Ex-F1 team owner names Verstappen teammate candidate

Ex-Formula 1 team owner Eddie Jordan has asserted that he wouldlike to see Alex Albon receive a race drive at Red Bull alongsideMax Verstappen. Albon raced with Red Bull for one and a halfseasons before being dropped in favour of Sergio Perez ahead of the2021 campaign. However, last year's difficult year for Perez hasresulted in questions being asked about his future at Red Bull,with his contract expiring at the end of 2024. Albon's current dealwith Williams also runs out at the end of the upcoming campaign.The Thai-British driver struggled alongside Verstappen when theyraced together in 2019 and 2020, but Jordan has backed Albon toimpress if handed a return to Red Bull. “I have a real soft spotfor Albon,” Jordan told the Formula For Success podcast. “I justthink that given the right situations, he could really, really bemustered. “I would like to see [him] at some stage given the chancealongside Max, I think he could really surprise.” Jordan revealshis F1 dream team Jordan's F1 team, which ran under the same nameas its owner, competed in F1 for 15 years and won four Grands Prixduring its history. Although it has been absent from the grid forsome time, Jordan revealed who he would like to sign if he wasstill a team boss today. “I’m a huge fan of [Charles] Leclerc, Iwould probably have him in there for sure,” Jordan said. “Lewis[Hamilton] would be very hard to overlook, that’s for certain. Timeand years are not necessarily in his favour. But I’d be thinkingfurther down the road. “I wouldn’t have [Fernando] Alonso or Lewisin there. I'm going for Leclerc and Lando [Norris]. That would bethe team I would like."