All 20 Formula 1 drivers gathered for a dinner to say goodbye to Sebastian Vettel ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Alexander Albon addresses rumours about the huge cost of the dinner, but the Williams driver could not say much about the dinner itself.
Vettel drove his very last F1 race in Abu Dhabi and that had to be celebrated. It almost never happens that all the F1 drivers get together, but Lewis Hamilton managed to arrange for everyone to be present for the last race of the season to celebrate Vettel's fine career.
Afterwards, reports circulated on social media about the bill from the dinner. It was said to be around 140 thousand euros. According to Albon, this is not true. "What a load of rubbish! We’re normal people. We’re not here expecting caviar on our plate and gold spoons", he is quoted by Crash.net.
Events dinner strictly secret
"Lewis covered the bill, very nice of him. He organised it as well", the Williams driver continues. According to Albon, the dinner was very special and there was a lot of laughter, but he cannot say much about the events at the dinner. "I feel like I’ll get in trouble to say who did what. That was a strict policy of the dinner itself. We can’t say what happened. There were some very good stories being told.”