#and check tags like liam lawson or dtm or look for the year 2021 that should all be findable enough

[alexalblondo]

Can you explain Alex and Liam's relationship in 2021. And about Alex being a mentor in general. And his place in RBR politics at the time

basically Alex @ everyone:

On a serious note:

Alex lost his seat F1 after 2020 cause Checo had the money and the experience and the results but RB dragged the decision out for reasons (the reasons being that they could and also Alex being thai) so Alex was still under contract for 2021 and had no way out (and I think kinda didn’t want to get out) so RBR basically could put Alex anywhere they wanted him so they 1) made Alex their sim and development driver meaning Alex did basically all the sim work for RBR and helped the engineers fix all the issues the car had in the year beforehand that he struggled with according to everyone and according to Checo was fundamental in him adjusting to the car and the team so quickly cause Alex gave him all the tipps and 2) RB signed Yuki for AT and cause Alex is Alex (RE: tall like the Statue of Liberty) they made him mentor Yuki which he did a lil reluctantly cause he knew he wasn’t getting Checo’s seat but he still felt he had a chance at AT but also he’s Alex so he got over it quickly and helped Yuki cause Yuki had barely any international racing experience (basically didn’t know any tracks) and then 3) DTM was struggling as a series and was sold and Gerhard Berger bought into it and he called up his old buddies at RedBull and got them to offer two drivers and at the point Liam and Alex where two very high profil single seater drivers that RB didn’t really know what to do with so why not give them a different challenge so Liam did double duties with F2 and Alex basically stopped sleeping and started working non stop and helping Liam a lil cause Alex is a big brother at heart and likes to help people and Liam was a 19 year old flocking to him yeah that’s RedBull part of the 2021 season as an Alex fan

Sources for all of this can be found on google and also YouTube for example by googling Alex Albon RedBull 2021 or sth or watching the RedBull DTM Vlogs or looking through tumblr archieves of that time and also cause I am helpful some quotes