Kubica opens up about WRC team switch
Robert Kubica has shed some light on his split with World Rally Championship squad A-Style, explaining he had 'no other options' but to switch to M-Sport support🌱.
The former F1 Grand Prix ♛winner began the 2015 WRC season as a privateer entry under the A-Style banner but after a dismal run of results he opted for a last-minute pull-out of Rally Argentina so he could restructure his squad.
The Polish driver returned for Rally Portugal with an updated Ford Fiesta RS WRC with support from factory squad M-Sport. As a result he notched up his best result of the year, a n💃inth place finish, and post-Portugal says he made the decision to switch from A-Style because it was the only suitabl൲e setup open to him.
"It's not that I did it because I wanted. The situation came to the place where there were no other options," Kubica told WRC.com. "This car has been built together with the M-Sport guys anℱd we are supported by some M-Sport people."
The BMW and Renault F1 dri🌞ver has also moved his RK Wo🅺rld Rally Team to Italy because of the country's logistical links with the rest of Europe.
The move reconnects previous links with M-Sport, whom he competed with under the RK 𒆙M-Sport World Rally team banner in 2014 after splitting from the Citroen factory squad.
Reflecting on his ninth place finis﷽h at Rally Portugal, the 30-year-old hails it as one of his best career finishes in the💧 premier class of rallying.
"It was definitely oneꦆ of my best rallies because I felt like I was driving well with everything that we had, the grip level and the balance of the car," he added. "Maybe the final position is not confirming it but it was a really good weekend from a driving point of view."
Kubica will hope to build o♎n the positive result at this month's Rally Italia Sardegna, which will act as round six of the 2015 championship and is scheduled for the 11-14 June.