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Matt Majendie

Alex Albon interview: ‘This nice guy persona isn’t the true me... you can’t be that in F1’s shark world’

Alex Albon flicks through a pile of photographs, signing each one, ­followed by a stack of Williams team caps and then a letter to an ardent fan.

All of it is done with an easy smile — you would be hard pressed to find a nicer driver on the grid. But for four of the past five seasons, Williams have finished rock bottom in the constructors’ championship, making his bid to dispel the theory that nice guys don’t win that much harder. And in any case, Albon insists he is not as nice as people make out.

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