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| Nigel Albon | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Born | 8th February 1957 |
| Related to | |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | |
| Years active | 2007 |
Nigel Peter Albon (born 8 February 1957) is a British racing driver. He last drove in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for Team Vertu in 2007. His son Alex is also a racing driver, who has competed in Formula One since 2019.
In 1993 he raced in the Renault Clio Cup, finishing the year fifth on points. During the 1994 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) he raced a Renault 19 for Harlow Motorsport in the Total Independents Cup coming equal fifth with 108 points. In 2001 he drove one race of the FIA GT Championship for the Gamon Porsche team. He did win the Sepang 12 Hours in 2002 for Jaseri Racing with a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. From 2005 he spent the next three years in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia with a best final points position of fourth in 2007. [1]
His son, Alex, made his Formula One debut in 2019, and has since competed for Toro Rosso, Red Bull and Williams. He previously finished third in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship, and won the junior direct-drive Karting World Cup and Karting European Championship in 2010.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Pts |
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| 1994 | Harlow Motorsport | Renault 19 16v | THR 17 | BRH 1 Ret | BRH 2 DNS | SNE 16 | SIL 1 22 | SIL 2 18 | OUL | DON 1 22 | DON 2 Ret | BRH 1 DNS | BRH 2 DNS | SIL Ret | KNO 1 Ret | KNO 2 DNS | OUL 15 | BRH 1 Ret | BRH 2 12 | SIL 1 21 | SIL 2 DNS | DON 1 Ret | DON 2 22 | 30th | 0 |
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