Motor racing-Poland's Kubica to be Williams F1 reserve driver

ByReuters

Published 16/01/2018 at 11:47 GMT

LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Poland's former grand prix winner Robert Kubica will be the reserve and development driver for Williams this season, the Formula One team said on Tuesday.

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Russian Sergey Sirotkin was earlier announced as a race driver for the former champions, partnering Canadian Lance Stroll.

Kubica, 33, had been hoping to get the race seat and return to the starting grid for the first time since a 2011 rally accident partially severed his right arm. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Ed Osmond)

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