Alexander Albon acknowledges his promotion to Red Bull is a big jump into the deep end but says he has his “swimming shorts on”.

Earlier this week Red Bull a change to their 2019 driver line up with Albon stepping up to Red Bull for the Belgian GP onwards while Pierre Gasly has been demoted to Toro Rosso.

Albon faces a tough task at the senior team as, not only will he have the media spotlight on him, but he’ll be compared to seven-time grand prix winner Max Verstappen.

Verstappen saw off Gasly without any concerns in the first half of this season, out-qualifying the Frenchman 11-1 and out-scoring him 181 to 63.

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