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Kubica not in frame for 2017 race chance, insists Renault

Renault insists that Robert Kubica is not in the frame for a race seat this year, with the French car manufacturer adamant that the Hungary test is purely to evaluate whether or not the Pole can make a Formula 1 comeback in 2018. Kubica has been handed a first opportunity to try out a current-spec F1 car in the post-Hungarian GP test next week, with the move having fuelled speculation that he could be drafted in as a replacement for Jolyon Palmer later in the year. There have even been reports that Kubica could make an F1 return as early as the Belgian Grand Prix next month. But Renault managing director Cyril Abiteboul has dismissed such talk – confirming that Palmer will retain his...
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