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LONDON (AP) — Sergey Sirotkin will drive for Williams and form the most inexperienced line-up on the Formula One grid with Lance Stroll.
The 22-year-old Sirotkin, who has previously been a test driver for Sauber in 2014 and Renault in 2016 and 2017, has been chosen to replace Felipe Massa to drive with the 19-year-old Stroll.
Sirotkin is set to become the third Russian to compete in a Formula One race after Vitaly Petrov and Daniil Kvyat.
Sirotkin has been supported through his career by the SMP Racing project of billionaire Boris Rotenberg, a close ally and former judo partner of President Vladimir Putin.
The new season gets under way in Melbourne on March 25.
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