There have been two Formula One drivers from

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Current drivers

Alex Albon Alexander Albon Ansusinha ( th, อเล็กซานเดอร์ อัลบอน อังศุสิงห์; , , born 23 March 1996) is a Thai-British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Williams Racing, under th ...

is the second Formula One driver to race with a

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licence and made his debut at the

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for

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, receiving a graduation to

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ahead of the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix. Albon achieved his, and Thailand's, first podium at the . Albon lost his race seat after the 2020 season, before returning with Williams for the season.

Former drivers

The first

Formula One driver was

Prince Bira Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh ( th, พีรพงศ์ภาณุเดช; ; 15 July 191423 December 1985), better known as Prince Bira of Siam (now Thailand) or by his ''nom de course'' B. Bira, was a member of the Thai royal ...

who took part in 19 World Championship races between and . He scored 8 points and had a highest finishing position of fourth place which he achieved twice: at the 1950 Swiss Grand Prix and the

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. His highest finishing position at the end of a season was 8th in .

All-time table

References

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