The Russian, 27, drove for Williams in 2018 but lost that seat at the end of the year. He subsequently served as reserve driver for McLaren and Renault, raced a prototype for the Russian SMP Racing program at Le Mans, and in 2020 drove a Ferrari 488 GT3 in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. But Sirotkin now admits that nothing will ever compare favourably to Formula 1. “Of course, after Formula 1 I had some very strong races and even at some point some very good career prospects in other series,” Sirotkin added. “But one way or another, I realised that I would not achieve more than I already had.

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