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Lowe: Kubica could still 'earn' 2019 race seat

Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe has kept hopes alive that Robert Kubica might yet return to Grand Prix racing. The 33-year-old Pole was considered one of the leading candidates to replace Felipe Massa in 2018. However, he ultimately lost out to Russian rookie Sergey Sirotkin. Kubica has instead been named as the team's development and reserve driver for the forthcoming season. Lowe confirmed that this meant he could potentially stand in for Sirotkin or Lance Stroll. "He would be fine, we're very confident of that," Lowe told a Williams-SMP Racing joint event in Moscow at the weekend. "He wouldn't be our reserve driver if we didn't think he was competent to race....
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