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Tost impressed by Albon 'even before start of 2019'
AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost says that he spotted the potential of Alexander Albon even before the start of the 2019 season. Albon was the last driver signed up for last season's campaign, after it took protracted negotiations to free him from an existing Formula E contract. He started his rookie season with the least F1 experience of anyone on the grid. But Tost says that the London-born Thai driver's talent was immediately apparent to him, from the moment he took to the track in pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Albon: No better way to learn than alongside Verstappen “When he started testing it was his first time in a Formula 1 car and he did a really...
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