Nigel Albon

Nigel Peter Albon (born 8 February 1957) is a British racing driver. He last drove in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for Team Vertu in 2007. His son, Alex Albon, is also a race car driver, driving in Formula One for Williams F1 Team.

Racing career

In 1993 he raced in the Renault Clio Cup, finishing the year fifth on points. During the 1994 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) he raced a Renault 19 for Harlow Motorsport in the Total Independents Cup coming equal fifth with 108 points. In 2001 he drove one race of the FIA GT Championship for the Gamon Porsche team. He did win the Sepang 12 Hours in 2002 for Jaseri Racing with an Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. From 2005 he spent the next three years in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia with a best final points position of fourth in 2007.[1]

His son, Alex, is a Formula 1 driver for Williams Racing, who formerly drove for Red Bull Racing. Alex also formerly finished third in Formula 2 in 2018, and before that been European and World Karting Champion in the KF3 class in 2010.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Pts
1994	Harlow Motorsport	Renault 19 16v	THR 17	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 DNS	SNE 16	SIL 1 22	SIL 2 18	OUL	DON 1 22	DON 2 Ret	BRH 1 DNS	BRH 2 DNS	SIL Ret	KNO 1 Ret	KNO 2 DNS	OUL 15	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 12	SIL 1 21	SIL 2 DNS	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 22	30th	0

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