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Kubica must earn 2019 race seat – Lowe

Robert Kubica can't expect to land a race seat because of his past form according to Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe, who says the Polish driver must earn a seat on the 2019 grid if he's to fulfil his comeback dream. Kubica was in the running to return in 2018 with Renault at first before that gap was filled by Carlos Sainz. An opportunity to replace Felipe Massa at Williams then arose, but following multiple tests, the team opted for Russian rookie Sergey Sirotkin. Lowe admits Sirotkin was the 'clear favourite' when all factors were taken into account, but wouldn't elaborate on which areas Kubica was lacking. 'I'm not going to talk about that,' he...
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