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Williams looks set to announce a two-year contract with Sergey Sirotkin.

Earlier, the British team dithered over its choice of replacement for Felipe Massa, also seriously testing and considering the former BMW and Renault driver Robert Kubica.

But Russian Sirotkin, backed heavily by the Vladimir Putin-linked SMP Bank, appears to have won the day with a two-year deal now being reported by Auto Bild.

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Kakav je taj Sirotkin?

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Williams looks set to announce a two-year contract with Sergey Sirotkin.

Earlier, the British team dithered over its choice of replacement for Felipe Massa, also seriously testing and considering the former BMW and Renault driver Robert Kubica.

But Russian Sirotkin, backed heavily by the Vladimir Putin-linked SMP Bank, appears to have won the day with a two-year deal now being reported by Auto Bild.

 

 

 

Kakav je taj Sirotkin?

 

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Williams ‘sold their soul’ to Stroll family
Date published: January 4 2018




Jacques Villeneuve has once again stuck the boot into fellow compatriot Lance Stroll and is still not convinced that he has the talent for Formula 1.

The 1997 World Champion has been heavily critical of Stroll since he was announced as part of Williams' driver line-up for the 2017 season and thinks it has damaged the team's reputation.

"Even Massa was faster than Lance," Villenueve said.

"His podium in Baku does not convince me as it was pure luck."

Williams are still yet to announce Stroll's team-mate for the 2018 campaign, but it is believed that money will once again be the deciding factor and Sergey Sirotkin will get the nod ahead of Robert Kubica.

Villeneuve said he was not surprised if that was to be the case, given that, in his view, Williams essentially sold themselves out to the Stroll family.

He added: "They already sold their soul to the billions of Lawrence Stroll, who only cares about his son."

Not finished there, Villeneuve then went on to say that Valtteri Bottas' performances in 2017 were "embarrassing" when taking into consideration the amount of engine power he had at his disposal and believes a now axed driver would have served as a better team-mate to Lewis Hamilton.

"Mercedes won because they still have the best engine, but only Hamilton was able to take advantage of it. Bottas' performance was almost embarrassing," Villeneuve told Auto Bild.

"He is a solid number 2 and no more. I would have chosen Wehrlein."

 

Ono, istini za volju, "cak i Masa" je bio brzi i od Vilneva kad su bili timske kolege onomad u Zauberu, tako da mi nije bas najjasnije sto pokusava to da koristi kao argument protiv Strola...   

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Ja nemam reči, iskreno. Toliko bi se sad napisao da bi pokupio ban, mrtav sam ozbiljan.

 

Recimo, Strol je čudom bio jedini "middle-field runner" na podijumu prošle godine (i to kao debitant). Famozni prvi startni red u Monci po hebenoj kiši, i to je slučajnost jeli bre Vilneve. Mrš bre, joj kako se iznerviram kada neko spomene tog kanadskog klovna na društvenim mrežama. Pa to njesra je dobilo zabranu učestvovanja na Vilijamsovim demonstracijama, hebeni F1 prvak ne sme se pojaviti na zabavi tima u kojem je došao do titlule....

 

... prestajem, dobiću ban u jednom momentu. Reči ionako ne bi birao.

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Vilnevu jako tesko pada to sto danas malo ko vise obraca paznju na njega. On je bio jedan od potcenjenijih vozaca na prelasku 20. u 21. vek (cemu je i sam umnogome kumovao - neke od gresaka koje je napravio gradeci svoju karijeru, narocito nakon osvojene titule sampiona sveta, grdje su i od najgrdjeg sto je Alonso sebi napravio) i imao je sansu da postane istinska legenda auto-sporta. Ovako je samo jedan isfrustriran lik koji sipa zuc gde stigne, a da stvar bude jos gora mnogo voli da cuje spostveni glas pa zato ne zatvara usta i bas o svemu ima svoje misljenje koje mora da podeli sa svetom. Bolje bi mu bilo da energiju trosi na trkackoj stazi - i u njegovim godinama se jos itekako moze trkati na ako ne bas vrhunskom ono na prilicno visokom nivou - ali problem je u tome sto se sa svima posvadjao i sto ga vise niko nece...

[alberto.ascari]

Vilnevu jako tesko pada to sto danas malo ko vise obraca paznju na njega. On je bio jedan od potcenjenijih vozaca na prelasku 20. u 21. vek (cemu je i sam umnogome kumovao - neke od gresaka koje je napravio gradeci svoju karijeru, narocito nakon osvojene titule sampiona sveta, grdje su i od najgrdjeg sto je Alonso sebi napravio) i imao je sansu da postane istinska legenda auto-sporta. Ovako je samo jedan isfrustriran lik koji sipa zuc gde stigne, a da stvar bude jos gora mnogo voli da cuje spostveni glas pa zato ne zatvara usta i bas o svemu ima svoje misljenje koje mora da podeli sa svetom. Bolje bi mu bilo da energiju trosi na trkackoj stazi - i u njegovim godinama se jos itekako moze trkati na ako ne bas vrhunskom ono na prilicno visokom nivou - ali problem je u tome sto se sa svima posvadjao i sto ga vise niko nece...

Sve za 5 Radoje, but he made it...

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Kubica potvrdio: "Nisam dobio mesto u Vilijamsu"!

 

Poljski novinari: "Kubičin problem su novi pneumatici, sa stanovišta fitnesa on je odlično"

 

Užasno nezvanično, uskoro opširnije....

 

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Williams could be set to announce a reserve driver role for Robert Kubica in 2018.

It is now widely accepted in F1 circles that the British team has decided to pair the heavily sponsored Russian Sergey Sirotkin with Lance Stroll this year.

"The decision will be very quickly formalised," the French sports daily L'Equipe now declares.

The report added: "All is not lost for the 2008 Canadian grand prix winner. Kubica will be offered a test driver role probably with a few Friday morning sessions at grands prix."

 

Meni ovo zvuci ponizavajuce.

 

Najgore sto niko ne izlazi na cistac da javno kaze da li je Kubica zaista 100% kadar da vozi F1 cak i na Monaku i slicnim "zajebanim" stazama. Ako jeste onda je ludilo ne ponuditi mu mesto u timu (ne govorim samo o Vilijamsu, nego bilo koji tim u F1 ukljucujuci i Mercedes i Ferari). Ako nije onda zasto se zamlacuju sa bilo kakvim angazmanom, testovima u petak i slicnim glupostima?

 

Zdrav Kubica je mnogo bolji vozac od ovih ciji je maksimalni domet da okrenu par krugova petkom prepodne.

 

Jednorukim vozacima nije mesto u F1 kokpitu.

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SluŽbeno je: Sirotkin potpisao za Vilijams, Kubica treći vozač!

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Meh.

[alberto.ascari]

Auqratz.

[romantik]

Sa ovakvom vozackom postavom njima je dogodine osmo mesto puna kapa jer mogu samo ispred malih bikova i Saubera, mada ce i oni bitni upitni ako stvarno ih Ferari bude ozbiljnije dotirao.

Zna li neko koja je razlika u parama izmedju etog i osmog mesta u konstruktorskom sampionatu, s obzirom da racunca nije bas pravolinijska koliko sam skapirao? Mada koliko sam video na primeru 2016-te, to je ne bi trebalo da je vise od 10-ak miliona, a ako je tako onda mozda i nije lose s obzirom da Sirotkin donosi vise od toga.

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Zna li neko koja je razlika u parama izmedju etog i osmog mesta u konstruktorskom sampionatu, s obzirom da racunca nije bas pravolinijska koliko sam skapirao?

 

To ce se znati tek na kraju sezone.

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Williams confirms Sirotkin and Kubica
January 16, 2018 by Joe Saward

Williams has confirmed that Sergei Sirotkin will join Lance Stroll in the team in 2018, with Robert Kubica as the reserve driver. Both drivers are supported by sponsorship, while other choices have been overlooked because they could bring any funding to the party. The team is thus signalling that it is trying to return to its usual philosophy of spending money on engineering, rather than on drivers and will hopefully then improve to a point at which the top names will want to become Williams drivers, as was the pattern in the past. The big question this year is whether Paddy Lowe and other new recruits will be able to lift the team to challenge Force India, the other Mercedes customer team, which it really should be doing. The problem for Williams is that McLaren and Renault should both improve significantly this year and that could result in the team slipping down the F1 pecking order.