Renault have appointed former Williams driver Sergey Sirotkin as their Formula 1 reserve, with the Russian also scheduled to compete in the World Endurance Championship with SMP Racing. The 23-year-old Russian lost his seat at struggling Williams at the end of last season after a difficult rookie campaign in which he scored just one point from 21 races. Jack Aitken, who was reserve last year and races in Formula Two, will continue in the role of official test driver with 19-year-old Chinese Zhou Guanyu already recruited as development driver. Sirotkin was Renault test driver in 2016 and reserve in 2017. “It will be interesting to learn how far Renault has advanced in the development of...
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