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Williams defends her ‘just a pay driver'

With two pay drivers now racing for Williams, Claire Williams has defended her team's line-up saying Williams 'only put talented drivers in our car.' Last season Lance Stroll joined Williams with the help of his father's billions while this year the team has signed Sergey Sirotkin and his reported 15 million in sponsorship as their second driver. The decision raised eyebrows amongst F1 fans given that Sirotkin beat Robert Kubica, and his dreaming of returning to F1 competition, to the seat. Williams has defended her line-up. 'Our decision making process is so much more complex than deciding to put a driver in a race car because they have some cash,' said Williams. 'It's nothing new in...
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