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Sirotkin deserves F1 drive, says Renault's Permane

Renault trackside operations director Alan Permane has backed Sergey Sirotkin's credentials for a Formula 1 drive ahead of the Russian's test with Williams. Sirotkin, a race winner in GP2 and Formula Renault 3.5, has had a number of test and practice outings with the Renault F1 team over the past two years – but was overlooked for a 2018 race drive as the French marque signed Carlos Sainz alongside Nico Hulkenberg. The Russian currently remains under contract with Renault, but has been permitted to test with Williams in the post-Abu Dhabi GP test and will drive the FW40 on Wednesday. While Robert Kubica is favourite for the Williams drive, the Grove-based team's chief technical officer...
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