Confirmed: Alexander Albon joins Williams F1 Team for 2022 season

It was confirmed yesterday (8/9/21), that former Red Bull driver Alexander Albon will race with Williams F1 Team for 2022 season, returning to the sport after a year on the sidelines, alongside Nicholas Latifi, completing the team's driver line-up for 2022.

Albon will remain in the Red Bull family for 2022, despite he will not racing in either Red Bull team in 2022, means he could return to either team for 2023.

Albon made his Grand Prix debut in F1 at the start of the 2019 for Scuderia Toro Rosso (now called AlphaTauri), after some impressive drives with the team, Albon moved to Red Bull Racing in the middle of the 2019 replacing Pierre Gasly, resulted multiple top six finishes for the rest of the season.

Despite a few podiums during 2020 season, Albon lost his drive at Red Bull demoted to the role of reserve and development driver for 2021, replaced him with Sergio Pérez. Albon only racing this season is with a Red Bull backed Ferrari in DTM, Albon currently sits sixth in the standings.

In my opinion, this was no big surprise this news happen, which has been strongly rumoured. Also, outgoing driver (and friend) George Russell wanted him to replace him at Williams for 2022 despite other drivers could have the drive with the team such as Nyck de Vries (Mercedes backed) or Guanyu Zhou (Alpine backed) taking his spot.

Things are looking up for the Williams team in 2022.