Alex Albon believes 2025 has been his best season yet in F1, as he approaches six years in the sport and four years as a Williams driver.<\/p>\n
Albon\u2019s<\/a> rookie season in 2019 saw him arrive in F1 with the then-named Toro Rosso (now Racing Bulls<\/a>), but his talent and performances helped earn him a mid-season promotion to Red Bull<\/a> where he was partnered with Max Verstappen<\/a>, taking top-six finishes in eight of the nine races he had that year with the senior squad.<\/p>\n However, his 2020 season proved to be more of a struggle for the Thai driver as he finished seventh in the Drivers’ Standings with 105 points \u2013 109 points less than his third-place team mate. As a result he was demoted by Red Bull at the end of 2020 and took on the position of test and reserve driver with the squad.<\/p>\n After a year on the sidelines, Albon returned to the grid for 2022 with Williams, replacing the Mercedes-bound George Russell<\/a>, and he has made progress with the British outfit ever since.<\/p>\n That trajectory has continued in 2025, with Williams’ increased performance levels helping him to shine, and the 29-year-old has three fifth-place finishes to shout about in Australia, Miami and Imola. As a result he currently sits eighth in the Drivers’ Standings on 54 points, just 10 points behind Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli<\/a>.<\/p>\n Speaking ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, Albon was asked if this was his best season in F1 as he singled out the improvements Williams had made as a team.<\/p>\n \u201cI would say so, yeah,” he said on whether 2025 was his best campaign. “So far. Let’s see how the second half of the year goes but I think I’ve been driving well.<\/p>\n “I don’t think it’s been so different to my other years but I feel like I’ve been consistent, taking my opportunities when I can, not making mistakes, which is always a good sign and at the same time I also have the car that allows me to score the points.<\/p>\n \u201cI don’t think that was necessarily the case when I first joined Williams but nowadays we’ve made such big steps… I also feel confident in the car, it goes both ways. You drive better because the car is better to drive.\u201d<\/p>\n April was the first time Albon failed to score in 2025, with the Thai driver having a blistering start to the season having claimed P5, P7 and P9 in Australia, China and Japan respectively.<\/p>\n