the guy is race rusty and its obvious that if you stop doing F1 you lose sharpness I don't think we will see the 2008 Kubica for a while if he ever makes it back into F1
News on Kubica: http://www.f1zone.net/news/kubica-able-to-drive-again/11765/ Seems positive, hopefully it is.
More news on Kubica.What I don't buy is that he is driving a road car and has been jogging.If that is so why is there not a single photograph of him doing this anywhere.Any parapazzi photog knows just how much he could sell a photo for if he managed to snap one.
Well I imagine that Kubica just has a quiet lifestyle so there aren't many opportunities to take photos of him, plus while he may be a talented driver he's not really the most marketed driver so I doubt current photos of him would sell for much so photographers probably aren't bothering to try to get pictures of him. You only really see pictures of F1 drivers in the press when they're at a grand Prix, doing PR or at a party, none of which Kubica seems to be doing so I don't we can really read anything into the fact that there aren't photos of him.
Article from PlanetF1 "Kubica close to leasing a normal life", equates to "never competing in F1 again". Sad to say nothing is convincing me to change my mind that its all over.
I don't think he'll come back to F1 if he isn't in a fit state to start next season, but I also don't think there's anything in that article that suggests that a return to full/near full fitness is out of the question. Leading a 'normal' life is one step on the way to living a 'superhuman' life I guess!
Not sure I agree, I think its several steps or one HUGE one. I'd love to see him back as he was but i simply don't see it.
Wonder if Kubica could take up some sort of Managerial role up and help bring young Polish drivers through the system. Would be a shame to see him drop out of the Formula One fold altogether.
For Kubica not to return to F1 would be a great shame, as I was pretty sure he would have been capable of winning a WDC one day given the right car! I don't think he should be ruled out at the moment, as there were some reports about some kind of Ferrari offer for the post Massa time (which hopefully comes soon), and we should not forget that he has already recovered several times from massive crashes and injuries; just hope this one wasn't one too much...and apart from that, I always thought he was a pretty cool guy, reminded me of Kimi
Sorry that it appears so unlikely that we will ever see Robert in an F1 again, but I'm delighted that his injuries won't impair him leading what we would consider a normal life.
http://www.f1talks.pl/2012/03/09/shakedown-kubicy/ Pictures of Kubica with what looks like a rally car... Notice how his right hand is missing from all pictures.
yep. bit of crafty picture taking. To be honest I don't know if thats a rally car or just a car because I'm betting from what we've read in the reports that he probably hasn't been doing normal road driving for long.
Weak source, but a friend told me, in the pub last night, that he had read something from Algesuari stating that Kubica is unable to hold a glass of water. Please don't shoot the messenger boy.
I read that Alguesuari quote as well, but I've also read that Kubica driving manual cars, so I have no idea what to believe.
If Kubica is ever able to start driving single seaters at some point again this year, I think he should go for the Pirelli test driver role as it would be the best way of marketing himself in my opinion for a 2013 race seat. If he has a test with a specific team such as Ferrari, I think he'd be limiting his options plus he'd have to get used to a new car and new tyres so I doubt he'd be able to show if he's still as good as he was before the crash. If he joined Pirelli, they're using the Renault 2010 car which he'd already be familiar with, being surrounded by the Pirelli engineers would be the perfect opportunity to learn about the new tyres and every team sends a representative to the Pirelli tyre tests so they'd all be able judge if he's recovered and how good he may be.
Not sure that means too much: you can still drive with power steering, plus using the palm of you hand for changing gears, without the ability to have an effective grip. Sad as it is to say, I think the injury is too significant and he's missed his window. Its not as if there aren't other drivers always fighting for a slot.
I posted this over a year ago: http://cliptheapex.com/community/threads/robert-kubica-injured-in-rally.2170/page-3#post-34439 Everything I've read since has just reaffirmed my position.
True, though it does mean his arms and hands are functional to at least a reasonable degree. I just hope he keeps on recovering. He is apparently driving rally cars and karts: http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/after-rally-test-kubica-drives-kart/
