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One of the last remaining seats for the 2019 Formula 1 season at Toro Rosso now has a confirmed driver. New Zealander Brendon Hartley will leave the headquarters of the Italian team based in Faenza to welcome Alexander Albon, the star of the Thai Formula 2, born in London. He will join Daniil Kvyat in Toro Rosso's 2019 drivers team, Pierre Gasly joining Red Bull.
Albon, 22, comes off a fight for the title of Formula 2 which has unfolded until the end of season race of Abu Dhabi as the first one. 39, one of the two drivers who won the title at that time. However, he finished the season third behind champion George Russell and second, Lando Norris. All three will now move to Formula 1 for the 2019 season, with Russell and Williams and Norris for McLaren.
The Thai driver played one season in the Red Bull Junior program in 2012 before Formula 2 and, more recently, seemed ready to race in the next Formula E season. Now that Albon is confirmed for Toro Rosso, he will be the first Thai runner on the first grid since Prince Bira in 1955.
"The way he is able to surpass many of his rivals in the races shows that he is ready and ripe for racing in Formula 1. Scuderia Toro Rosso is looking forward to 2019 because with Daniil and Alex, we have two young , very strong and competitive drivers, "said Franz Tost, head of the Toro Rosso team.
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