Paul di Resta

Vandoorne and de Vries are the official reserves for the works team, and can also be called upon by McLaren if required. Both drivers have past connections with the Woking team.<br>However, calendar clashes mean that on some weekends neither man will be available for reserve duty.<br>McLaren has thus agreed a deal with Sky F1 pundit and former Force India driver di Resta, who was also on standby ...

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McLaren has an agreement with Mercedes to share its reserves - Stoffel Vandoorne and Esteban Gutierrez - should regular drivers Carlos Sainz or Lando Norris be ruled out of the race weekend.<br>But with Vandoorne in Berlin for the Formula E season finale and Gutierrez ineligible to race, McLaren has announced that ex-Force India driver di Resta will be its nominated reserve for this ...

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The ex-Force India driver, who is the current Williams reserve alongside racing for Mercedes in the DTM, took over from Robert Kubica in Hungary, after the pole completed his second day of running with the team on Tuesday following a run at Silverstone last week.Di Resta and Kubica are in contention for the seat alongside Lance Stroll at the team next year, with Stroll’s current ...

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Williams's shortlist for its vacancy alongside Lance Stroll next year is down to aspiring F1 returnee Kubica, current reserve driver di Resta and incumbent Massa, with Pascal Wehrlein as a long-shot candidate being advocated by the team's engine supplier Mercedes.Di Resta and Kubica will both get tests in Williams's 2014 chassis - used for Stroll's F1 acclimatisation programme - ...

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Williams has become the most coveted seat left on the F1 grid for 2018, with the team having received enquiries from several drivers and made its own contact with others.It had slimmed its shortlist of drivers to partner Lance Stroll for 2018 down to three - Kubica, Felipe Massa and Paul di Resta - but it is believed Pascal Wehrlein is also now in the frame.Williams plans to run ...

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