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Kubica has to "earn" F1 seat for 2019 - Williams

Williams reserve driver Robert Kubica will need "earn the right" to a Formula 1 race seat in 2019, according to the team's chief technical officer Paddy Lowe. Kubica, who ranked among F1's top drivers before a rally crash injury disrupted his grand prix racing career in 2011, mounted a sustained effort last year to return to the grid. He tested with Renault and Williams, and was at one point a strong favourite to land a seat with the latter, but eventually lost out to rookie Sergey Sirotkin and instead took on a reserve and development role with the Grove-based team. Asked during an SMP/Williams event in Moscow what exactly Kubica was missing in his quest to be an F1 race driver...
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