News Details

Sirotkin sponsor wanted discount for 2019

Dec.7 Sergey Sirotkin should not be too disappointed that his F1 career is over. That is the view of Mika Salo, a former F1 driver who has worked closely with the Russian this year as part of sponsor SMP Bank's programme. Sirotkin has been replaced by Robert Kubica, who arrives with the sponsorship of the Polish oil company PKN Orlen. Negotiations between SMP and Williams, meanwhile, broke down. "It was pretty much up to Williams," Salo told the Finnish broadcaster MTV. He said it was not clear that the once-great British team had the ability to pull itself off the very last row of the grid for 2019. "Of course we wanted to lower the price a bit and get an assurance that...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Sirotkin: One and done?

Photo by: www.kymilman.com/f1 The end of the 2018 Formula 1 season...
7y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Sirotkin believed race seat in 2019 was "quite...

Sergey Sirotkin believes that a race seat with Williams for 2019 was...
7y ago from GPBlog.com

Sergey Sirotkin: I can be happy with my 2018...

Sergey Sirotkin has asserted that he can be “happy” with how...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Nicolo Bulega: If no 2027 MotoGP move arrives, it's...

Nicolo Bulega believes that not securing a 2027 MotoGP ride wouldn’t be...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Pato O'Ward issues damning verdict on ‘Mario...

Pato O'Ward isn't chasing F1 any more after falling out of love with...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar names officiating director ahead of Indy 500

IndyCar Officiating has announced Scot Elkins as the new Managing...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal hold genuine interest in English...

According to Football London, Arsenal are now showing a very genuine...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

I don't want to throw it at the wall

Morning all. I don't know if this happened, but it wouldn't surprise if me...
54m ago from Arseblog.com

Bernardo Silva’s performance against Arsenal shows...

Manchester City captain’s all-action display captured what has made him...
34m ago from TheGuardian.com

Merse: If Man City don't thrash Burnley, Arsenal are...

In his latest column, Sky Sports' Paul Merson says the Premier League...
34m ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Lewis Hamilton and Kim Kardashian pack on the PDA in...

All those rumours about a Lewis Hamilton x Kim... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Opel reveal stunning Formula E Gen4 livery

Opel will certainly be easy to spot in Formula E... Read More »
44m ago from RacingNews365.com

Max Verstappen to leave Red Bull BEFORE Gianpiero Lambiase...

Max Verstappen is likely to leave Red Bull before... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.