Alex Albon insists he sees no “need to panic” over t🔯he gap in performance betweeඣn himself and Red Bull Formula 1 teammate Max Verstappen so far this season.

Verstappen was trailing Verstappen in the Austrian Grand Prix season-opener before the Dutchman retired with technical ♔problems, while he was over 40 seconds behi🅺nd Verstappen during Sunday’s Styrian Grand Prix.

The Anglo-Thai racer ultimately finished 11 second🌠s behind Verstappen at the chequered flag at the second consecutive round to be ⛎held at the Red Bull Ring but that was only after his teammate made the most of a free pit stop in the closing stages in a bid to push for the fastest lap bonus point.

“It was one kind of poor sཧtart to the rac✅e in race two and that was more or less the main issue,” Albon explained ahead of this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix. “So I don’t think there needs to be a panic.

“It’s jꦉust managing the tyres a bit better and knowing when to push, when not to push. That’s more or less it at the moment. I think once I get a bit more comfortable with a car the pace will come as well.

“I’m improving each time,” he added. “I think coming here we have a much better understanding of the caꦬr, the car’s feeling good, it’s just about being up there and being consistent with it.”

Albon is contesting his first full-season with Red Bull after replacing the under-performing Pierre Gas🌜ly midway through 2019.

Asked if he is feeling any additional p♐ressure to perform at Red Bull, Albon replied: “It’s still the same. Formula 1ꦇ is Formula 1, every driver is under pressure to perform.

“Of course I know I’ve ♌got to do a good job, but it’s been like that since I’ve been eight years old so nothing really changes.”