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Why Albon should turn down Toro Rosso F1 drive

There was a murmur about the Formula E paddock when recently signed Nissan e.dams driver Alex Albon was suddenly linked to a Formula 1 Toro Rosso seat. Even by the standards of this year’s F1 driver market, which has been more ferocious than ever, it would seem out of the question that someone who had just been announced as a works driver in a completely different series would then drop it for something else. Let’s look at how this all came out. Albon has linked with Jean-Paul Driot’s FE team though it being run by DAMS, the team he races for in Formula 2. In return for taking the seat in FE, he had a considerable portion of his F2 budget paid for. Once upon a time he was also...
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