“What a Load of Rubbish”: Alex Albon Reveals the Truth Behind Lewis Hamilton’s “$140K” Dinner Amid Wild Speculations

In a recent edition of the F1 Nation podcast, Alex Albon got candid and answered a bunch of questions about the races and how it has been a good year for him. Aside from the conversations about the on-track drama, Alex also gave insights on the big dinner that everyone was taken aback by.

Right before the big last race, the seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton, set up a dinner to honor and bid the legendary champion, Sebastian Vettel, a heartfelt farewell. He invited all the F1 drivers, and the 20 men got together to share a meal and celebrate the German’s journey in the F1 world.

As Alex Albon delved into a conversation about all things F1 with the former F1 world champion, Damon Hill, they discussed the big dinner and how things went down that night for the drivers. There were also spiraling rumors about the big dinner bill amount being a whooping $140K. So Damon Hill got right on it and asked Albon what the truth was.

Albon said, “The dinner, truthfully speaking, was really special. It was a lot of fun. I think every driver, myself, my cheeks were aching just smiling and laughing the whole time so it was really good.”

When asked to further share the details of the dinner, Albon said, “I feel like I’ll get in trouble to say who did what. That was a strict policy of the dinner itself. We can’t say what happened. There was some very good stories being told.”

Damon nudged at the question if the dinner bill was a $140K and Albon, without missing a single beat, said, “What a load of rubbish.”

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He continued, “We’re normal people. We’re not here expecting caviar on our plate and gold spoons. We had a set menu, there were a lot of people with dietary requirements like obviously, Lewis is vegan and that kind of thing. Lewis covered the bill, very nice of him. He organized it as well, very nice of him.”

“We ate at Hakkasan.”

When asked for a final time, “Was it [the bill] a $140K?” He said, “No!”

Furthermore, Alex Albon delved into how Williams has been performing this year. And even though he believes the team can do better, he is happy with his personal progress as a driver.

Alex Albon believes that this has been his best personal year as an F1 driver

With the way that things have unraveled for Albon this season, he believes that he has substantially grown from the place where he first started out in the F1 world. However, he is aware that the team hasn’t performed its best. But he strongly believes that a few productive changes can be implemented in the upcoming season.

As Alex looks back at his performance this season, he said, “The way that my season unfolded, personally speaking, has gone really. I think its my best year in Formula 1. I feel like grown a lot from my first year.”

“It’s obviously been a year where we haven’t been competitive. We came out of the blocks in Barcelona and we knew it was going to be a tough year. But we got points, we had some very good races. Took advantage of strategies and scenarios and feel like, if you look at our year, we got points when we shouldn’t have, and it puts in a good place.”

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Alex Albon is on the rise, and with the new season starting next year, he may hold promise to emerge as one of the drivers that leaves a lasting impact in the game. How do you think Williams will fare the next season?