Sergey Sirotkin admits that he fully expected to remain in Formula 1 with Williams for a second season. The Russian finished his rookie season hoping to return in 2019. "It looked like it was the case," he told Motorsport.com. "It looked quite obvious it would be the case for quite a while," he continued. "But it's Formula 1, it's a difficult world." In the end, Sirotkin lost out to Robert Kubica, who had been serving as the team's test and development driver in 2018. However his sponsors SMP Racing said that it had been their decision to terminate the relationship due to the team's poor results this season, which saw Sirotkin claim just one championship point...
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