“Half the grid, top teams” chase Alex Albon | Revealing who wanted him this year

The Williams driver, highly touted throughout the F1 paddock,ꩵ could take his talents further up the grid due ♋to his emergence into a consistently high performer.
And Williams have already fended off interest to take Albon🍸 for this season from two rival teams.
“There is so much interest from other teams,” reported Lawrence B💦arretto for .
“Many of Red Bull’s senior e⛄ngineers are understood to rate him very highly.
“It’s believed there have been conversations (either formal or informal) with at least half the grid, some 💟of which, sources tell me, are top teams.
“The driver market is wide open for 2025 – a♋side from McLaren, every single team have at least one seat available.
“Sure, Albon do✅esn’t have a race win or World Championship under his belt – but those are actually few and far between. He has proved unequivocally that he is one of the most e🌌xciting talents on the grid right now.
“Few are operating at such a high level. If he m💃aintains this trajectory, it’s difficult to see how he won’t be a key player in the 2025 driver market, which has already opened for business. That’s quite a position to be in, considering how ble🐬ak things looked at the end of 2020.
“Albon and his management have a to💃ugh call to make.
“If they stay at Williams, they will know it could be five or six years at the earliest before the team are competitive. By then, Albon will be 3ꦕ2 or 33. That’s still a decade younger than [Fernando] Alonso – but those years could well end up being his best.
“🌜Stay, though, and if Williams continue to improve and become a force in the future, not only will Albon have played a significant role in that revival but he’ll haꦦve a team built around him.
“Sources s𒁃ay two t🍬eams were interested in his services for 2023.
“One of them was Alpine. Haas are believed to have been the other, as thꦺey assessed candidates to partner Kevin Magnussen.”
Albon has come a l🔥ong way since b▨eing axed as Max Verstappen’s teammate at Red Bull.
Red Bull notably have a vacancy for the 2025 season. Sergio Perez’s deal wil♛l expire and he is coming under a lot of pressure.
Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are also contracted until the e✃nd of 2024 so, should the famous Italian team want to chase Albon, they could find space.
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alons🌸o is only tied down for next season creating another intriguing landing spo♕t for Albon.
He currently sits 13th in the F1 standings.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from A🐈merican sports, to football, to F1.