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Salo: We don't think Williams will improve next year

Sergey Sirotkin's backers SMP Racing wanted better financial terms from Williams to continue with the team in 2019, after a hugely disappointing season for the Russian in the team that produced an ‘evil‘ race car for their drivers. But along came Robert Kubica with PKN Orlen supplied funding to claim the seat and leave Sirotkin out in the cold, a situation which SMP Racing's sporting director Mika Salo insists is not an issue as he predicts another season of woe for the Grove outfit. Speaking to Finland's MTV, former F1 driver Salo revealed, 'Our offer was on the table, Williams would only had to sign. Of course, after the performances of 2018, SMP wanted to push the price down...
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