Albon feels he could have done better in qualifying for Aby Dhabi

Alex Albon qualified in sixth for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but the 23-year-old revealed that he was far from happy with the outcome. His teammate Max Verstappen will start in second after Valtteri Bottas received a penalty for changing his engine for the fourth time this season.

As a result, Albon will also move up one place to start in fifth place in Abu Dhabi tomorrow following Bottas' penalty.

"Qualifying was pretty average for me and I’m not all that satisfied with my result. I struggled from the beginning of Q1 and just didn’t get the most out of it which is frustrating," Albon told Red Bull's website.

"It was tricky out there and quite slippery but the race pace looks ok for tomorrow. Mercedes look quite fast so they’ll be strong and I expect Valtteri to make his way through the field, so we’ll need to get a good start.

"I think the degradation is quite high which is why most of us are starting on the medium tyre but it will be interesting with Seb who starts on the soft."