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Robert Kubica has emerged as another potential replacement for struggling Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley.
Dr Helmut Marko, who heads Red Bull's driver programme, said recently he was not looking to oust New Zealander Hartley mid-season "at the moment".
He now tells Speed Week: "The situation around Brendon is not pleasing.
"We will go through this in peace and see what we can do in the future."
Linked already with the seat are Pascal Wehrlein and Antonio Giovinazzi, who are stars of the respective Mercedes and Ferrari development programmes.
But another potential candidate is Kubica.
France's Auto Hebdo said Red Bull may actually prefer to promote Jake Dennis or Sean Galael, but neither has a super license.
The magazine noted, however, that Kubica has that credential already.
The former BMW and Renault driver may also be looking to join the apparent exodus at Williams. Amid the British team's current crisis, top design and technical chiefs Ed Wood and now Dirk de Beer have departed.
Kubica is currently the Williams reserve driver.
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Login to replySavio
Posts: 145
It's old news, anyway they haven't strong sources.
jimac
Posts: 30
I don't think Hartley has done a bad job.
His pace has been masked mostly through bad luck, failures with the car and being sent out into traffic in qualifying etc.
Hopefully he'll get a clean weekend next race.
maalibu
Posts: 17
Get Robert a proper car... Its the only way we will find out his true pace.
mcbhargav
Posts: 1,332
Hartley is not bad. But, he is not the star for the future Redbull seat either, which Gasly clearly is. I would argue that, Kubica wouldn't fit this description as well. So, a better fit would be Antonio, or Pascal.
ajpennypacker
Posts: 2,475
Rubbish. This will never happen.