‘Totally obsessed’… £45k-a-week F1 driver admits he’s always dreamed of driving for Ferrari one day

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Williams driver Alex Albon has admitted that he’s always dreamed of driving for Ferrari one day.

Albon was speaking to Jake Humphrey on the High Performance App after a fantastic Formula 1 campaign.

The British-born Thai driver led Williams to seventh place in the Constructors’ Championship, scoring every point except one for the team.

His experience showed in comparison to rookie teammate Logan Sargeant and with his contract running out next year, he could be a major player in the driver’s market next year.

Albon has admitted he wants to be challenging for podiums and wins and it’s unlikely he’ll be doing that while at Williams unless they make some huge strides forward over the winter.

If Albon does have some options on the table to leave Williams next year, then it’ll be hard for him to turn down Ferrari.

The £45,000-a-week driver has shared his love for the team and what inspired it growing up.

Frederic Vasseur will be very pleased with Charles Leclerc’s performance despite his bad luck this year.

Carlos Sainz was the only driver to break Red Bull dominance last year, but they’ll both know the pressure is on with drivers like Albon potentially available.

Williams driver Albon admits he dreams of driving for Ferrari

Albon was asked if he grew up wanting to drive for a certain team on the grid and he said:  “There’s always dreams of course. If you just go on my Instagram, you’ll see which team it was.

“I was a massive Ferrari fanboy. I’m in the era of Michael Schumacher so I was totally obsessed but weird obsession.

“I had my dad paint a Ferrari logo on the side of my bed, everything had to be red.”

Albon has never hidden his love of Ferrari and Williams will be well aware that he might have aspirations to move onto a bigger team sooner rather than later.

Growing up, Michael Schumacher might have been the dominant force, but Williams were an established team as well.

The likes of Ralf Schumacher, Juan Pablo Montoya and Jenson Button all challenged at the front of the grid.

However, they could only ever nick the occasional win off the seven-time world champion who inspired so many drivers during his time in F1.

It’s hard to believe there’s now only one German driver on the grid and Nico Hulkenberg isn’t having the best time with Haas at the bottom of the standings.