News Details

Lowe: Kubica could still 'earn' 2019 race seat

Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe has kept hopes alive that Robert Kubica might yet return to Grand Prix racing. The 33-year-old Pole was considered one of the leading candidates to replace Felipe Massa in 2018. However, he ultimately lost out to Russian rookie Sergey Sirotkin. Kubica has instead been named as the team's development and reserve driver for the forthcoming season. Lowe confirmed that this meant he could potentially stand in for Sirotkin or Lance Stroll. "He would be fine, we're very confident of that," Lowe told a Williams-SMP Racing joint event in Moscow at the weekend. "He wouldn't be our reserve driver if we didn't think he was competent to race....
Full Story »
8y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Robert Kubica must earn 2019 race seat – Lowe

Robert Kubica can't expect to land a race seat because of his past...
8y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Lowe: Kubica deserves congratulations

Although Robert Kubica failed to land a Williams race-seat, Paddy Lowe...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Kubica could be considered for 2019 Williams F1 –...

Robert Kubica could now be a contender to race for Williams in 2019. The...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Kubica could ‘maybe' race for Williams in 2019

Robert Kubica's dream of racing in F1 is not over with Paddy Lowe...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Guenther Steiner: MotoGP riders ‘need to be of a...

Tech3 KTM CEO Guenther Steiner has continued to share his admiration for...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...

Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...

Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...

AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Thierry Neuville crashes out of Croatia lead in final...

A dramatic WRC Rally Croatia kept the biggest shock for the Wolf Power...

Oliver Solberg out of Croatia Rally (for now)

Friday: Oliver Solberg crashed out of Rally Croatia about four km into...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Some how balance the emotion' | How can Arsenal...

Gary Neville suggests Mikel Arteta and his team need to normalise their...
52m ago from SkySports.com

Manchester City fan becomes viral sensation with...

A Manchester City fan has gone viral for drinking out of an...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'EVERYTHING has changed!' | Micah and Sturridge debate...

Micah Richards and Daniel Sturridge debate who has the edge in the Premier...
22m ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.