Alexander Albon could spring a surprise in Formula One, says Toro Rosso boss
Little-known British-born driver has moved up from Formula Two
Alexander Albon could be a surprise of the Formula One season, the Thai’s Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost said as testing started on Monday. The 22-year-old British-born driver has moved up from Formula Two, where he won four races in 2018 and finished third overall behind fellow rookies George Russell and Lando Norris. In 2016 he was runner-up to now Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc in GP3, where they were teammates. “I think Alex could become a positive surprise of the year because people don’t know him so much,” Tost told reporters at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. “We observed him last year and also the years before. We must not forget he was successful also in GP3, he was together with Leclerc and could beat him a couple of times and in Formula Two he showed really some good races, good overtaking. I am more than optimistic that he will do a good job,” added the Austrian. Albon, the first Thai Formula One driver since Prince Bira in the 1950s, is teamed up with Russ...
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