Williams has confirmed that Robert Kubica volunteered to give up his final scheduled afternoon of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Barcelona in order to give Lance Stroll more time behind the wheel of the FW41 car. Development and reserve driver Kubica had been due to feature in the morning before handing over Sergey Sirotkin for the final afternoon of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, only for the team to confirm on Thursday night that Stroll would instead be completing more running. Stroll had a difficult afternoon out on-track for Williams on Thursday as he struggled to get to grips with the softer tyres on low fuel, leading Kubica to step back from his planned duties....
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