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Sirotkin: Williams' 2019 plans are progressive

Sirotkin: Williams' 2019 plans are progressive

10-10-2018 18:22
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Bobby Vincent

Sergey Sirotkin believes that Williams will improve next season, as the Russian has revealed some of its progressive 2019 plans.

Williams in 2014 and 2015 managed consecutive THIRD placed finishes with the team then slipping down to fifth in 2016.

Its FW41 car for this season has proved to be a calamity - to put it lightly, with the side, who were once such strong competitors in Formula One, looking a mere half of what they once were.

Sirotkin is the only driver yet to achieve a single point this season and hasn't even signed a contract with the team for next season, but he still cannot contain his optimism.

"I don't want to be too optimistic, but it (2019 plans) looked already quite a big step better than the situation was exactly this time last year around the current car," Sirotkin said.

"Even in terms of the time-wise, let's say, it is a step ahead, which is always good. So again, I don't want to say that we will be immediately back and everything will be 100 per cent as we want.

"But for sure, it looks like we learned a big lesson and did a good improvement based on the work we did so far this year."