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Pierre Gasly has confirmed that he is in the frame to make his Formula 1 debut for Toro Rosso at the Malaysian Grand Prix, if Carlos Sainz makes an early switch to Renault.
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Assuming Alonso chooses to remain where he is, what does Williams do? Lance Stroll is a given because of the team’s finances, so does it retain Felipe Massa? The fact that it’s targeted Alonso confirms it is looking for a driver around whom there can be no performance questions, thereby laying bare the car's actual shortfall, giving the team a focus and urgency that isn’t possible when there are questions around how far off the ultimate its drivers are. There are too many questions around Massa’s ultimate performance for him to be that barometer and his stature doesn’t carry the necessary weight to inject the required energy into the process of highlighting and addressing the team’s weaknesses. Massa has already been talking enthusiastically of Formula E and it would be no surprise to see him there next season. He’s performed a very useful role for Williams in his four years there, appropriate to its circumstances. But it’s time for both sides to move on.
So if not Alonso or Massa, who? Robert Kubica. We understand he has been released from the short-term contract he has been on with Renault since beginning his comeback programme in May – at his request, in order that he might follow up on interest elsewhere for his services (understood to be Williams and Sauber). His performance in the Hungaroring test in the current Renault, whilst good, still left question marks about his fitness level, evident in an inconsistency during the long runs. His ultimate speed, on the other hand, was considered highly impressive. His fastest lap was set with ‘P2 levels of fuel’ – ie around 25-30kg (compared to around 6kg for qualifying) – which suggests his time was actually on a par with that set in qualifying by Nico Hülkenberg, albeit on ultra-soft tyres reckoned 0.3sec faster than the super-softs used for the GP meeting
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Exclusive: Kubica and di Resta to contest Williams seat
Williams looks set to finalise its 2018 driver line-up with a two-day test, Mark Hughes can exclusively reveal
Robert Kubica and Paul di Resta will each test Williams’ own 2014 car next month in order to assess which of them could take Felipe Massa’s place in the 2018 race team.
Recent plans to test Kubica at Suzuka in a 2014 car that is specifically run for Lance Stroll were aborted when the Strolls did not agree to allow the car to be used for testing another driver. This test was to have taken place between the Singapore and Malaysian Grands Prix but its cancellation left the team having to organise a test with its own car. It seemed to place a further obstacle in the way of Kubica’s comeback attempt. But this test has now been planned for mid-October at Silverstone in preparation for Kubica to familiarise himself with the car before a more serious test at the Hungaroring a few days later.
The Pole will test the car in the first of a two-day test at the Hungarian circuit and his place will be taken on the second day by the team’s current third driver di Resta. This will give the team the opportunity not only of assessing first-hand Kubica’s readiness to return but also a direct performance comparison with the known quantity of di Resta who filled in impressively for an unwell Massa at the same circuit earlier in the season.
Both drivers are on the F1 comeback trail, of course, albeit under very different circumstances. Both are in their early 30s and fully capable of providing the sort of performance step Williams is looking for in the driver department. Although Massa is still an option for the team and he remains hopeful of continuing into his fourth year there, it would be a surprise if there is not a line-up change alongside Stroll for next year.
This will give the team the opportunity not only of assessing first-hand Kubica’s readiness to return but also a direct performance comparison with the known quantity of di Resta who filled in impressively for an unwell Massa at the same circuit earlier in the season.
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