Robert Kubica will be able to take part in tomorrow’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix following his crash in qualifying, Williams have confirmed.

The team’s sole spare car was taken by George Russell when his original chassis was damaged by a drain cover during first practice. That prompted concerns Kubica’s heavy crash at turn eight during qualifying would leave the team too short of parts for him to continue.

However Williams has now confirmed they will be able to repair Kubica’s car in time for the start of the race.

“We are currently working to fix the front end of Robert’s car,” said the team in a statement. “We will replace both front corners, brakes and steering column on his car following the accident, but we have replacement parts available for all of this.”

Senior race engineer Dave Robson praised the team’s efforts in preparing Russell’s repaired car for the race.

“Although we gathered only limited data from yesterday’s running, we were able to make some improvements to the car overnight,” he said. “Furthermore, with the mechanics having done an excellent job of getting the spare chassis ready for George, we were able to use both cars to conduct some further experiments in [final practice].”

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