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SMP Racing Worked to Get Sirotkin into Long Term Williams Contract

Dmitry Samorukov said there was no point in getting just a one-year contract with the Williams Martini Racing team for Sergey Sirotkin, feeling it was important to see the Russian signed on a multiple year deal with the Grove-based team. Samorukov, the chief executive of SMP Racing, Sirotkin’s primary backers, said the plan was to get the twenty-two-year-old onto the grid for a number of years, with the conclusion of the Williams contract talks confirming his presence on the Formula 1 grid for more than just the solitary season. “We knew that there was no point in signing a contract just for one year, in terms of Sergey's work with the team and with the car,' said Samorukov at a...
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