Alex Albon hoped his good mate George Russell would let him in on Lewis Hamilton's secret Ferrari F1 switch, but had no luck.
Hamilton’s bombshell decision to join Ferrari from 2025 sent shockwaves through the F1 paddock and has blown the driver market wide open, leaving an unexpected vacancy at Mercedes.
“I would say the only one I really spoke to was George, just to see if the Lewis thing was real or not! “I would say that the effects of the regulation change, I do think there’s been quite a strong push for teams to get their drivers in quite early,” Albon said.
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