Since successful the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix for the massive finances BMW-Sauber F1 staff, Kubica had confirmed his price as cool-headed choice maker within the cockpit, throughout an period when Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel got here to prominence.
Following a season of maintaining his excessive requirements in a Renault not befitting of them, Kubica took half within the Ronde di Andora rally, and all the pieces modified.
He crashed right into a barrier and was trapped for greater than an hour after severely injuring the right-hand facet of his physique, and finally having his proper arm partially amputated.
“I’ve critical limitations in my proper arm however I do not keep in mind how I used to be driving earlier than; that is how I’m now – it is in all probability one of many largest successes of my life: at one interval of my restoration driving was my greatest medication.
“I can see somebody watching my hand, which is regular; however ultimately when driving I am totally in myself. Truthfully, I’ve larger limitations [elsewhere] in day by day life than the race vehicles.”
Nevertheless it was in driving racing vehicles the place a lot doubt was solid over Kubica when he returned to F1 full-time in 2019. Many needed him again behind the wheel, regardless of the actual fact he must drive the automobile in another way due to the shortage of house in an F1’s automobile’s cockpit.
In an uncompetitive Williams, Kubica was overwhelmed often by his up-and-coming team-mate George Russell.
“Individuals pointing the finger, saying possibly it wasn’t secure, and having doubts. They don’t seem to be doing it anymore,” says Kubica defiantly.
“I requested myself three years in the past… I used to be pondering I ought to cease. However I am essentially the most fortunate individual around the globe. I’ve a vacation all 12 months as a result of I am doing one thing I like; for me racing is all the pieces.
“All the pieces I do in day by day life is to arrange for the race observe. I do not know what [else] I’d do – [stopping] is an enormous choice, and a scary one.
“The eagerness remains to be there; the fireplace remains to be there. My most important engine pushing me is my ardour.”
