Grabbed a quick chat with Craig at Rally GB and his was extremely cautious about 2016 and didnt seem to have anything definite decided. I would be very surprised if he does more than a couple of rounds in a WRC car...
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Kubica wants to carry on ... http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/novem...1--12-12-.html
Indeed.
Maybe a WTCC program with SLR and a few WRC events with PH Sport is a good 2016 for Kubica.
It seems Kubica really don't want to go back to circuit. Rally has fully won him over. I think he love it and knows that the feelings he has in a wrc car through forests and roads he will not live anymore if he goes back to circles.
It is really a pity to lose him, he should have approached WRC in a different way and I'm sure that now he would have had an easy seat considering that team principals are hungry for new drivers except Capito.
Honestly the more I think about it if I was Malcolm Wilson I'd try and get Kubica under that M-Sport awning again. He has been the best advert for the raw pace of that car and he's doing it with shonky set-ups, broken wheel rims, radged diffs, Pirellis and the stress of running his own team.
If you could iron out all those creases and build a bit of structure back in I think Kubica could at least rack up as many points as Tanak this year. He'll crash but he'll start to crash less. M-Sport have just spent three years developing a driver in Evans for precious little return. Kubica actually has pace, and his ceiling is so much higher than Tanak's.
Kubica and Ostberg could be a nice team next year I think. Doubt it will happen but I'd certainly consider it - especially if you could get at least some funds from those two and potentially Bertelli.