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Kubica and Russell ‘hid' Williams' parts problem

Robert Kubica says he and George Russell were able to 'hide' Williams' parts shortage this season by avoiding 'silly things'. Williams' dismal 2019 had one positive, neither Kubica or Russell had retired from a race, that was until Romain Grosjean collided with Russell in Singapore to give the team their first DNF of the season and Russell his maiden retirement in Formula 1. Russell would fail to finish again the following week after crashing out of the Russian GP with a wheel nut retainer issue, while shortly after Kubica was told to retire his FW42 to save parts. Williams were concerned that their supplies could run out during the remaining ‘flyaway’ events in 2019, so Kubica...
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