Alex Albon revealed some surprising insights regarding what is discussed in the F1 drivers’ private WhatsApp group.
Alex Albon has revealed what F1 drivers gripe about in their WhatsApp groups. The Williams ace has revealed the existence of a private group where he and his opponents often communicate.
Albon, who made his Formula One debut in 2019, is a veteran of the club with around 100 grand prix starts. The Thai driver has revealed some intriguing insights regarding what is spoken and, in particular, what they prefer to complain about.
He also discussed the issues of other spin-off groups, including one that summarizes the luxury and lifestyle of Formula One stars in a nutshell. In a TikTok video shared by Cosmopolitan UK, he stated that there is a WhatsApp club for drivers.
“It is definitely business-oriented. I would say it’s 90% business and 10% memes. It focuses on safety and basic day-to-day [business].
“For example, we’ll moan about terrible toilets at a racetrack, which is irrelevant. “I suppose it’s a global ranting forum.”
Aside from the main F1 discussion group, the other groups talk about drivers’ off-track pastimes, such as padel and golf. He then revealed, rather coyly, that there was a private jet group for drivers who shared planes while going to and from races.
Albon then reflected on the possible unpleasantness of drivers who collided during a race, such as friends Max Verstappen and Lando Norris at the Austrian Grand Prix, being forced to share small, but expensive, aircrafts.
“I wonder how it works because a lot of our managers are involved in it and if a driver has a bad race or a driver crashes into another driver and they’re on the same plane,” according to him. “That hasn’t happened to me yet, but does that driver then go to another driver’s plane and fly with another group of drivers.”
Presumably referring to the Verstappen-Norris collision in Austria, which eliminated the latter from the race, he added: “I was on a flight with Lando, Carlos [Sainz], and Daniel [Ricciardo], but Max wasn’t on our flight, so they were never supposed to be flying together.”
Albon, who will be joined by Sainz at Williams next year, is competing at the Dutch Grand Prix, where he has had a solid start to the weekend. Albon was sixth fastest in a rain-affected first practice session at Zandvoort, trailing Norris in his McLaren.
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