Quote Originally Posted by Bezza View Post
I think it is fairly obvious the team wanted him to race in 2018. However, Lance Stroll and his father demanded that he be partnered with an inexperienced, slower team-mate to ensure he looked good against him after being outperformed by an old and past-his-best Felipe Massa in 2017.

So, with Stroll going to Force India, Kubica is now free to race. Great story - but should have happened this year, and Williams would have had a few more points than they do now.
Robert will likely be quite happy to have waited this past year for the drive , being that he won't have had to deal with the embarrassment of a car that the '18 car turned out to be .
Nobody could have been even close in that car , and all and sundry have said so .

The jury should still be out for Stroll , but a real car at Force Whatever will give us a better idea .