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Thai British Driver Alex Albon Wins Formula One Tuscan Grand

Thai-British driver Alex Albon thanked Red Bull for their faith in him after he took his first Formula One podium finish at the Tuscan Grand Prix.

The 24-year-old British-born Formula one driver finished third behind the Mercedes drivers at the Ferrari-owned circuit. He became the first Thai on the podium since the championship started in 1950.

Albon’s seat has been the subject of some speculation after he traded places with Pierre Gasly last year. With the French driver demoted back to Toro Rosso (now AlphaTauri).

Gasly won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza a week ago in a shock result and his form since being demoted. Coupled with Albon having a tough time alongside Max Verstappen, had added to the pressure.

“Thanks for sticking with me,” Albon said over the team radio after a race that saw Verstappen retire on the opening lap. “The team has supported me since Day One. It’s really good to get a podium, just to show that I can do it,” he added to Sky Sports television.

Lewis Hamilton takes 90th win of his Formula One career

 Thai-British Driver Alex Albon Wins 3rd at Formula One Tuscan Grand Prix

Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton celebrated the 90th win of his Formula One career, one short of Michael Schumacher’s all-time record, after a crazy crash-strewn Tuscan Grand Prix on Sunday that was twice stopped and re-started.

The six-times world champion’s Finnish team mate Valtteri Bottas completed the Mercedes one-two at the Ferrari-owned Mugello circuit in central Italy.

Red Bull’s British-born Thai driver Alexander Albon, whose Dutch team mate Max Verstappen retired in the gravel after a second corner collision, took third place for his first career F1 podium.

“It was all a bit of a daze. It was like three races in one day,” gasped Hamilton, who finished 4.880 seconds clear of Bottas for a record 222nd points finish in a race with three standing starts.

“All those restarts, the focus that’s needed during that time, it’s really, really hard,” he said.

The race was Ferrari’s 1,000th championship grand prix but the best the sport team could manage was eighth for Charles Leclerc.

Hamilton’s sixth win in nine races this season sent him 55 points clear of Bottas, with eight rounds remaining, and the Briton also took an extra point for fastest lap.

Mercedes, celebrating their 100th win in the modern era, are now 152 points clear of second-placed Red Bull in the constructors’ standings.

The race was first stopped eight laps in after a mass-collision among backmarkers when the safety car, deployed at the end of the opening lap, headed back into the pits.

It was red-flagged again with 13 laps remaining when Canadian Lance Stroll crashed his Racing Point after an apparent puncture.  – Reuters

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