F1 | Williams, Felipe Massa's successor will be announced on Friday 15 December
All roads lead to Sergey Sirotkin, to the happiness of Yermilin, president of the Russian Automobile Federation: "The talks are progressing, we await confirmation"
La Williams Friday 15 December will reveal the identity of the successor to Felipe Massa: The Russian news agency reported the news Tass. The English team is the last of the Circus to have yet to announce its 2018 line-up: the number one suspect to support Lance stroll, as reiterated in recent days, is Sergey sirotkin. The 22-year-old Russian, thanks to the considerable financial support of the SMP group (we're talking about 15 million dollars), convinced the Grove management in the Abu Dhabi tests, thus managing to undermine the strong candidacy of Robert Kubica.
The President of the Russian Automobile Federation, Igor Yermilin, expressed his opinion on Sirotkin's imminent arrival in Formula 1: “All Russian motor sport fans they hope to have confirmations on Sirotkin and Williams in the near future. As far as I understand, the talks are progressing: Sergey and SMP Racing are working hard” – declared a sports box.
The other Russian pilot, Daniil Kvyat, Williams' current plan B, in the event of Siroktin's hiring, he would be excluded from the next World Championship: “Ideally we would like to see both Russians in the team, but unfortunately it is not realistic. In any case, both are worthy of being drivers for Williams or other teams" – concluded Yermilin.
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