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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel’s retirement, with the four-time world champion exiting the spo🦋rt at the end ဣof this season.
A photo went viral on social media of a restaurant bill costing $140k but i𝔍t wasn’t from the F1 drivers’ dinne🌜r, 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 hꦫere expecting ca🉐viar on our plate and gold spoons.
“We had a set menu, there were a lot of people with dietary requirements like obviously,168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton is vegan. Lewis covered the bill, very nice 🙈of him. He organised it as well, very nice of him.”
The dinner was a rare moment for ri🦄valries to be swept to one side to celebrate 🍬the career of Vettel.

“The dinℱne🔯r, truthfully speaking, was really special,” Albon said.
“It was a lot 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 in trouble to say who did what. That was a strict policy of the dinner itself. We can’t say what happened. There we♌re some very good stories being told.”
Albon finished the season 19th in the 2022 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings and will be joined by a new teammate in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up, with Logan Sargeant replacing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nicholas Latifi.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering eve🌠rything from American sports, to football, to F1.