Alex Albon reveals “strict policy” of F1 drivers’ dinner - and the truth about viral $140k bill claim

All 20 F1 drivers went to dinner together in Abu Dhabi before the final race of the year to mark 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sebastian Vettel’s retirement, with the four-time world champion exiting the sport☂ at the end of this season.
A photo went viral on social media of a restaurant bill costing $140k but꧂ it wasn’t from the F1 drivers’ dinner, and Albon has now said: “What a load of rubbish!”
The Williams driver said about the dinner at Hakkasan: “We’re normal people. We’re not here expecting caviar on our p🅰late anꦺd gold spoons.
“We had a set menu, there were a lot of people with dietary requirements like obviously,168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton is vegan. Lewis covered the bill, very nice of him. He organised it as well, very nice of hi🐟m.”
The dinner was a rare moment for rivalries to be swept to one side to celebrate the career of Vettel🔜.

“The dinner, truthfully speaking, was reall♈y special✅,” Albon said.
“💃It was a l🥂ot of fun. I think every driver ,[including] myself, my cheeks were aching just smiling and laughing the whole time so it was really good.
“I feel like I’ll get in𝔍 trouble to say who did what. That was a strict policy of the dinner itself. We can’t say what happened. ཧThere were some very good stories being told.”
Albon finished the season 19th in the 2022 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 standings and will be joined by a new teammate in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 2023 driver line-up, with Logan Sargeant replacing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nicholas Latifi.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, t♉o F1.