Alex Albon earned two valuable points for his team, Williams and himself after securing a P9 finish at the inaugural Miami GP
Alex Albon put up a commendable show in Miami to secure an impressive P9 finish at the Miami Grand Prix. The Williams’ driver was placed 18th in the starting grid and a jump of 9 places to secure two valuable points, definitely calls for celebrations. This is Albon’s second top 10 finish of the season and the Thai driver presently occupies the third place in the drivers’ championship with 3 points.
Before Miami, Albon’s other top 10 finish this season came in the Australian GP. Alex Albon put up a stellar show at the Albert Park Circuit to secure a P10 finish and earn the first points of the 2022 F1 season for himself and his team. Albon started the race on the 20th spot in the grid after being disqualified in the qualifying run. A jump of 10 spots for Albon was certainly one of the highlights from the Australian Grand Prix.
The Thai driver is clearly elated to have secured his best finish of the 2022 season so far and took to Twitter to reveal that his ‘lucky omen’ – the red hair is here to stay.
Fans react to Alex Albon’s ‘Red Hair’ on Twitter
The red hair certainly played the role of a lucky charm for Albon in Miami. And, fans seem to love the look of it too!
“the red hair is definitely a good look for you and it’s clearly a good luck charm by now, so lets keep it. great drive, congrats for the points #WeAreWilliams”, tweeted a fan who clearly thinks the ‘red hair’ played a part in Albon’s P9 finish.
“dont think we will ever see him without red hair ever again”, joked another fan.
Fans also had words of praise, appreciating Albon for his commendable effort.
“Congratulations! You’ve gotten driver of the day in two races this season for me. You’re solid. Keep up the great work”, tweeted a fan, who is thoroughly impressed with Albon’s performance.
“Well done like you said you were in a top team after 6 months would have broken many drivers. You are back stronger and seem happy. You will get another shot at a top team in time and you will smash it. Hopefully Williams return to competing at the front”, wrote another impressed fan.
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