Kubica keeps Alfa Romeo reserve role

Robert Kubica will remain Alfa Romeo reserve suburbanite without confirmation of the continuation of the team’s title partnership with ORLEN.

The Polish fuel and lubricants visitor has been the title sponsor of Alfa Romeo since 2020, during which time Kubica has make-believe as reserve suburbanite for the team, making race appearances at Zandvoort and Monza this year without Kimi Raikkonen tested positive for COVID-19.

Although there had been uncertainty over the team’s future ownership due to significant talks with Andretti Autosport in recent months, the swoon of that deal has enabled Alfa Romeo to personize Guanyu Zhou as its second race driver slantingly Valtteri Bottas, and now proffer the ORLEN deal into 2022.

“We are delighted to proffer our successful partnership with PKN ORLEN into its third year,” team principal Fred Vasseur said. “ORLEN are an instantly recognizable trademark in a vast and growing market and they have proven a loyal supporter of the team; their presence underlines and reinforces our resolve to be one of the most lulu teams in the sport for global brands.

“Most importantly, we share a transferral to unvarying improvement, whether on track or in their business, and we are unswayable to alimony growing together. Their vivification wayfarers has been of the first order, reaching fans all over Europe and expanding wangle to the team and the world of Formula 1 and we can’t wait to unveil the next stages in this program.”

The Sauber-run team moreover confirmed its ongoing collaboration with Alfa Romeo older this year, retaining the iconic name into the new regulations next season.