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Sirotkin won seat with 'flawless' test, says Williams CEO

The Williams F1 team has revealed why they opted to choose rookie driver Sergey Sirotkin to take over from Felipe Massa in 2018. Williams chief executive officer Mike O’Driscoll said that it had come down to Sirotkin's performance in post-season testing at Abu Dhabi at the start of December. O’Driscoll said that Sirotkin had been "flawless" in the car, a comment that was endorsed by the team's chief technical officer Paddy Lowe. “What was obvious was how calm Sergey was in this moment, when he realised he needed to perform,” Lowe explained at a Williams-SMP Racing joint event in Moscow. “From the first few laps that he did in the car, you could feel the atmosphere in...
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