Fernando Alonso and George Russell had been fast to reward Robert Kubica’s efforts within the wake of the Canadian Grand Prix, because the Polish driver and his fellow crew mates took victory within the well-known Le Mans 24 Hours whereas the F1 had been stars had been racing in Montreal.
Kubica, Phil Hanson and Yifei Ye received within the satellite tv for pc #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P LMH, with the previous F1 star finishing a mighty closing stint to make sure victory for his crew. He accomplished the ultimate 59 laps with no functioning drinks bottle, and was behind the steering wheel for 43% of the race.
Whereas Kubica’s F1 profession by no means reached the heights it as soon as appeared destined to following a horrific 2011 rallying crash, successful the illustrious Le Mans is simply reward for a driver as soon as described by Fernando Alonso as “one of the best” he’d confronted.
His win at Le Mans follows that of Alonso himself, who triumphed again in 2018 and 2019 when he took a hiatus from F1 racing. And the Spaniard was swift to congratulate his former rival on social media.
“Bravo Robert,” Alonso posted, with Russell – recent from triumphing in Canada – including his personal reward.
“Congrats mate on successful Le Mans, so comfortable for you!!” Russell wrote on social media. The British star was Kubica’s crew mate at Williams when the Pole tried an F1 comeback in 2019 following his rally crash, which severely injured his proper arm.
Kubica’s profession has at all times been one among big highs and crushing lows. He suffered a surprising crash in Canada in 2007 when driving for BMW, earlier than occurring to win that race the next season – which ended up being his solely F1 victory.
So, it appeared apt that his Le Mans win coincided with the Canadian Grand Prix, and that his final crew mate in F1 managed to take the win in Montreal.
Successful Le Mans in a Ferrari is very poetic for Kubica, who reportedly had a contract to affix the Scuderia in 2012 – just for his rallying crash to finish put paid to his Ferrari F1 goals.
“An all time second for Robert Kubica,” F1 commentator Alex Jacques wrote, echoing the feelings of many. “His goals of racing for Ferrari in F1 had been dashed by a horror crash which might have ended most careers, a misplaced LMP2 win on the final lap in ’21 added extra heartbreak, right this moment a comeback for the ages is full. Congrats to the entire #83 entry”.
Ferrari crew boss Fred Vasseur is aware of Kubica effectively from their time collectively at Alfa Romeo when Kubica was the crew’s reserve driver, and was one other who needed to take the chance to pay tribute to the favored racer.
“I’ve a detailed relationship with Robert, he stayed with me a few years at Alfa Romeo and earlier than in F3 Formulation Renault,” Vasseur defined after the Canadian Grand Prix.
“For me, he is an extra-terrestrial. What he is doing is mega and to win in Le Mans on this state of affairs and to be the chief of the automobile, to [lead] the crew, it is one thing that I can not think about.
“I am very, more than happy for Robert. He had a chaotic profession in motorsport, and whenever you see the extent of effort that he put into his profession, I am very, more than happy for him to have this sort of end result right this moment.”
