Robert Kubica admits Williams’ lack of pace has taken away some of the pain of having missed out on a race seat.

Last year Kubica was battling to secure a 2018 Williams race seat but lost out to former Renault test driver Sergey Sirotkin.

He did, however, sign with the team as their reserve driver and has driven the FW41 in testing as well as Friday practices.

But while Kubica would rather be the one racing the car, he admits Williams’ poor performances have made it a “bit easier” not racing.

Asked if he’d rather be in the car than on the sidelines, he told Motorsport Week: “For sure, I would like to deny it, the fact is this is a great opportunity to live my passion and be in the paddock and to drive an F1 car.

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