Alex Albon’s Intense Radio Messages Decoded

The Japanese Grand Prix witnessed a unique display of emotions as Thai-British driver, Alex Albon, vented his frustrations over the team radio to his engineer, James Urwin. In response to Haas pitting rookie Oliver Bearman, Albon expressed his displeasure with a blunt “Yeah, well pit before then!” His anger escalated as he exclaimed, “Honestly, you guys make absolutely no sense.” However, his most passionate exchange was about the car’s gearbox shifting issues. He exclaimed, “These shifts are so bad. What have we done to them? It’s been terrible at the start, it’s being terrible now.

The Radio Exchanges Explained

Albon defended his radio exchanges in a post-race media interaction, stating that fans were not accustomed to seeing this side of him, but such expressions are quite normal during the high-adrenaline moments of the race. He explained, “That is honestly me in my car. I am not… If you had my radio, you would hear me more like that than not like that.

Albon elaborated on the shift issues they encountered throughout the weekend, stating, “We settled on one that we were quite happy with but it didn’t feel like the one that we settled on at the start of the race. So, it felt a little bit like we were driving with an FP1 and FP2, which I wasn’t too happy with.

Regarding strategy, Albon felt they lost unnecessary time due to Max overtaking him on track, followed by a lap in the pit stop. He stated, “Strategy wise, it was more just because Max overtook me on track, and then we boxed a lap after and I felt that we just lost unnecessary time in that exchange.

Speaking about the race overall, Albon noted, “It was a very simple race, maybe a little on the boring side. But I don’t mind boring when I am scoring points.” He concluded by saying, “We had a couple of shift issues. We settled one one we are happy with but it didn’t feel like the one we settled on at the start of the race.”I wasn’t too happy with that.