Alex Albon believes 2025 is his best season so far in F1 as he reflects on Williams’ efforts

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.

Albon’s rookie season in 2019 saw him arrive in F1 with the then-named Toro Rosso (now Racing Bulls), but his talent and performances helped earn him a mid-season promotion to Red Bull where he was partnered with Max Verstappen, taking top-six finishes in eight of the nine races he had that year with the senior squad.

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 – 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.

After a year on the sidelines, Albon returned to the grid for 2022 with Williams, replacing the Mercedes-bound George Russell, and he has made progress with the British outfit ever since.

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.

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.

“I 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.

“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.

“I 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.”

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.

The Thai driver went to add further praise for everybody at Williams for the positive results so far, as they look to secure fifth in the Teams’ Standings, and he shared what’s been making this a successful year so far.

“Really proud of everyone,” he said. “I feel like as a team we’ve made a huge step and we’ve had the results to back it.

“I feel like we’ve optimised pretty much every race we’ve been able to finish and it’s been one of those years where everything is in that good flow state and we just go to every weekend scoring points.”