Kubica: F1 return 'nearly impossible'

Robert Kubica admits it is 'nearly impossible' to think he will one day return to F1
Robert Kubica, Maciek Baran (Citroen DS3 RRC #74)
Robert Kubica, Maciek Baran (Citroen DS3 RRC #74)
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Robert Kubica admits that a return to F1 is 'nearly impossible' as a result of the injuries he sustained in his rally accident back in 20ཧ11.

While the Pole has been unable to make a return to singl🧜e-seat🤪er competition, he has been able to forge a new career in rallying and took the WRC2 title this season in a specially-adapted Citroen DS3.

The 28-year-old is set to step up to a full-blown WRC car for the season finale i💞n Wales this weekend but admitted it was unlikely that he wo🌺uld ever be able to race an F1 car in anger again in future.

"I would be able to drive an F1 car on one or two circuits for testing," he told the BBC Sport, "but itౠ doesn't make sense to test🦹 for a day if I cannot race.

"It's clear to see I have limitations. I t🌳hink there is only o꧃ne person who can judge what I can do behind the steering wheel - and that's myself. It's a dream, a target, but for now, it's very difficult - I would say nearly impossible.

"I will n🌜ever take the opportunity if I don't feel 100 per cent ready. If one day things improve, for sure we will see. For now, I am concentrating on rallying."

Kub🔯ica added that his rally outings, while helping with his recovery, had shown him how hard it would be to make a single-seater𓄧 comeback.

"I focus o🔯n my recovery - and rallying is helping me a l❀ot in this," he said. "I can see a lot of improvement behind the wheel in a rally car.

"Driving on gravel is very demanding. There are lots of movements🐷 on the steering wheel, which put a loꦑt of stress on my arm and my hand.

"But I know this does not help my biggest limitation, which is driving a single-seater. I do not have the power to take control of it but I 𝔉will try my best."

Kub🍌ica had been linked with a move to Ferrari before his injury, while he has carried out simulator ꦰwork for Mercedes earlier this year.

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