Few innocuous Formula 1 news pieces have produced quite as much social media fallout as yesterday evening's reports that Williams Martini Racing is in the process of finalizing an agreement with Sergey Sirotkin. Autosport claimed that it had learnt that Robert Kubica was no longer in contention for the drive, following an analysis of his performance at the post-race tyre test in Abu Dhabi, all but bringing the curtain down on what would have been a fairytale comeback. Whilst the veracity of Autosport's story is yet to be determined, the report has triggered anguish among the many fans who dreamt of seeing Kubica on the grid again. Indeed, whilst Autosport stresses that Sirotkin had become...
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