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Nigel Peter Albon (born 8 February 1957) is a British race car driver. He last drove in the
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for Team Vertu in 2007. His son,
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 also a race car driver, driving in
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for
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.


Racing career

In 1993 he raced in the
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, finishing the year fifth on points. During the
1994 British Touring Car Championship The 1994 Auto Trader RAC British Touring Car Championship season was the 37th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. Changes for 1994 *The number of double header meetings were increased from three to eight *Double headers now awarded f ...
(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
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for the Gamon
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team. From 2005 he spent the next three years in the
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with a best final points position of fourth in 2007. His son,
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, is a
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driver for
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, who formerly drove for
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. Alex also formerly finished third in
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in
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, and before that been European and World Karting Champion in the
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class in 2010.


Racing record


Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


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External links

* 1957 births Living people British racing drivers British Touring Car Championship drivers FIA GT Championship drivers {{UK-autoracing-bio-stub