The driver comeback story to watch in F1 2022

By:

Alex Kalinauckas

Mar 9, 2022, 10:37 AM

After a year on the sidelines, Alex Albon returns to Formula 1 race duties with a revived Williams team. Having exceeded the Grove squad's expectations in testing, Albon is looking to make his second attempt at F1 a success - and fill the void left by the Mercedes-bound George Russell

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Comeback stories are some of the best tales in sport – and motorsport is no different.

In Formula 1, the last two years have featured Fernando Alonso's return from his sportscar, IndyCar and Dakar sojourn and his Alpine teammate Esteban Ocon coming back with Renault after spending 2019 on the sidelines amid the fallout of the final Force India days.

There might now be a shock return for the coming season given the unexpected opening at Haas. With Nikita Mazepin and the Uralkali sponsorship dropped following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the American team has a slot to fill alongside Mick Schumacher.

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Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.