

Albon, 22, finished third in this year's Formula Two championship and had been due to compete for Nissan in the all-electric Formula E series. He will partner Russian Daniil Kvyat at Toro Rosso.

 

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-11-27

[Jeremy50]

Racing cars should be consigned to the past. 

[overherebc]

32 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

Racing cars should be consigned to the past. 

Why?

[LennyW]

Well done Alex, it's a massive achievement to become an F1 driver!! 

[wgdanson]

Strange that if you Google Alexander Albon, his father is mentioned and named, but nothing about his mother, who , I guess, is Thai. He is of course, represented as a British driver, as Mr Woods is an American golfer.

[MARK74]

Red Bull owned team and Richard Mille sponsorship.

It's got Prawit written all over it

[ThaidDown]

2 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

Strange that if you Google Alexander Albon, his father is mentioned and named, but nothing about his mother, who , I guess, is Thai. He is of course, represented as a British driver, as Mr Woods is an American golfer.

In F2 he is named as a Thai driver not British.

[RAZZELL]

12 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

Strange that if you Google Alexander Albon, his father is mentioned and named, but nothing about his mother, who , I guess, is Thai. He is of course, represented as a British driver, as Mr Woods is an American golfer.

This is probably why!

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219641/Businesswoman-masterminded-9m-luxury-car-fraud-funded-lavish-lifestyle-moated-country-house-flash-holidays.html

 

RAZZ

[JoePai]

35 minutes ago, ThaidDown said:

In F2 he is named as a Thai driver not British.

Albon joins world champion Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Lando Norris as the British representatives on the grid from next year

 

 

[ThaidDown]

3 minutes ago, JoePai said:

Albon joins world champion Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Lando Norris as the British representatives on the grid from next year

 

 

But he officially races as a Thai driver.

When his name is shown on televised F2 races ( as in grid position etc) a Thai flag is shown against his name.

 

[ParadiseLost]

29 minutes ago, RAZZELL said:

This is probably why!

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219641/Businesswoman-masterminded-9m-luxury-car-fraud-funded-lavish-lifestyle-moated-country-house-flash-holidays.html

 

RAZZ

No surprise to see Red Bull associating itself with corrupt Thais in fast cars...

 

Quote

‘We are satisfied she acted alone and her sole motivation was one of excessive greed and the desire to buy luxury goods and live an opulent lifestyle.’

 

To some people money just can't be dirty: This kid grew up in a privileged environment; all the connections (and money) it takes to get this high in motorsport today, were based on his mothers greedy, fraudulent activities.

 

No matter how talented he is, it is disgusting he is allowed to receive such a high honor.

[jonclark]

8 minutes ago, ParadiseLost said:

No surprise to see Red Bull associating itself with corrupt Thais in fast cars...

 

 

To some people money just can't be dirty: This kid grew up in a privileged environment; all the connections (and money) it takes to get this high in motorsport today, were based on his mothers greedy, fraudulent activities.

 

No matter how talented he is, it is disgusting he is allowed to receive such a high honor.

So you punish the children for the sins of the parent? 

 

[overherebc]

6 minutes ago, jonclark said:

So you punish the children for the sins of the parent? 

 

If your brain is back in the 1600's you do.

Devil's Island for the kids after we burn the father or mother.

[ParadiseLost]

8 minutes ago, jonclark said:

So you punish the children for the sins of the parent? 

 

He is hardly a child now, is he?

 

If you follow F1, today more and more young privileged 'racers' are buying their seats. This is leading to a spate of spoiled brats displacing real talented (but poor) drivers.

 

Lewis Hamilton came up the hard way, it must really irk him to see how easily corrupt money can be used to buy a seat.

[josephbloggs]

1 minute ago, overherebc said:

If your brain is back in the 1600's you do.

Devil's Island for the kids after we burn the father or mother.

It never ceases to amaze me the horrible negativity to any achievement by a Thai on here.  Must find a way to denigrate him - either by saying he is British and not Thai (he's just as much British as he is Thai) or by attacking his parents and upbringing.  It is shameful and disgusting really.

[josephbloggs]

56 minutes ago, RAZZELL said:

This is probably why!

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219641/Businesswoman-masterminded-9m-luxury-car-fraud-funded-lavish-lifestyle-moated-country-house-flash-holidays.html

 

RAZZ

I'm interested - did you know this already?   Or did you go digging on his upbringing looking for dirt, hoping to find something?

 

Be honest.

[ParadiseLost]

2 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

It never ceases to amaze me the horrible negativity to any achievement by a Thai on here.  Must find a way to denigrate him - either by saying he is British and not Thai (he's just as much British as he is Thai) or by attacking his parents and upbringing.  It is shameful and disgusting really.

Shameful is he lived in a 5 million pound mansion, got to rub shoulders with the wealthy and access to all the right connections, all on dirty money.

[LennyW]

Why so many sad sacks commenting on this young guy's great achievement!!

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Albon, 22, was born in London but races under a Thai flag. He joins rookies Lando Norris at McLaren and George Russell at Williams and five-time champion Lewis Hamilton.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/46350378

[DM07]

Uuuuuuuuh...he is Thai- born- britiosh...or the other way around...anyways...somehow Thai....I totally wet my pants!

[PREM-R]

I suppose he will be easy to spot on television. He'll be the one driving without a helmet and going the 'wrong way' in the pit lane.

[Scottjouro]

50 minutes ago, PREM-R said:

I suppose he will be easy to spot on television. He'll be the one driving without a helmet and going the 'wrong way' in the pit lane.

Due to his talent he will have a jet set life style, money and women, private jets etc...

 

And your talents gave you the privilage of living in Isaan, LOL... if the world had piles thats where they would be 

 

????

[PREM-R]

But is his 'success' due to his talent? Or has family money 'purchased' his seat in the team?   As for living in Isaan, great place for an old geezer like me. 

Where do you go when the pollution makes the air quality become dangerous in Chang Mai?

[josephbloggs]

29 minutes ago, PREM-R said:

But is his 'success' due to his talent? Or has family money 'purchased' his seat in the team?   As for living in Isaan, great place for an old geezer like me. 

Where do you go when the pollution makes the air quality become dangerous in Chang Mai?

He finished third in Formula 2, so I think it's fair to say he has talent.

[PREM-R]

7 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

He finished third in Formula 2, so I think it's fair to say he has talent.

You are quite right, you don't get a sniff of driving in a professional racing team if you have no talent.   However, there are talented drivers who, without the financial backing, do not get anywhere near to a seat. 

 

It was reported that, in 2016, Lance Stroll's father paid a total of $80,000,000 to secure his son's seat at Williams F1. 

How much to get a seat in F1

[DrTuner]

Uh-oh. Let's hopes it's nurture and not nature or he'll show up on the starting line with a Vigo pickup.

[happy chappie]

4 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

I'm interested - did you know this already?   Or did you go digging on his upbringing looking for dirt, hoping to find something?

 

Be honest.

Does it really matter.same outcome.

[happy chappie]

2 hours ago, DM07 said:

Uuuuuuuuh...he is Thai- born- britiosh...or the other way around...anyways...somehow Thai....I totally wet my pants!

Born in London,father is British,has a British name so I guess that makes him British more than a Thai.as for the mother who fleeced people out of their their savings and run  businesses into the ground like the boiler room boys we shouldn't mention her.

[BKKMG]

The Thai national anthem is always played when he wins which proves he races as a Thai. 

The kid deserves his place on the grid as I have seen his performances. Good for him...

[fruitman]

6 hours ago, JoePai said:

Albon joins world champion Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Lando Norris as the British representatives on the grid from next year

 

 

Vertappen will be the next Champion so Albon will always be in his shade....hope for him he can stand that.

[DM07]

6 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

It never ceases to amaze me the horrible negativity to any achievement by a Thai on here.  Must find a way to denigrate him - either by saying he is British and not Thai (he's just as much British as he is Thai) or by attacking his parents and upbringing.  It is shameful and disgusting really.

He could be from Mars, for all I care!

I never understand, why all Thais wet their pants, when someone is even 7% Thai and has some "success" in sports or something, but constantly look down on "luuk krung" in real life!

I hope, this helps you to understand!?