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Williams names cause of Russell's Russian GP off, explains Kubica DNF

Williams has explained a wheel nut retainer issue triggered George Russell’s crash at the Russian Grand Prix, while reasoning numerous crash damages were the cause behind retiring Robert Kubica’s car during the race. After one of Kubica’s sponsors questioned why the Polish driver was requested to retire from the Russian Grand Prix, Williams has confirmed it was a tactic to preserve car parts due to “the amount of accident damage sustained in the Singapore-Russian back-to-back races” as it looks to protect is current parts ahead of the upcoming races. Kubica’s retirement was triggered by Russell’s crash during the Sochi race due to a fault with a wheel nut retainer which...
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