Revealed: F1 teams tried to recruit Alex Albon for this season

Two F1 teams unsuccessfully attempted la♈st year to recruit꧂ Albon for this season, report.
Albon remains tied to Williams until the 🍌end of next season but his performanc𒐪es have not gone unnoticed in the paddock.
"I am focused at Williams and that's really it in terms of that noi⛄se, which is a separate noise to rumours ... it's actual noise! It's not really for me to focus on. My manager can deal with all that,”▨ Albon told ESPN.
"The only thing that's nice about rumours is🌼 it's clearly showing things are going well. They're nice rumours as well.
"I see some bad ones. It's always my friends sending me this absolute gaওrbage, like, 'isꦿ this true!?'”

Albon added about interest from rival teams: “It's always nice to receive attention in that sense. Not just in🅷 a media and outside sense, but it's nice to feel it in a proper paddock sense, a team sense, wher൩e other teams are like that.
"I think purely as a driver it's all about performa🧸n𓆏ce. You've got to do your job and give yourself the best platform.
"My focus is on Wi♎lliams and I'm excited to see this progress and see where it's going to take us in one, two years' time and see fr🔯om there where we are, and can we be fighting for podiums?
"Be♕cause that's my g🐓oal, that's where I want to be, wherever that is. I want to have a chance to win races before I retire, before I turn grey and old! I'm ready for that."
Albon is in ✨his fourth season in F1 and previously drove for Toro Rosso and Red Bull.

James was a spor♌ts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.