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Sirotkin continues as Renault reserve for 2020 F1 season
Renault has announced a contract extension with Sergey Sirotkin who will remain as the team’s reserve driver for the 2020 F1 season. Having joined Renault in 2019 as its reserve, Sirotkin will remain in the same capacity for 2020 F1 season amid an increased chances of actually racing due to COVID-19 pandemic. The Russian will…
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Sirotkin, Ocon complete tests for Pirelli of 18-inch and F1 2020 prototype
Sergey Sirotkin completes the first Pirelli Motorsport’s 18-inch F1 tyre test at Paul Ricard, with Esteban Ocon finishing off the 2020 prototype run. After starting off the double test run on Thursday at Circuit Paul Ricard, both Renault’s Sirotkin and Mercedes’ Ocon continued with their respective programmes on Friday to complete the two-day test. Sirotkin…
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Sirotkin undertakes 18-inch test as Ocon runs 2020 tyre at Paul Ricard
Pirelli Motorsport had a busy day at Paul Ricard with the first run of the 18-inch F1 tyre with Sergey Sirotkin and Esteban Ocon running the 2020. Pirelli continued on with their 2020 F1 tyre test with Mercedes opting to give Ocon a track run at Circuit Paul Ricard as the Frenchman completed 106 laps…
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Sirotkin takes up McLaren reserve role alongside Renault F1 work
Sergey Sirotkin has signed with McLaren to be its reserve driver for the remainder of the 2019 F1 season alongside his existing Renault role. Sirotkin moved to FIA World Endurance Championship with his backers SMP Racing after ending his terms with Williams at the end of the 2018 F1 season. While racing in WEC, he…
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Sirotkin returns to Renault as its reserve for 2019 F1 season
Renault F1 Team has announced the signing of Sergey Sirotkin as its reserve for the 2019 season with Jack Aitken keeping his test driver role. Sirotkin returns to Renault after spending two years with the French manufacturer in 2016 and 2017 after which he moved to Williams in 2018 as a main driver. His stint…
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Hartley secures WEC return with SMP Racing for Sebring and Spa rounds
Ex-F1 racer Brendon Hartley will make his FIA World Endurance Championship return with SMP Racing for the rounds in Sbering and Spa-Francorchamps. After being dropped by Toro Rosso at the end of the 2018 F1 season, Hartley has secured a sportscar racing return with Russian outfit SMP Racing where he will drive the #11 BR…
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Sirotkin confirmed at SMP Racing for rest of WEC season from Sebring
Sergey Sirotkin has been confirmed with SMP Racing for remainder of the FIA World Endurance Championship season, starting with the 1000 Miles of Sebring. Ex-F1 racer Sirotkin has been confirmed to make his first WEC appearance outside the Le Mans 24 Hours race in 1000 Miles of Sebring on March 15 in the #17 SMP…
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Sirotkin hails Williams F1 team’s ‘united’ effort despite adversity
Sergey Sirotkin has lauded the efforts put in by the whole of the Williams team in the course of the 2018 F1 season with the difficult car they had. Most of the 2018 season for Williams and its drivers Sergey Sirotkin and Lance Stroll was spent in rectifying the shortcomings of their car. The team…
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Sirotkin happy with debut year but knows he couldn’t show his full potential
Sergey Sirotkin is happy with how his debut season in F1 went despite the shortcomings with Williams but also believes he has more to show. It wasn’t a straightforward signing for Sirotkin with Williams as the Russian had to fight against Robert Kubica for the seat in 2018 alongside Lance Stroll. It went in Sirotkin’s…
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Sirotkin gets Formula E test with Mahindra in Marrakesh
Ex-F1 driver Sergey Sirotkin will get the chance to drive a FIA Formula E Championship car in the rookie test post the Marrakesh ePrix. Sirotkin will drive the Mahindra Racing’s Gen2 car in the test on January 13 as the Russian mulls the option of joining Formula E in the future, following his departure from…
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Sirotkin completes DTM test in Audi RS5 with six others at Jerez
Ex-F1 driver Sergey Sirotkin was chuffed with his maiden DTM test with Audi alongside six other racers at Jerez earlier in the week. Following his last F1 race in Abu Dhabi with Williams, Sirotkin was a late addition in the three-day DTM’s ‘Young Driver Test’ at Jerez where he joined six others to drive the…
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Ex-F1 driver Sirotkin gets DTM test with Audi at Jerez
Sergey Sirotkin has been added in the list of drivers to drive for Audi in the three-day DTM’s ‘Young Driver Test’ at Jerez. The former Formula 1 driver, who has been replaced by Robert Kubica at Williams for the 2019 season, will drive the 2018 version of Audi RS 5 DTM car at Jerez after…
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Sirotkin has ‘no guarantees’ but is also not worried about his F1 future
Williams’ Sergey Sirotkin is not 100 percent on his future in Formula 1, but insists he has no worries at the moment despite the crazy moves seen off-late. The British outfit along with Haas, Toro Rosso and Racing Point Force India are the only teams left to confirm their line-up for the 2019 F1 season.…
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Hamilton surprised to find Verstappen so close in Singapore’s traffic chaos
The only blip in otherwise a dominant performance from Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was the chaos caused by traffic during the 2018 Formula 1 Singapore GP. Hamilton was cruising from pole on the streets of Singapore with title rival Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel losing out to Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen early in the 61-lap race under…
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Force India invokes team orders as Perez, Sirotkin explain Singapore clash
Racing Point Force India has decided to reinstate the ‘rules of engagement’ for their drivers Sergio Perez and Esteban following the 2018 Formula 1 Singapore GP. Before Perez had an uncharacteristic run-in with Williams’ Sergey Sirotkin, the Mexican’s grand prix in Singapore didn’t start off well as he was involved in the retirement of his…
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Stroll hoped but didn’t expect to score points in Italian GP
Lance Stroll admitted that he didn’t expect Williams to be able to score points in the Italian Grand Prix, but it turned out to be a bonanza for them with both cars in points for the first time in 2018. It was already a good weekend for the Grove-based team with Stroll making it into…
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Bottas surprised by early braking for Sirotkin hit in Belgian GP
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas’ start got largely overshadowed by the huge Lap 1 incident in the 2018 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix. The Finn rammed into the back of Williams’ Sergey Sirotkin just when Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg caused a chain reaction which caught out McLaren’s Fernando Alonso, Sauber’s Charles Leclerc, Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo and…
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Sirotkin gifts bracelets to Williams pit crew
In a bizarre news coming from the Hungagoring paddock, Williams confirmed on Saturday that Sergey Sirotkin indeed gifted bracelets to his side of the garage. The Williams pit crew were spotted wearing a piece of jewelry around their wrist during the 2018 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, as news spread about Sirotkin gifting them…
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Stroll unaware of new Williams F1 contract
Rising Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll says he is surprised to hear about him signing a new contract with Williams to secure his future with the Grove-based team for at least another season. “I’m not aware of the contract,” said the Canadian. “I have heard that today. We will see weekend by weekend, it is…
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Sirotkin: “It’s better than I could ever dreamed”
Sergey Sirotkin is fulfilling a dream. The Russian driver will be one of the rookies on the grid this 2018 season. He was announced as an official driver and did not raise too many passions about it. The decision left Robert Kubica out of an official seat and that has not helped him precisely. His…
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Sirotkin: “I have great respect for Kubica”
Sergey Sirotkin, official driver of the Williams Martini Racing team, analyzed his first weeks of work with his new team, in an interview conducted by Motorsport.com. In it, we can observe the most human part of Sirotkin, talking about his day to day, the relationship with the members of the team and even his relationship…
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Robert Kubica will premiere the FW41 in Aragón
Robert Kubica will be in charge of releasing the new FW41 during a day of filming day tomorrow, Sunday, February 25. The session will take place at the Motorland circuit in Aragon, before landing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya to run the first week of testing next Monday. It is surprising that the first driver…
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Di Resta thinks Williams made a ‘risky decision’ choosing drivers
Paul Di Resta has spoken about Williams’ decision of lining-up Sergey Sirotkin next to Lance Stroll for the upcoming F1 season. The former DTM champion, who was on the shortlist to get that second seat on the team, thinks that Williams takes a big risk with that pair of drivers. Paul Di Resta was, next to Robert…
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Williams confirms the FW41 presentation date
All F1 teams are gradually confirming the dates on which they will unveil their cars for the 2018 season. The last team to confirm their car launch has been Williams, who will unveil the FW41 the 15th of February, earlier than anybody else. Williams Racing has confirmed the date when their car for the 2018…
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Williams announces Robert Kubica as 2018 reserve and development driver
WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING is pleased to announce Robert Kubica as its Reserve and Development Driver for the 2018 Formula One season. Robert’s return to Formula One included several tests with Williams over the second half of last year, as well as the Abu Dhabi Pirelli tyre test at the conclusion of the 2017 season. He…
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Williams confirms Sergey Sirotkin to join Lance Stroll in 2018
WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING is delighted to announce that Sergey Sirotkin will partner Lance Stroll in the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 22-year-old Russian impressed the team with his performance at the Abu Dhabi Pirelli tyre test where he drove the FW40 for the first time, and will make his Formula One race debut…
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Who will be the next F1 drivers?: analysis from the SuperLicence
This article presents an analysis based on the superlicense points to race in Formula 1. It always generates different points of view to debate who will be the next drivers to reach the F1, orwho is more talented than another. But obviously not only does talent matter. It also influences the nationality, the money that…
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Gasly is crowned GP2 Champion as Lynn wins in Abu Dhabi
Alex Lynn won the sprint race in Abu Dhabi after dominating from pole. Johnny Cecotto and Sergey Sirotkin completed the podium in a race which has crowned Pierre Gasly as the new GP2 Champion. Lynn kept his pole position and was 1st after the first corner, followed by Sirotkin, Cecotto, Nato and Matsushita. Giovinazzi had…
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Gasly above everyone in qualifying
Abu Dhabi- Pierre Gasly set a stellar lap in qualifying session in Abu Dhabi and gets to 5 points to Giovinazzi in the championship. Sergey Sirtokin and Artem Markelov complete the top 3. All the drivers went out as soon as the lights were out except for Pierre Gasly. Alex Lynn was the first to…
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Giovinazzi wins and takes championship lead
Antonio Giovinazzi wins the feature race at Sepang ahead of Sergey Sirotkin and Norman Nato. Pierre Gasly finishes out of the points. Pierre Gasly started from pole position ahead of Antonio Giovinazzi and Raffaele Marciello. Artem Markelov left his car on track during the first formation lap. Two extra formation laps were necessary to retrieve…