rooster59 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Thai driver qualifies for F1 Australian Grand Prix By The Nation Thai driver Alex Albon Thai driver Alex Albon brushed aside his crash in Friday’s practice to outpace his teammate in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday and earn a place on the starting grid. Sunday’s race will see a Thai flag flying over the grid for the first time in the modern F1 era. Albon, born to a Thai mother and an English father, posted an impressive time of 1m22.636s in qualifying for 13th place on the grid. More impressive still was that the Thai rookie out-qualified his Toro Rosso teammate, Daniil Kvyat, who already has a season in F1 under his belt. Kvyat will start two places behind Albon on the grid in 15th. Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton took pole position with a time of 1m20.486s, just ahead of his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. Third on the grid is Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel while Red Bull driver Max Verstappen rounds off the top four. The race begins on Sunday at 12.10pm Thai time. Provisional starting grid POS DRIVER CAR TIME GAP 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m20.486s - 2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1m20.598s 0.112s 3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m21.190s 0.704s 4 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda 1m21.320s 0.834s 5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1m21.442s 0.956s 6 Romain Grosjean Haas/Ferrari 1m21.826s 1.340s 7 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 1m22.099s 1.613s 8 Lando Norris McLaren/Renault 1m22.304s 1.818s 9 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 1m22.314s 1.828s 10 Sergio Perez Racing Point/Mercedes 1m22.781s 2.295s 11 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1m22.562s - 12 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1m22.570s - 13 Alexander Albon Toro Rosso/Honda 1m22.636s - 14 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 1m22.714s - 15 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso/Honda 1m22.774s - 16 Lance Stroll Racing Point/Mercedes 1m23.017s - 17 Pierre Gasly Red Bull/Honda 1m23.020s - 18 Carlos Sainz McLaren/Renault 1m23.084s - 19 George Russell Williams/Mercedes 1m24.360s - 20 Robert Kubica Williams/Mercedes 1m26.067s - Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/sports/30365930 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-03-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Let's take nothing away from Alex Albon and as a rookie he excelled in yesterdays qualifying. However his skill he clearly inherited from his British Father, himself a former race car driver and he was very fortunate that it was under the guidance of his Father growing up during his adolescent informative years which is just as well as his Thai Mother, Kankamol , was not around much after receiving her 6 year sentence in the UK during July 2012 for serious fraud. Her current whereabouts appears cloudy but suspected to be back in her native Thailand, although Alex Albon did make mention during yesterdays Sky interview that he phoned her when he got the Torro Rosso seat in Dec 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombra Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 An article in the Daily Mirror dated last December said that Alexander Albon lived with his Thai mother in Milton Keynes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phkauf Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 As a Thai Driver, I'm not astonished that he's fast, more that he actually follows the rules and doesn't crash into everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasewheel Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 It will all go fine until he flees the scene of his first crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heybuz Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Number 10 seems to have a slower time than 11 and 12 13 14 but is ahead on the grid,or should I put my glasses on.not a race fan don't know how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 There is a nation of emulators on the road right now???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vogie Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I just wonder how the other drivers will feel when they go into the first chicane and see him coming towards them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 21 hours ago, Ombra said: An article in the Daily Mirror dated last December said that Alexander Albon lived with his Thai mother in Milton Keynes. Well even if you believe that, given this Thai fraudster was only released from the UK prison in 2018 ( https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=kankamol+albon+released&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY0qHM04rhAhWnUxUIHYRpD-sQ1QIoA3oECAIQBA&biw=1366&bih=657) , and with Alex touring so much in his profession, then I wonder how many minutes he has actually lived with his mother since she was released ? Also 192.com apparently show any records for either of them living in Milton Keynes. Guess now with his F1 career kick started again he will soon be looking move out of the UK perhaps to live as many do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 On 3/17/2019 at 1:50 PM, Greasewheel said: It will all go fine until he flees the scene of his first crash. Fortunately apart from having a Thai mother he is very much 100% British. I think his decision to race under a Thai flag maybe more to do with RedBull... Maybe in a year or to he will be racing for a new team called กระทิงแดง (Krathing dæng). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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