Amidst claims that Red Bull’s Thai owners want to bring Alex Albon back into the fold, James Vowles says his driver is up to the task of having Max Verstappen as a team-mate.

But that doesn’t mean Albon is going anywhere.

Alex Albon a ‘completely different animal’ to his Red Bull days

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher

Albon was parachuted into a Formula 1 race seat in 2019 having been called up by the Formula 1 team as he geared up to race for Nissan e.dams alongside Sébastien Buemi in Formula E.

He contested all of 12 grands prix with Red Bull’s sister team, Toro Rosso, before replacing Pierre Gasly at the senior outfit alongside Verstappen.

But a year and a half later, after two podiums and almost 200 points, Albon was demoted to a test driver role with his Red Bull seat going t

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