Alex Albon may be two years older than Max Verstappen, but it’s the Dutchman who has the edge in the experience stakes, having started 81 races more than his team mate. And Albon admits that he’s hoovering up as much information from the seven-time Grand Prix winner as possible as he gets acquainted at Red Bull.

The British-born Thai driver, who joined the Milton Keynes squad in place of Pierre Gasly during the 2019 mid-season break, discussed how he's learning from new team mate Verstappen in the latest episode of F1's official podcast, Beyond The Grid.

“It’s not like Max is like, ‘Alex, come over here, let me show you how to take this corner’,” he explained. “It’s more like he will go first in briefings and stuff like this. I’ll listen to his comments, I’ll listen to how he interprets the car and what he wants to go quicker, and even just listening to how he speaks to the team and how they communicate."

Red Bull’s home in Milton Keynes, UK, is a far cry from Toro Rosso’s base in Italy, so even though the two teams share some DNA there are still major differences in how their personnel communicate.

“There’s a different vocabulary in each team really, especially say Red Bull – it’s a very British team there’s a lot of British people inside; Toro Rosso was Italian, there was a very big mix. Just the way you communicate, you have different words,” continued Albon.