Ex-F1 driver Sirotkin lands SMP Racing WEC seat for rest of 2018/19
Ex-Williams Formula 1 driver Serg🃏ey Sirotkin will drive for SMP Racing in the World Endurance Champ🀅ionship for the remainder of the 2018/19 campaign.
The Russian, who lost his Williams seat at the end of 2018🐷, will pilot SMP's #17 car alongside team regulars Egor Orudzhev and Stephane Sarrazin for the remaining rounds at Sebring, Spa-Francorchamps and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Ex-Williams Formula 1 driver Serge🌺y Sirotkin wi🦋ll drive for SMP Racing in the World Endurance Championship for the remainder of the 2018/19 campaign.
The Russian, who lost his Williams seat at the end of 2018, will pilo🅺t SMP's #17 car alon💧gside team regulars Egor Orudzhev and Stephane Sarrazin for the remaining rounds at Sebring, Spa-Francorchamps and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
“I am very glad that I have the honour of defending the colours of the Russian flag on the Russian proto൲type as part of the Russian SMP Racing team in the World Endurance Championshi♑p," said Sirotkin.
"We have outstanding line-ups and excellent cars, with which, I am sure, we will be able to fight for the win, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans.😼”
It comes after Sirotkin's long-term backers SMP Racing opted to pull out of its deal with Williams following a torrid F1 campaign in which the British squad finish🍌ed bottom of the constructors' championship, with the team announcing an all-new driver line-up for 2019 consisting of Formula 2 champion George Russell and the returning Robert Kubica.
Sirotkin h꧒ad hoped to retain his Williams seat for the upcoming season after what proved to be a difficult rookie year, in which he managed just a single point, inherited at the Italian Grand Prix following Romain Grosjean's disqualification.
The 23-year-old recently conducted FIA Formula 🍸E testing in the Marrakesh rookie test with Mahindra as he evaluated his next career 🔯step.
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