29/05/2025 13:50
George Russell ordered the most expensive entree available when he
went out for dinner with Alex Albon following the Monaco Grand
Prix. The Williams driver explained the three-time grand prix
winner opted for lobster pasta at the restaurant they visited,
which Albon subsequently paid for. After the race at the Circuit de
Monaco, where the Thai racer held up the Mercedes driver - to the
extent he cut the Nouvelle Chicane and was awarded a drive-through
penalty from the stewards - Russell stated he would make the
Williiams man pay for their dinner date on Sunday evening. When
asked about it ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, Albon shared the
details with journalists, contending it was not all bad, as Russell
forwent dessert. "He ordered the most expensive thing on the menu,"
he told media, including RacingNews365 , to a chorus of laughter.
"He did, actually! "The lobster pasta, but he skipped on dessert,
so it kind of equaled out. But, it was good, it was good. It was a
fun evening." Williams secured a double points-paying result in
Monte Carlo, with ninth and tenth, whilst the Briton was consigned
to P11, something that made a "miserable" afternoon even worse for
those who finished behind him and Carlos Sainz, according to Albon.
"I did pay, yeah," he clarified when it was queried if he did stump
up for the bill, as Russell said he would. "I should pay, yeah. "I
mean, that was miserable that race, and I can't imagine... we had
something to play in it, so at least it felt like we had something
going, because obviously for the others, it was a bit worse." When
the extent to which drivers talk about F1 outside of the paddock
was questioned, Albon said there was not a great deal of talk about
racing, but that the subject does naturally come up from time to
time. "No, honestly, there's very little talk about racing," the
29-year-old stated. "I think there's not much talk about racing
outside of the race. So, yeah, no, not too much. I mean we do talk
about it..."
