The availability of on-form drivers like George Russell and Sergio Perez is “a wake-up call” for Red Bull. That is the view of former F1 driver Christijan Albers, as pressure grows on Red Bull to replace the struggling Alex Albon with a faster driver for 2021. “This should be a wake-up call for Red Bull,” Albers told De Telegraaf newspaper. “They need to pay attention to Russell and Perez, who are drivers who are showing a lot of pace right now while there is no one in the Red Bull talent pool. “They need to get one of them,” the Dutchman added. “The team has the money to do it – they have to buy out Russell. “Should Mercedes not put him in the factory team, others will certainly try to poach Russell and his Williams contract would be the least of all the worries.

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