Williams: Kubica would make a great teammate for Russell

Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams believes that Robert Kubica would make for a "fantastic" teammate to new signing George Russell. The Pole is still searching for a seat since returning to the sport with a seat alongside Russell his most likely destination should a return occur.

Speaking ahead of the US Grand Prix, Williams declared Kubica a great option for the team to partner Russell with, declaring Kubica as one of the drivers the team was seriously considering for the drive.

"We have a short shortlist for the second seat, which we are evaluating," Williams is quoted by Motorsport.com. "We started that evaluation process a good few weeks ago now.

"We always said we wanted to make this decision based on pure data, and to get the best talent from within that pool of drivers that we have.

"So we're working through that at the moment. Robert is absolutely on that list as are a handful of other drivers who all have talent as well.

"Robert has done a great job for the team this year and he would be a fantastic teammate to George.

"But we're not ready to make that final decision yet. We've still got conversations to have internally and with the drivers in question."

Williams also detailed the decision-making process would take time, adding that the team wasn't going to rush into any decision.

"We have to make the right decision based on lots of different factors and there are other considerations that we have to take into account as well.

"It's very early as well from a sponsorship perspective, we don't know where we're going to be yet exactly from a partnership perspective and any new partners that are going to come on board and obviously if they do then it frees us up to make other decisions potentially.

"So we've got to go through that process, so we don't want to rush into a decision."