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Williams pin hopes on youngest line-up

Former world champions Williams have put their faith in the youngest and least experienced driver line-up on the Formula One starting grid, and it could come back and bite them. Canadian Lance Stroll (19) and Russian rookie Sergey Sirotkin (22), the latter announced on Tuesday, will be the rawest pairing to start a season for the team who were third overall in 2015 but have been fifth for the past two years. Winners of nine constructors' and seven drivers' crowns between 1980 and 1997, Williams finished far behind Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull and Force India last year and 2018 could be even tougher with McLaren and Renault likely to be on the rise. Sirotkin was a development driver for...
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