Sirotkin Doubts Williams Can Match Home-Track Advantage

What they say

After two very different weekends for Williams at Monza and Singapore, Sirotkin said he is uncertain whether the FW41 will suit the characteristics of the Sochi circuit.

It’s that type of track, the combination where it could be a surprise in both ways, really. So I don’t want to kind of give too much hope, obviously.

What I can say is that I will fight myself for every hundredth in quali, every millimetre in the race, making sure that whatever I have I do the best possible for me. How far in the standings it’s going to be that’s a question I’m not able to answer now. From my perspective I just want to do the job as good as I physically can.

Social media

Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:

Stopped to say hello to the maestro on my way in to @Autodromo_Monza this morning. He’ll welcome a third member to the club of quintuple champions soon.

What would he make of today’s machines? I reckon he’d fancy a go in the fastest @F1 cars ever….#F1 pic.twitter.com/vMdEwnAU1a

— Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) September 23, 2018

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Links

More motor racing links of interest:

Russell: F1 is lacking ‘at least two teams’ (Autosport)

“We only have 20 cars on the grid, as a young driver trying to break into that 20 is extremely difficult. I think the idea of a third car, or something along those lines, is a very good idea.”

Marciello: ‘Vettel is not at the same level of Hamilton, Alonso and Kubica’ (Formula Passion)

“I’ve never reputed Vettel at the same level of Hamilton, Alonso or even Kubica. I believe that, when Charles will arrive at Ferrari, he will be able to beat Sebastian right away.”

FIA karting world championship: Bernier and Travisanutto win the titles in Sweden (FIA)

“Victor Bernier (FRA) convincingly won the FIA Karting World Championship – Junior, while Lorenzo Travisanutto (ITA) got the better of Hannes Janker (DEU) two laps from the finish of the FIA Karting World Championship.”

Zero regrets for Scott Dixon over F1 career that never happened (Stuff)

“There’s always those what ifs but for me, I’ve never really looked back, I’ve always been focussing on what I do. I love Indy, I love the diversity, I love the physicality of the many different disciplines.”

Ryder Cup to become ‘biggest one-off weekend in sport’ as commercial deals skyrocket (The Telegraph)

“With F1, Bernie Ecclestone acted as a union rep and worked together as a common good. We saw the same with the Premier League. We see the benefits, the commercial potential.”

The singing superfan who’s fallen in love with F1 all over again (F1)

“Bernie and I met at the first race of 1979, at Kyalami, when I was doing a gig at Sun City. He came to the show and we hit it off. He gave me a pass that he said would get me into all the Grand Prix races forever. It didn’t have a year on it, and it was number three. Bernie had number one and Max Mosley had number two.”

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Comment of the day

Would a tyre war improve F1? @ForzaMaldonado isn’t convinced:

Assuming both Pirelli and Hankook made tires for F1 in 2020, one of them would supply Ferrari, and the other Mercedes. They would pour all their resources into developing a tire that suited that particular car, and the other teams would be left to secure customer details and figure it out from there.

Why do people think that’s such a great idea?
@ForzaMaldonado

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