Sergey Sirotkin believes that his race experience will boost testing role

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10:27, 02 Mar 2019

Sergey Sirotkin has spoken about how his racing seat at Williams last season will now help him in his role as a reserve driver. The Russian will still be involved with Renault in testing and a reserve role but admits that getting back into a racing seat is a priority.

“Honestly saying for sure I want to be racing,” he said when asked of his return by Motorsport Week.

“It’s a very interesting role but for sure I would always prefer to be in a race car myself but for like a long-term perspective it’s probably an interesting experience.

“I had the chance to look at things here in 2017, then a chance to race a car myself, so I know how I was behaving in certain situations.

“Now I’m back here, we have Daniel [Ricciardo] and Nico [Hulkenberg] which are both great drivers and great people to deal with.

“Now have the chance of being already experienced that myself to look at how they’re behaving in similar situations and knowing how I would behave in the same things.

“It’s quite an interesting experience again, so I’m happy to be back here.”

Sirotkin scored only 1 point for Williams last season and will hope to develop more as a driver so that he can impress more if a Formula 1 drive comes up for next season.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	179
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	154
3	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	147
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	108
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	97
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	82
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	76
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	52
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	42
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	39
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	20
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	6
15	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
16	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
17	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Sergey Sirotkin believes that his race experience will boost testing role

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