Alexande🤡r Albon says he will keep his “feet on the ground” during his Red Bull Formula 1 race debut at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Pri🔥x.

The British-Thai driver has been promoted to the Red Bull senior team in place of the underperforming Pierre Gasly, who has dropped back to Toro Rosso al🍎ongside Daniil Kvyat for the remainder of the 2019 season as the Milton Keynes squad evaluates its driver options for 2020.

Albon recorded 16 points for Toro Rosso - including a best result of sixth at the German Grand Prix - during the opening 12 races of h💯is F1 career and has impressed Red Bull enough to prompt the team into making a mid-season driver swap.

“Not many drivers get the chance to drive a car capable🌃 of winning a race so early in their F1 career, so it’s a great opportunity to be driving for Red Bull,” Albon said.

“It’s a bigꦐ step, a big difference, and the factory’s a lot closer to my house which is handy! We k🐭now what the car is capable of and we’ve seen what Max has been able to do this year.

“I want to see what it’s like compared to what I’m used t🐬o, but at the same time, I know this weekend is my first time🌠 in the car, I’m still learning and improving as a driver and there’s definitely more to come.

“I know one of the main 𝔍differ⛦ences will be the noise and attention that comes with the move but I’m keeping my feet on the ground. I’m just focusing on the job I have to do for Spa, I’ll be doing a lot of listening and observing.”

Albon’s Red Bull bow will come at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, a ve🗹nue he has never won at in the past💟. While he acknowledges the scale of the challenge he faces, Albon insists he is not fazed.

“The track is cool and I think it’s one that everyone loves,” he explained. “It’s definitely a driver꧟s track, it’s quick and there aren’t many run-off areas.

“It kind of🦩 goes back to that old school driving feeling where you really feel like you’re on the limit and you know if you make a mistake, you’re in the wall. That’ඣs something that drivers crave.

“Spa hasn’t necessarily been that successful of a track for me, but we got podiums there in Formula 2 last year so it’s still been good. Al▨so, you never know what’s going to happen there with thᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe weather.

“We’ve got as much simulator prep done as we can, so now it’s about 🌄going through proce💯dural things with the team and getting to know everyone. It should be good!

“This is a big step, but I feel I’ve been through t𓆉hese big jumps before and taken the opportunities - I’m not worried about that. I’m focused and ready to be as strong as possible for the second half 🍰of the year.”