94-680: Alexander Albon Ansusinha ( Thai : อเล็กซานเดอร์ อัลบอน อังศุสิงห์ ; RTGS : Aleksandoe Anbon Angsusing , pronounced [ʔà lék saːn dɤː ʔan bɔːn ʔaŋ sùʔ sǐŋ] ; born 23 March 1996) is a Thai and British racing driver , currently competing under the Thai flag in Formula One for Williams . Born in Westminster and raised in Suffolk , Albon is the son of English racing driver Nigel Albon and his Thai wife, as well as
188-411: A dialect continuum . Thai language is spoken by over 69 million people (2020). Moreover, most Thais in the northern (Lanna) and the northeastern (Isan) parts of the country today are bilingual speakers of Central Thai and their respective regional dialects because Central Thai is the language of television, education, news reporting, and all forms of media. A recent research found that the speakers of
282-565: A second language among the country's minority ethnic groups from the mid-late Ayutthaya period onward. Ethnic minorities today are predominantly bilingual, speaking Thai alongside their native language or dialect. Standard Thai is classified as one of the Chiang Saen languages—others being Northern Thai , Southern Thai and numerous smaller languages, which together with the Northwestern Tai and Lao-Phutai languages, form
376-807: A damaged radiator at the Eifel Grand Prix , was lapped by Verstappen and finished twelfth at the Portuguese Grand Prix and dropped to fifteenth at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix due to a spin with five laps remaining. He led a race for the first time at the Turkish Grand Prix on his way to seventh place, and took his second podium finish at the Bahrain Grand Prix after Sergio Pérez retired from third place due to an engine failure, making him
470-533: A four-way distinction among stops and affricates . The maximal four-way occurred in labials ( /p pʰ b ʔb/ ) and denti-alveolars ( /t tʰ d ʔd/ ); the three-way distinction among velars ( /k kʰ ɡ/ ) and palatals ( /tɕ tɕʰ dʑ/ ), with the glottalized member of each set apparently missing. The major change between old and modern Thai was due to voicing distinction losses and the concomitant tone split . This may have happened between about 1300 and 1600 CE, possibly occurring at different times in different parts of
564-624: A point with tenth place. He retired from the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with a brake failure. He qualified eighth at the Australian Grand Prix and ran as high as sixth in the opening laps, but crashed heavily on lap six. At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix , he qualified and finished the sprint race in the top ten, but failed to score points after finishing the main race twelfth. Albon started ninth at
658-435: A race seat for 2022 . After finishing his 2021 DTM campaign, he took on a coaching role for AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda starting from the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix . Albon returned to a Formula One race seat in 2022 with Williams , replacing George Russell and partnering former Formula 2 teammate Nicholas Latifi . Red Bull team principal Christian Horner revealed that Albon retained "a link to Red Bull" and that
752-562: A significant advantage. In the early years of the formula there was much concern about safety, with a high number of accidents resulting in injuries to drivers. There was one fatality in the International Championship - Marco Campos in the final round of the 1995 series. Formula 3000 races during the "open chassis" era tended to be of about 100–120 miles in distance, held at major circuits, either headlining meetings or paired with other international events. The "jewel in
846-413: A straight-six short-stroke BMW. This was converted into a sports car, however. The series saw occasional controversy. Definitive rules for the 1985 season did not appear until the championship was well under way. In 1987 questions were asked about the ability of some of the drivers, given the high number of accidents in the formula. In 1989 the eligibility of the new Reynard chassis was challenged, as it
940-530: A syllable that formerly began with a voiceless consonant (including glottalized stops). An additional complication is that formerly voiceless unaspirated stops/affricates (original /p t k tɕ ʔb ʔd/ ) also caused original tone 1 to lower, but had no such effect on original tones 2 or 3. The above consonant mergers and tone splits account for the complex relationship between spelling and sound in modern Thai. Modern "low"-class consonants were voiced in Old Thai, and
1034-454: A well-fought battle with Leclerc for the majority of the race and after battling for several laps, Leclerc finally passed Albon for fifth place. Later in the race however Albon dropped back, finishing the race in 8th position. At the Monaco round , Albon qualified second on the grid with a time of 1:19.321 seconds. In qualifying, the grid was separated into two Groups due to safety concerns over
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#17327916825241128-576: Is a Tai language of the Kra–Dai language family spoken by the Central Thai , Mon , Lao Wiang , Phuan people in Central Thailand and the vast majority of Thai Chinese enclaves throughout the country. It is the sole official language of Thailand . Thai is the most spoken of over 60 languages of Thailand by both number of native and overall speakers. Over half of its vocabulary
1222-697: Is a British former racing driver who participated in the British Touring Car Championship and Porsche Carrera Cup . His mother, Kankamol, is from Thailand. His uncle, Mark Albon , is a former racing driver who competed in one round of International Formula 3000 . Growing up in Bures , Suffolk alongside a younger brother, Luca, and three sisters, Chloe, Zoe and Alicia, Albon attended Ipswich School before leaving to pursue his professional racing career, citing Michael Schumacher and Valentino Rossi as being inspirational figures when he
1316-523: Is derived from or borrowed from Pali , Sanskrit , Mon and Old Khmer . It is a tonal and analytic language . Thai has a complex orthography and system of relational markers . Spoken Thai, depending on standard sociolinguistic factors such as age, gender, class, spatial proximity, and the urban/rural divide, is partly mutually intelligible with Lao , Isan , and some fellow Thai topolects . These languages are written with slightly different scripts, but are linguistically similar and effectively form
1410-583: The 2018 season to partner Nicholas Latifi . While initially only confirmed for the opening round, he was later confirmed as a full-time driver for the team the following month. He started the season with fourth place in the feature race in Bahrain before finishing thirteenth in the sprint race. For the next round in Baku, Albon started from pole for the feature race and followed it up with his first win in F2, while in
1504-627: The 2024 season. As of the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix , Albon has achieved two podiums in Formula One. Albon is set to remain at Williams until at least the end of the 2026 season. Outside Formula One, Albon competed in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Red Bull AF Corse alongside Liam Lawson . Albon was born at the Portland Hospital in the City of Westminster , London, England, on 23 March 1996. His father, Nigel Albon
1598-630: The Australian Grand Prix . He scored his first points at the following race, the Bahrain Grand Prix , finishing ninth. A heavy crash in practice for the Chinese Grand Prix forced him to miss qualifying and start the race from the pit lane. He recovered in the race to finish tenth and win the Driver Of The Day award. He reached the third qualifying session (Q3) for the first time at the Monaco Grand Prix and finished
1692-599: The Baku round of the Championship due to injury. Albon had sustained a broken collarbone whilst out on a mountain biking training ride, and was unable to compete due to the over-the-shoulder seat belts used in Formula 2 . Albon was back in action for the fifth round of the championship, stating that his initial feeling on returning to action after breaking his collarbone was "a lot better" than he expected. He confirmed that
1786-621: The Canadian Grand Prix but retired from the race whilst running in the points on lap 52 after Carlos Sainz spun into him sending him into the wall. After finishing out of the points in Spain and Austria , Albon then earned his second points finish of the season by finishing 9th at the British Grand Prix This meant at the halfway point of the season Albon was 17th in the drivers' championship with 4 points. After
1880-478: The Canadian Grand Prix , executed a successful one-stop strategy and held behind the faster cars of Sergio Pérez and George Russell for much of the race to finish seventh, his best result thus far for Williams. He received praise from Red Bull team principal Christian Horner for his performance. Another Q3 appearance came at the Austrian Grand Prix followed by an eleventh-place finish. He qualified in
1974-658: The Dutch Grand Prix , Franco Colapinto became Albon's new teammate from the Italian Grand Prix onwards. At Monza , Albon scored Williams' third points finish of the season taking another 9th place. During the Azerbaijan Grand Prix , Albon benefitted from a late crash between Sergio Pérez and Carlos Sainz Jr. , which saw Albon finish seventh, allowing Williams to overtake Alpine in the World Constructors' Championship . Albon did not start
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#17327916825242068-591: The Las Vegas Grand Prix , but both failed to score in the race, finishing 12th despite the timing of safety car going against them. Albon ended the season thirteenth in the Drivers' Championship. He scored 27 points to Sargeant's one point, securing Williams seventh place in the Constructors' Championship. Albon continued at Williams alongside Sargeant for 2024 . He qualified and finished outside
2162-611: The Norisring ), 5 podiums (including four rookie wins), and 187 points overall. In December 2015, Albon partook in post-season testing with ART Grand Prix . In 2016, Albon raced for ART in the GP3 . Albon claimed four wins and finished as runner-up in the championship to teammate Charles Leclerc . In 2017, Albon graduated to the FIA Formula 2 Championship , with ART . His teammate for the season would be Nobuharu Matsushita , who at
2256-466: The Northern Thai language (also known as Phasa Mueang or Kham Mueang) have become so few, as most people in northern Thailand now invariably speak Standard Thai, so that they are now using mostly Central Thai words and only seasoning their speech with the "Kham Mueang" accent. Standard Thai is based on the register of the educated classes by Central Thai and ethnic minorities in the area along
2350-774: The Qatar Grand Prix sprint and gained ten places to score points in seventh place. He received two penalties for track limits infringements and failed to score in the main race. More points came at the United States and Mexico City Grands Prix; he finished ninth in both races having started outside the top ten. He was then eliminated in a first-corner collision with Kevin Magnussen at the São Paulo Grand Prix , having started thirteenth. Albon and teammate Sargeant started fifth and sixth respectively for
2444-599: The Russian Grand Prix having crashed in qualifying and started from the pit lane. Albon and Verstappen set identical lap times in qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix and Albon finished a career-best fourth in the race. He finished fifth at both the Mexican and United States Grands Prix, despite taking damage on the opening lap and making three pit stops at the latter. He was in second place on
2538-521: The Southwestern branch of Tai languages . The Tai languages are a branch of the Kra–Dai language family , which encompasses a large number of indigenous languages spoken in an arc from Hainan and Guangxi south through Laos and Northern Vietnam to the Cambodian border. Standard Thai is the principal language of education and government and spoken throughout Thailand. The standard is based on
2632-407: The São Paulo Grand Prix after crashing heavily in the third qualifying session; qualifying had been rescheduled to Sunday morning, leaving Williams unable to repair his chassis in time for the race two hours later. Albon participated in 14 out of 16 races of the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters , with Formula E driver Nick Cassidy taking his place for the final two races at the Norisring . He
2726-648: The United States Grand Prix failed to produce points with a thirteenth-place finish. He qualified eleventh at the São Paulo Grand Prix but a puncture caused his retirement from the sprint, demoting him to the back of the grid for the race. Albon ended the season nineteenth in the World Drivers' Championship, scoring 4 of Williams' 8 points. Albon was retained by Williams for 2023 on a multi-year contract, partnering Logan Sargeant , who replaced Nicholas Latifi. Albon's contract extension marked
2820-779: The WSK Euro Series and 2nd at the CIK-FIA World Championship . From karting, Albon graduated to the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup series where he drove for EPIC Racing in 2012 alongside Kevin Giovesi , Konstantin Tereschenko , Kevin Jörg , Dennis Wusthoff and Christof von Grunigen and finished 38th out of 49 in the championship after having a tough year and being unable to score points. Albon
2914-409: The first Thai driver to score a podium finish in Formula One; he repeated this feat in Bahrain . Replaced by Sergio Pérez in 2021 , Albon continued as a reserve driver for Red Bull and the re-branded AlphaTauri . Albon signed for Williams in 2022 to replace George Russell , ending his association with Red Bull at the conclusion of his first season with the team. He remained at Williams through
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3008-571: The 2013 season with 22 points. In 2014 Albon raced alongside Gregor Ramsay , Jules Gounon and Callan O'Keefe and enjoyed a much more successful year. He was once again unable to find a win at any of the 14 races but managed to get one pole position at the Nürburgring and finished 3rd in the drivers' championship with 117 points. In 2015, Albon switched to FIA European Formula 3 , racing at Signature with teammate Dorian Boccolacci . He finished seventh overall, with two pole positions (scored at
3102-679: The DFV; Cosworth responded with the brand new AC engine. Costs began to increase significantly. The first chassis from March , Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives (AGS) and Ralt were developments of their existing 1984 Formula Two designs, although Lola 's entry was based on and looked very much like an Indy car . A few smaller teams tried obsolete three-litre Formula One cars (from Tyrrell , Williams , Minardi , Arrows and RAM), with little success—the Grand Prix and Indycar-derived entries were too unwieldy as their fuel tanks were about twice
3196-460: The Feature Race, however, he was later promoted to third on the provisional starting grid after Sérgio Sette Câmara was disqualified after the qualifying session after failing to provide the required 1 litre fuel sample. Albon finished the Feature Race in 5th position, after losing places to Oliver Rowland and Nicholas Latifi (both racing for DAMS ) whose car proved to have a lot of pace. For
3290-583: The Grand Hotel Hairpin as Canamasas was spun, causing Gelael to lose his front wing and bringing out a local yellow. Later in the race, Albon found himself stuck behind the slower moving Norman Nato and Jordan King , which eventually caused him to lose places, finishing the race in a disappointing 4th position. In the Sprint Race, Albon started 5th on the grid, and after a very tight race, he dropped back to finish in 6th position. Albon missed
3384-504: The Khmer system first before the Thai borrowed. Old Thai had a three-way tone distinction on "live syllables" (those not ending in a stop), with no possible distinction on "dead syllables" (those ending in a stop, i.e. either /p/, /t/, /k/ or the glottal stop that automatically closes syllables otherwise ending in a short vowel). There was a two-way voiced vs. voiceless distinction among all fricative and sonorant consonants, and up to
3478-587: The Sprint Race, Albon started the race 4th on the grid and managed to move up the grid to clinch his first podium in Formula 2, finishing behind Artem Markelov . He would later score another podium at the sprint race at the season finale in Abu Dhabi , finishing in second after being overtaken by Leclerc on the final lap. He finished 10th in the drivers' championship in his first F2 season, scoring 86 points. In April 2018, DAMS announced that they signed Albon for
3572-491: The Thai-speaking area. All voiced–voiceless pairs of consonants lost the voicing distinction: However, in the process of these mergers, the former distinction of voice was transferred into a new set of tonal distinctions. In essence, every tone in Old Thai split into two new tones, with a lower-pitched tone corresponding to a syllable that formerly began with a voiced consonant, and a higher-pitched tone corresponding to
3666-469: The bone was still "clearly broken" following an x-ray on the Tuesday before the race weekend, and explained that the main issue he is having in the car is a "numb feeling" from the scar he received during successful surgery after the crash. Albon finished the practice session in 8th, which showed that despite the injury, the chance for his first podium in Formula 2 was a possibility. Albon qualified in 4th for
3760-684: The cadet class, finishing 1st at the Kartmasters British Grand Prix and participating in the Super 1 National Honda Cadet Championship finishing 1st in 2006 and 2nd in 2007. In 2008 he moved up to the KF3 class where he stayed until 2010. During this time Albon won the Kartmasters British Grand Prix, Formula Kart Stars Championship , KF Winter Series, Super 1 National KF3 Championship, CIK-FIA World Cup , and CIK-FIA European Championship . In 2011 Albon graduated to KF1 placing 2nd in
3854-403: The calendar was combined with that of Formula One, so the series became support races for the Grand Prix. Several Grand Prix teams established formal links with F3000 teams to develop young drivers (and engineering talent); these relationships varied from formal "junior teams" (such as the one McLaren set up for Nick Heidfeld ) to fairly distant relationships based mostly upon shared sponsors and
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3948-559: The championship the following season with DAMS . Previously a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2012, Albon signed for Toro Rosso in 2019 , making his Formula One debut at the Australian Grand Prix . After 12 races with Toro Rosso, Albon was promoted to parent team Red Bull , replacing Pierre Gasly to partner Max Verstappen . In 2020 , he took his maiden podium at the Tuscan Grand Prix , becoming
4042-765: The crown" of the F3000 season was traditionally the Pau Grand Prix street race, rivalled for a few years by the Birmingham round. Most major circuits in France, Italy , Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom saw the series visit at least once. In 1996, new rules introduced a single engine (a detuned Judd V8 engine, re-engineered by and badged as a Zytek ) and chassis ( Lola ), to go along with tyre standardization ( Avon ) introduced in 1986. The following year
4136-545: The dialect of the central Thai people, and it is written in the Thai script . Hlai languages Kam-Sui languages Kra languages Be language Northern Tai languages Central Tai languages Khamti language Tai Lue language Shan language others Northern Thai language Thai language Southern Thai language Tai Yo language Phuthai language Lao language (PDR Lao, Isan language ) Thai has undergone various historical sound changes. Some of
4230-448: The end of his Red Bull affiliation, although he stated that he still maintained "a very close relationship" with the team; the logo of Monsoon Valley, a wine brand founded by Red Bull co-owner Chalerm Yoovidhya , features on his race helmet. He qualified fifteenth at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix , failing to set a time in Q2 due to front wing damage. He recovered in the race to score
4324-476: The feature race at Silverstone , before collecting two more wins at the sprint race at the Hungaroring , and the feature race at Sochi . A stall on the grid in the feature race at Abu Dhabi ended his title chances; he finished fourteenth in the feature race and eighth in the sprint race, leaving him third in the drivers' championship behind fellow future F1 drivers George Russell and Lando Norris . Albon
4418-475: The final lap. He was fifteenth at the Italian Grand Prix having taken collision damage and a time penalty on the opening lap. Albon took his maiden Formula One podium at the Tuscan Grand Prix by overtaking Daniel Ricciardo in the closing laps, the first podium for a Thai Formula One driver . Albon claimed only a single point over the next four races; he finished tenth at the Russian Grand Prix , collided with former teammate Daniil Kvyat and later retired with
4512-714: The first Asian driver to score more than one podium finish. He finished sixth at the Sakhir Grand Prix , having started twelfth, and finished fourth at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , pressuring Lewis Hamilton in the closing stages of the race. Albon finished the season seventh in the World Drivers' Championship, scoring 105 points to Verstappen's 214. Albon was demoted to the role of test and reserve driver with Red Bull for 2021 , his race seat being taken by Sergio Pérez. Following his demotion, Albon remarked that "it hurts" but added that he hoped to return to
4606-424: The lead of the race. Sergio Canamasas ground to a halt on lap 10 owing to problems with the car. Despite this, he did not pull off the track to retire – instead remaining on the track and gesturing to the marshals asking for a push-start. The dangerous position of the car initially brought out the virtual safety car and eventually, the safety car itself. As the race resumed, Leclerc and Ghiotto began to scythe through
4700-528: The local patois as pronounced in Guangdong Ayutthaya , the old capital of Thailand from 1351 - 1767 A.D., was from the beginning a bilingual society, speaking Thai and Khmer . Bilingualism must have been strengthened and maintained for some time by the great number of Khmer-speaking captives the Thais took from Angkor Thom after their victories in 1369, 1388 and 1431. Gradually toward the end of
4794-550: The majority of the race and finished in 7th position. At the Spanish round Albon placed 3rd on the provisional starting grid for the feature race. Charles Leclerc led into turn one, but found himself under fire from Ghiotto and Albon after locking up. Leclerc began to pull away from Ghiotto, who began to fall into the clutches of Albon, who subsequently made a move into turn one and took second place from Ghiotto. Leclerc pitted on lap seven, along with Matsushita, leaving Albon with
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#17327916825244888-551: The most significant changes occurred during the evolution from Old Thai to modern Thai. The Thai writing system has an eight-century history and many of these changes, especially in consonants and tones, are evidenced in the modern orthography . According to a Chinese source, during the Ming dynasty , Yingya Shenglan (1405–1433), Ma Huan reported on the language of the Xiānluó (暹羅) or Ayutthaya Kingdom, saying that it somewhat resembled
4982-681: The nephew of Mark Albon . After a successful karting career—culminating in his victories at the junior direct-drive Karting World Cup and Karting European Championship in 2010—Albon graduated to junior formulae . After three seasons in the Formula Renault Eurocup from 2012 to 2014 , Albon progressed to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2015 . He moved to the GP3 Series for 2016 , finishing runner-up to Charles Leclerc in his rookie season with ART . Graduating to Formula 2 in 2017 , Albon finished third in
5076-547: The next nine races to evaluate Alex's performance in order to make an informed decision as to who will drive alongside Max in 2020." At the Belgian Grand Prix, Albon was forced to start from seventeenth place due to a power unit change. He recovered to finish fifth in the race after passing Sergio Pérez on the final lap. After sixth-place finishes at the Italian and Singapore Grands Prix, Albon finished fifth at
5170-409: The pack. Oliver Rowland eventually pressured Albon into a mistake to take the lead of the race, although both still had an impending pitstop to make. With the fresh rubber, Albon and Rowland were staging a comeback with both drivers challenging for the podium toward the latter stages of the race, Albon later finished the race in 5th position. In the sprint race, Albon started 4th on the grid and enjoyed
5264-414: The penultimate lap of the Brazilian Grand Prix , but was hit by Lewis Hamilton during an overtaking attempt, dropping Albon to fourteenth place at the finish. He finished sixth at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to close out the season. Albon ended his debut season eighth in the World Drivers' Championship with 92 points. He scored 76 points during his nine races at Red Bull, compared to 97 for Verstappen over
5358-415: The period, a language shift took place. Khmer fell out of use. Both Thai and Khmer descendants whose great-grand parents or earlier ancestors were bilingual came to use only Thai. In the process of language shift, an abundance of Khmer elements were transferred into Thai and permeated all aspects of the language. Consequently, the Thai of the late Ayutthaya Period which later became Ratanakosin or Bangkok Thai,
5452-522: The race eighth. Damage caused by contact with Antonio Giovinazzi on the first lap of the Canadian Grand Prix later led to Albon's first race retirement. Albon's best qualifying result with Toro Rosso came at the British Grand Prix with ninth place, although he failed to score points in the race. Albon started the German Grand Prix in sixteenth place. He and Toro Rosso took advantage of changing weather conditions to run as high as fourth and eventually finish sixth, albeit behind teammate Kvyat who claimed
5546-459: The race from last place and made his mandatory pit stop with one lap remaining. He again started last at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix due to a brake fire in qualifying, but recovered to finish the race eleventh. Albon qualified eighteenth for the inaugural Miami Grand Prix and was classified ninth, his second points score of the season. At the British Grand Prix Albon was involved in an opening lap crash with Yuki Tsunoda and Esteban Ocon after he
5640-455: The race. He started thirteenth and recovered to fifth at the Hungarian Grand Prix . Albon crashed heavily in practice for the British Grand Prix and went on to qualify twelfth. He received a penalty in the race for causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen and dropped to the back of the field before ultimately finishing eighth. He qualified fifth for the Belgian Grand Prix but finished sixth after being passed by Renault 's Esteban Ocon on
5734-468: The ranks. Müller became a BMW driver in WTCC touring car racing after having been a test driver for the BMW- Williams F1 project in 1999 as well as a racer of the BMW V12 LMR Le Mans winner. Sospiri attempted to qualify for one Formula One race but failed to make it, as part of the disastrous MasterCard Lola team. He later had a successful career in sportscars. Wirdheim was third driver in practice sessions for Jaguar Racing , but never participated in
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#17327916825245828-460: The ring surrounding the Metropolis . In addition to Central Thai, Thailand is home to other related Tai languages . Although most linguists classify these dialects as related but distinct languages, native speakers often identify them as regional variants or dialects of the "same" Thai language, or as "different kinds of Thai". As a dominant language in all aspects of society in Thailand, Thai initially saw gradual and later widespread adoption as
5922-424: The royal vocabulary according to their immediate environment. Thai and Pali, the latter from Theravada Buddhism, were added to the vocabulary. An investigation of the Ayutthaya Rajasap reveals that three languages, Thai, Khmer and Khmero-Indic were at work closely both in formulaic expressions and in normal discourse. In fact, Khmero-Indic may be classified in the same category as Khmer because Indic had been adapted to
6016-421: The same period. Albon received the Rookie of the Year award at the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony . Albon continued racing for Red Bull alongside Verstappen in 2020 . In the closing stages of the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix , Albon was in third place at the safety car restart on new soft-compound tyres , behind the leading Mercedes cars on older hard tyres. Albon attempted to overtake Lewis Hamilton but
6110-404: The short and tight nature of the circuit. Albon was part of the 'Group B' qualifying and managed to gain the fastest time in that group, only qualifying 12 hundredths of a second behind Leclerc who qualified in Group A. After an aborted start due to Antonio Fuoco and Sean Gelael 's engines stalling on the grid, Leclerc led into the first corner, followed by Albon. A concertina effect occurred at
6204-410: The situation as "a reflection of how behind we were in the winter period". The team decided to withdraw Sargeant from the event and allow Albon to use the one remaining car. He finished the race eleventh. He qualified fourteenth for the Japanese Grand Prix but was eliminated in a first-lap crash with Daniel Ricciardo. On 15 May, Williams confirmed that Albon has signed a multi-year extension to stay with
6298-526: The size of those needed for F3000 races, and the weight distribution was not ideal. The first few years of the championship saw March establishing a superiority over Ralt and Lola—there was little to choose between the chassis, but more Marches were sold and ended up in better hands. In 1988, the ambitious Reynard marque entered with a brand new chassis; Reynard had won their first race in every formula they had previously entered, and did so again in F3000. The next couple of years saw Lola improve slightly—their car
6392-400: The sprint race he finished thirteenth again. At the next two rounds in Barcelona and Monaco , Albon took two more pole positions but finished fifth in the feature race in Spain after getting away slowly while in the sprint he finished second behind Jack Aitken . In Monaco, however, it was a weekend to forget for the Thai driver, as in the feature race, he collided with Nyck de Vries as he
6486-437: The team had an option to recall him for 2023 . In his first race for Williams, the Bahrain Grand Prix , Albon out-qualified Latifi and finished the race thirteenth. He was in twelfth place in the final laps of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix , but failed to finish after a collision with Lance Stroll for which Albon was penalised. He scored his first point for Williams at the Australian Grand Prix by finishing tenth; he started
6580-410: The team's first podium finish in over ten years. At this stage of the season, Albon had scored 16 points to Kvyat's 27. After the Hungarian Grand Prix , Red Bull Racing announced that Albon would be replacing Pierre Gasly and partnering Max Verstappen at the team from the Belgian Grand Prix onwards, with Gasly returning to Toro Rosso. On the mid-season change, Red Bull stated: "The team will use
6674-404: The team. Albon did not score points in the next three races which included him retiring in Imola due to issues putting the tyre on at his pit stop taking him out of the points battle. Looking to bounce back Albon qualified 9th at the Monaco Grand Prix . He then kept hold of his position to finish in 9th place which marked his and Williams first points of the season. Albon then qualified 10th for
6768-535: The terminology "low" reflects the lower tone variants that resulted. Modern "mid"-class consonants were voiceless unaspirated stops or affricates in Old Thai—precisely the class that triggered lowering in original tone 1 but not tones 2 or 3. Modern "high"-class consonants were the remaining voiceless consonants in Old Thai (voiceless fricatives, voiceless sonorants, voiceless aspirated stops). The three most common tone "marks" (the lack of any tone mark, as well as
6862-449: The three tones of Old Thai were split have since merged into five in standard Thai, with the lower variant of former tone 2 merging with the higher variant of former tone 3, becoming the modern "falling" tone. หม ม หน น, ณ หญ ญ หง ง ป ผ พ, ภ บ ฏ, ต ฐ, ถ ท, ธ ฎ, ด จ ฉ ช International Formula 3000 The Formula 3000 International Championship
6956-422: The time was also signed as a development driver for McLaren . He made his debut in Bahrain , where he started in 9th place on the starting grid for the feature race and finished 6th. For the sprint race, Albon qualified 3rd on the grid, behind Luca Ghiotto and his teammate, Matsushita. However, mechanical problems forced Matsushita to start from the pitlane promoting Albon to second. Albon struggled for grip for
7050-453: The top ten at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix , with the team stating that both drivers were dealing with engine overheating issues during the race. He and Kevin Magnussen collided at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and Albon went on to finish eleventh. He crashed in the first practice session at the Australian Grand Prix and Williams were unable to repair his car, nor did they have a spare chassis. Team principal James Vowles described
7144-586: The top ten for the third consecutive race at the British Grand Prix and finished ahead of both Ferraris in eighth place. He matched his highest career qualifying position at the Dutch Grand Prix , starting fourth. Despite staying on slick tyres during a rain shower in the early laps and dropping to fifteenth place, he recovered to finish eighth. He scored points again at the Italian Grand Prix where he qualified sixth and defended against Lando Norris to finish seventh. Albon started seventeenth for
7238-481: The two made contact, sending Albon into the gravel. Albon later retired with an electrical failure which engine supplier Honda blamed on the collision. He came under pressure from Racing Point 's Sergio Pérez in the final laps of the Styrian Grand Prix but maintained fourth place after the drivers made contact, damaging Pérez's front wing. Red Bull commented that they were unsure why Albon lacked pace in
7332-423: The two marks termed mai ek and mai tho ) represent the three tones of Old Thai, and the complex relationship between tone mark and actual tone is due to the various tonal changes since then. Since the tone split, the tones have changed in actual representation to the point that the former relationship between lower and higher tonal variants has been completely obscured. Furthermore, the six tones that resulted after
7426-418: The use of the 'parent' team's name. The series grew dramatically through the late nineties, reaching an entry of nearly 40 cars - although this in itself was problematic as it meant many drivers failed to qualify. In 2000, the series was restricted to 15 teams of two cars each. However, by 2002 expenses were once more very high and the number of entries, and sponsors, rapidly dwindled. International Formula 3000
7520-605: Was a motor racing series created by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in 1985 to become the final preparatory step for drivers hoping to enter Formula One . Formula Two had become too expensive, and was dominated by works-run cars with factory engines; the hope was that Formula 3000 would offer quicker, cheaper, more open racing. The series began as an open specification, then tyres were standardized from 1986 onwards, followed by engines and chassis in 1996. The series ran annually until 2004, and
7614-479: Was a popular choice, having been made obsolete in Formula One by the adoption of 1.5 litre turbocharged engines. The rules permitted any 90-degree V8 engine, fitted with a rev-limiter to keep power output under control. As well as the Cosworth, a Honda engine based on an Indy V8 by John Judd also appeared; a rumoured Lamborghini V8 never raced. In later years, a Mugen-Honda V8 became the unit of choice, eclipsing
7708-453: Was a thorough mixture of Thai and Khmer. There were more Khmer words in use than Tai cognates. Khmer grammatical rules were used actively to coin new disyllabic and polysyllabic words and phrases. Khmer expressions, sayings, and proverbs were expressed in Thai through transference. Thais borrowed both the Royal vocabulary and rules to enlarge the vocabulary from Khmer. The Thais later developed
7802-731: Was competitive with the Reynard in 1990—and March slip, but both were crushed by the Reynard teams, and by the mid-90s, F3000 was a virtual Reynard monopoly, although Lola did eventually return with a promising car and the Japanese Footwork and Dome chassis were seen in Europe. Dallara briefly tried the series before moving up to Formula One , and AGS moved up from Formula Two but never recaptured their occasional success. At least one unraced F3000 chassis existed—the Wagner fitted with
7896-550: Was driving for the Italian outfit AF Corse alongside Formula 2 driver Liam Lawson , with financial backing from Red Bull and AlphaTauri . On 22 August 2021, Albon won his maiden DTM race at the Nürburgring , becoming the first Thai driver to win a DTM race. * Season still in progress. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Thai language Thai , or Central Thai (historically Siamese ; Thai: ภาษาไทย ),
7990-545: Was entering the pitlane, spinning him around in the pitlane entrance, while in the sprint race he collided with Campos ' Roy Nissany approaching the Nouvelle Chicane. Another retirement would follow in the feature race at Le Castellet after he suffered an engine failure. In the sprint race, he finished seventh, one place ahead of Latifi. After finishing fifth in both races at the Red Bull Ring, Albon won
8084-816: Was experiencing tough competition with cheaper formulae, such as European F3000 (using ex-FIA 1999 and 2002 Lola chassis), World Series by Nissan (also known as Formula Nissan) and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup . By the end of 2003, car counts had fallen to new lows. The 2004 season was the last F3000 campaign, due in part to dwindling field sizes. In 2005 it was replaced with a new series known as GP2 , with Renault backing. Three past F3000 champions (Müller, Junqueira and Wirdheim) have never been entered in an F1 race. Montoya and Bourdais became Champions in North American open-wheel ( CART and Champ Car ) respectively, with Fittipaldi, Moreno, Junqueira and Wilson also becoming race winners, and Danner and Wirdheim making
8178-489: Was hit from behind by Sebastian Vettel . He was hospitalised for precautionary checks and suffered no serious injuries. At the Belgian Grand Prix he reached Q3 for the first time with Williams, qualifying ninth and starting sixth due to grid penalties for other drivers. He finished the race tenth, scoring a point. Albon was forced to withdraw from the Italian Grand Prix after suffering from appendicitis and
8272-532: Was raced with a different nose to the one that had been crash tested. This season also saw problems with driver changes - the cost of F3000 was escalating to the point that teams were finding it difficult to run drivers for a whole season. A rule limiting driver changes to two per car per season meant that some cars had to sit idle while drivers with budgets could not race them. In 1991, some Italian teams started using Agip 's so-called "jungle juice" Formula One fuel, worth an estimated 15 bhp, giving their drivers
8366-506: Was replaced by Nyck de Vries . Williams later revealed that Albon had suffered anaesthetic -related respiratory failure following his surgery but was recovering well. He recovered in time for the Singapore Grand Prix , three weeks later, where he retired with damage from colliding with the barriers. He then retired on the opening lap of the Japanese Grand Prix after a collision with Kevin Magnussen. An eighth-place start at
8460-532: Was replaced in 2005 by the GP2 Series . The series was staged as the Formula 3000 European Championship in 1985, as the Formula 3000 Intercontinental Championship in 1986 and 1987 and then as the Formula 3000 International Championship from 1988 to 2004. Formula 3000 replaced Formula Two, and was so named because the engines used were limited to 3000cc maximum capacity . Initially, the Cosworth DFV
8554-527: Was signed by Nissan e.dams alongside Sébastien Buemi as one of its drivers for the 2018–19 Formula E season , but he was released before the start of the season to instead drive in the 2019 Formula One season for Toro Rosso . His place was taken by former F2 colleague Oliver Rowland , who previously competed in the 2015 Punta del Este ePrix as an injury replacement for Mahindra Racing 's Nick Heidfeld . On 26 November 2018, Nissan e.dams terminated their Formula E contract with Albon after rumours he
8648-541: Was signed to the Red Bull Junior Team throughout the year, but was dropped at the end of 2012. In 2013 Albon joined KTR to race in the 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season alongside Yu Kanamaru and Ignazio D'Agosto finishing 16th out of 36 in the championship. Albon managed to secure one fastest lap and one pole position in the 2013 season, both of them coming at the Red Bull Ring in Austria . He finished
8742-452: Was to sign for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One. On the same day, Toro Rosso announced Albon would join the team for 2019 alongside Daniil Kvyat and thus Albon's relationship with Red Bull Racing, which had ended seven years prior, was restored. He is the second Thai driver to compete in Formula One and the first since Prince Birabongse Bhanudej competed in 1954 . Albon qualified thirteenth and finished fourteenth in his debut race,
8836-461: Was younger. Albon holds dual British and Thai nationality, and races under the Thai flag. Albon practises Buddhism . Albon and his family own a number of pets, consisting of at least twelve cats, a dog and two horses. He has been publicly dating Chinese LPGA golfer Lily He since 2019. Albon started competitively racing karts in 2005 at the age of 8, competing locally and winning his local Hoddesdon Championship. In 2006 Albon started racing in
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