Kubica: Williams 'running out of time’ after missed F1 test work
Robert✃ Kubica concedes Williams is running out o🦩f time to complete all the preparation work it needs to be ready for the 2019 Formula 1 season.
The British squad was absent from th🎃e opening two-and-a-half days of running during the first pre-season test after hittin🃏g delays with getting its FW42 car ready.
Williams has since made up for some of the lost time ꦇby racking up a significant amount of laps, including the joint-highest mileage on Wednesday as Kubica complet🌃ed 130 laps.
Robert Kubica concedes Williams is running out of time to complete all the preparation work it ne🃏eds to be ready for the 2019 Formula 1 season.
The British squad was absent꧅ from the opening two-and-a-half days of running during the first pre-season t♑est after hitting delays with getting its FW42 car ready.
Williams has since made u🔯p for some of the lost time by racking up a significant amount of laps, incl𝓡uding the joint-highest mileage on Wednesday as Kubica completed 130 laps.
“It was a productive day from one side but fro💫m another side maybe not because time is runni🐎ng out," Kubica said.
"From a driver point of view, we haven't done any work on the car so there is a lot of things to discover and unfortunately not a lot of time left before our fi�🎶�rst race.
"It'🦂s not like people are not working - we have to keep working, keep improving and sorting out the things.
“Problems will not help us, so we have to put maximum effort into solving issues. If we have a smooth start to the season, it will help but we really have to put in𒅌 maximum effort for that.
“It was a normal day of testing, unfortunately we are r🐼unning a bit late with our test programme because of the issues we had lastﷺ week.
"So there are some mixed feelings because, on one hand, it's p♉ositive that we did a lot of laps today, but from the other side there isn't a lot of time 🅰left.
"We are not in the position we would like to be, especially from my side a🥂nd from an engineering point of view also, but we are gathering lots of data and checking lots of different stuff.
"I hope in the next few days we will have more time to start playing with the ꧟car and seei𝓰ng how the car reacts to different things."
Asked what he would consider a success after the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Kubica replied: “The biggest success would be ending the weekend knowing that you have done a good job♌.
"We might not be in the position to fight for results which people might expect. If I'm happy on Suౠnday evening with everything I did through the weekend, I will be happy.
"I'm quite honest🦋 and d🥃emanding of myself so if I can achieve satisfaction from the job I did, I will be happy."
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