Sorry if this has already been answered but I couldn't find out on the Williams web site. I thought Williams had to have a driver > 25 due to their association with Martini but Sirotkin is a whippersnapper! Do they intend to use Kubica for any Martini-related publicity?
Williams 2018 Drivers too young
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The over 25 thing didn't seem to be as much of a strict requirement as first thought, which is why Wehrlein was initially in the running. Presumably as you said Bobby K will do a lot of the Martini ambassadorial stuff.
Titbit. In the early 80s. Frank Williams had no intention of signing Ayrton Senna for his first F1 season because he thought he was too young. Ayrton was 22/23.
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One wonders what he would have been able to do in the 86/87 cars.
From my knowledge of those years. I'm not certain he'd have won a race in 84 (even though we know of the Monaco performance in the Toleman, and Rosberg winning a race that year). But looking up wiki about 85. I reckon he'd have won as many races as what Rosberg and Mansell did on his own, and probably get 2nd in the title. Then without a doubt, he'd have won both 86 & 87 titles. At that point, Honda wouldn't have needed McLaren.
