Formula One ace Alex Albon has kicked off the 2025 season in fine form and is eyeing his first podium finish at the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix. The star has already notched up more points this year than any since his switch from in 2022.

With the on the horizon, Albon has secured consecutive 5th-place finishes in Miami and Imola. But British-Thai driver , 29, has expressed ambivalent feelings about his recent outing in Italy, as he continues to chase his elusive next top-three finish after a five-year drought.

He engaged in a tussle with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and came in just behind , while McLaren's Oscar Piastri snagged third place.

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"Back-to-back P5s and [we're] coming away today a bit disappointed, which is a bit strange to say," Albon confessed. "I think maybe I could have raced Charles a bit differently.

"I could have done a bit better there. Obviously, I lost out to Lewis, and maybe I could have been a bit more patient with my overtake of Charles.

"I was kind of licking my lips! I thought I could even get Oscar up in front as well, such was the pace in the new tyres we had on the car." Here's a look at Albon's life beyond the F1 circuit.

Albon grew up in Suffolk with his younger brother and three sisters. His family faced adversity when his mother, Kankamol, was imprisoned in 2012.

reported how Albon's mother was handed a six-year prison sentence for her involvement in a £7.5million car scam. Kankamol had been selling luxury vehicles like Ferraris, Bentleys, and Rolls-Royces at discounted prices, promising buyers they could resell them for a profit.

However, most customers never received their cars. She was ultimately released from prison in 2015.

Albon's mother was arrested in 2008 and pleaded guilty to false representation and cheating the public revenue. As a result, her £4m country house in Essex was repossessed, and the police recovered an additional £60,000 by selling her Mulberry handbags.

During her 2012 trial at Ipswich Crown Court, Judge Rupert Overbury described her crimes as a "massive, greed-driven fraud. You persistently defrauded investors. The majority never saw a car."

Albon has spoken about the impact this had on him as a teenager. In the documentary series Formula One: Dive to Survive, he recalled it as "by far the hardest year I've had in my life," remembering how he "saw her get locked up and taken away."

Albon is currently in a relationship with Chinese professional golfer Lily Muni He. The couple has been dating publicly since 2019, having met through social media due to their mutual interest in each other's sports.

The 25-year-old golfer, who has one million followers on , turned pro in 2017 and achieved her first professional win on the Symetra Tour in July 2018. She joined the LPGA in 2019.

She's a regular fixture at Albon's races, and the Williams driver has previously shared how their shared experiences as athletes help them connect on a deeper level.

"On top of everything, we understand and we get each other," Albon told . "We started our sports as rookies, and we've gone through tough times together. The highs and lows of being an athlete, I think you can resonate that with any athlete."

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