Red Bull should still be a frontrunner in 2022, according to departing team reserve Alex Albon. Albon, who was Max Verstappen’s teammate in 2019 and 2020, is returning to the grid with Williams this year. Albon, 25, denies that Red Bull may have seriously compromised its preparations for the 2022 car by focusing so hard on the end of the 2021 campaign. Albon struggled as Verstappen’s teammate and was ultimately replaced by the much more experienced Sergio Perez last year – who also took time to get up to speed. So it took some time to adjust to the car but I think I really feel at home here now,” Perez added.

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