Williams has clarified the cause of George Russell’s retirement from the Russian Grand Prix, and explained why it opted to park Robert Kubica shortly afterwards. Russell suffered a failure shortly after the Virtual Safety Car period at the Sochi Autodrom and was pitched into the wall. Kubica was pulled into the Williams garage shortly afterwards. Williams did not give a cause for Russell’s exit in the aftermath while it revealed that it called Kubica into the garage in order to save parts for the upcoming events. On Thursday Kubica’s personal sponsor, PKN Orlen, requested clarification over why the Pole was retired, and suggested it could take action related to...
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