Alex Albon experienced a two-sided 2025 season: brilliant in the first part, then on the decline in the second, with mistakes and missed opportunities that leave room for regret, especially considering the podiums achieved by Carlos Sainz. Despite this, Albon describes it as his best year in Formula 1, attributing the credit to the major step forward made by Williams in the midfield.
Alex Albon’s 2025 season can be divided into two clearly distinct phases. In the first part of the championship, he shone, delivering highly valuable results that allowed him to build up a significant points tally.
A points haul that ultimately proved sufficient for him to finish the season ahead of his team-mate in the standings, ending up inside the top 10 in seven of the first eight races. In the second half of the season, however, the trend completely reversed: Albon was no longer able to stand out, and his performances failed to match the excellent start to the campaign.
While Carlos Sainz made a clear step forward, finally managing to capitalise on opportunities that he had not been able to exploit in the first part of the season, also due to factors beyond his control, Alex Albon ran into a series of errors and incidents that, at key moments, left him scoring far fewer points than his team-mate: just under half.
In fact, some of those points also came by taking advantage of rivals’ misfortunes rather than outright performance, such as the fifth place he secured in the Netherlands. Starting well outside the top 10, Alex Albon was able to climb the order thanks to an excellent launch off the line and the numerous incidents that occurred ahead of him, including the one involving Sainz and Liam Lawson.
The last races in which he managed to score points were Monza, where he finished seventh thanks to a favourable strategy after starting 14th, and the Sprint race in Austin, which he completed in sixth place while Carlos Sainz finished third. A period that Alex Albon himself described, without mincing his words, as a “bad run”.
Despite a rather disappointing second half of the season, in which qualifying errors weighed more heavily than the lack of outright performance, such as in Azerbaijan and Qatar, Albon still described 2025 as his best year in Formula 1. This assessment is also linked to the fact that, for the first time during his time at Williams, he felt he had a team-mate capable of pushing him to improve.
A level of performance that was certainly helped by a Williams car that was finally competitive and no longer overweight at the start of the season. It was precisely the points collected by Albon in the early races, where he truly made the most of every available opportunity, even with a few fortunate episodes, that allowed the team to consolidate fifth place in the Constructors’ Championship, a position later further strengthened by Carlos Sainz in the second half of the season.
Williams therefore finished fifth in the Constructors’ Championship, its best result since 2017. At Grove, the wind is changing, and among the most positive elements is Albon himself, who considers 2025 his “best season ever”, despite the absence of podium finishes.
“I would say it’s been my best season so far. In many ways, I think the credit obviously goes to the car. I’ve already said it, but I don’t think I’ve changed very much in my approach this year: it’s the car, and what the boys and girls have done in the factory, that has represented a huge step forward,” Albon explained, acknowledging that much of the credit belongs to Williams, which managed to produce a car that was finally competitive in the heart of the midfield and capable of defending itself even without updates during the season.
A level of performance that was certainly helped by a Williams car that was finally competitive and no longer overweight at the start of the season. It was precisely the points collected by Albon in the early races, where he truly made the most of every available opportunity, even with a few fortunate episodes, that allowed the team to consolidate fifth place in the Constructors’ Championship, a position later further strengthened by Carlos Sainz in the second half of the season.
Williams therefore finished fifth in the Constructors’ Championship, its best result since 2017. At Grove, the wind is changing, and among the most positive elements is Alex Albon himself, who considers 2025 his “best season ever”, despite the absence of podium finishes.
“I would say it’s been my best season so far. In many ways, I think the credit obviously goes to the car. I’ve already said it, but I don’t think I’ve changed very much in my approach this year: it’s the car, and what the boys and girls have done in the factory, that has represented a huge step forward,” Alex Albon explained, acknowledging that much of the credit belongs to Williams, which managed to produce a car that was finally competitive in the heart of the midfield and capable of defending itself even without updates during the season.
“I’m very proud of the team, because I feel that every year we’ve taken steps forward, but now it feels like everything is starting to come together. As a team, as a unit, we’re finding the right balance. We know the road ahead is still long, but I hope that my chances of reaching the podium will come a little sooner rather than later.”
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