I think he just tested the car in Portugal since he could not do it before. We will see him push like the old times in Sardinia. It is an event he enjoyed last year.
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I think he just tested the car in Portugal since he could not do it before. We will see him push like the old times in Sardinia. It is an event he enjoyed last year.
No changes in plans, so to continue to learn to drive fast and without mistakes.
In Italy his team will be again partially M-sport (3 people) together with RK WRT (4 people).
Kubica is planning to start in a small rally in Poland before Rally Poland. Probably in Rajd Warminski. Maybe it will become a polish version of Fafe? :D
Also he plans to do some tarmac rally before Germany.
Casentino-Italy (he won last year).Quote:
Originally Posted by thuGG
I'd be happy if he takes part in Rally de Casentino again, but I think he's looking for a rally with a tarmac type similar to the one in Rally Germany.
https://www.facebook.com/kubicaonboa...0609583543540/
nice interview before Rally Poland
http://eurosport.onet.pl/motorowe/ra...a-zycie/zcq3vm
kubica interview after germany
i thought he was loosing interest, but interestingly he seems commited...
I think it would be reasonable for him to miss Corsica as well and not only Oz.
He might be very interesting to see in RallyCross. Might be the perfect combo for him, if he want go back to racing.
Would his arm work in Touring car or GT racing?
are car controls different in Touring cars/GT than a rally car ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
driving with one hand is a challenge in any type of car...
Rallycross is too boring for Kubica. Driving GT car is much easier for him, because there are no hairpins on circuits (except GP Monte Carlo) and you don't need to use handbrake.
Kubica is not going to leave WRC for antother 5-10 years. He can stay a privater as long as he wants basically because his sponsors will never drop him. However, his goal is to be a works driver asap. In his polish interviews he is clear about what his goals are and that's not racing/rallycross/whatever other than WRC.
I think you're very wrong. To me it looks like it'll be over after this season.
It doesn't look like there is enough money from sponsors (absence in Australia), and I can't see some other big sponsors for him.
He said that next year he don't want to continue like this and he won't be a works driver. So I think he'll go racing next year.
I like Robert very much, I support him, I'm big fan of him, have respect....but with his limitation it is more than obviousley, that he is not capable to drive three days event on maximum....he proved to be on some stages in the top-five (which is remarkable compare to the experience he has against drivers like Sordo, Neuville, Ostberg....not to mention Prokop), but on a long term he can not hold the rythem for 300-350 km.
If a reason for this is his right arm or he still does not listen his codriver or he makes bad notes; those are questions on which we will never get the answers.
If he likes this sport so much, there are still possibilities to drive a WRC car (Czech republic, Italy) on one day events.....I know he is very popular in Italy...
On the other hand-if he insists on WRC events, than I'm afraid this is his last season (finger cross that I'm wrong).
I hope Robert continues but I wouldn't blame him if he stepped away.
Every round just seems to be like a hard luck story. Even when he's not crashing or making errors there are issues with the car (driveshaft - Sweden, alternator - Finland, engine - Germany). That has to be demoralising.
Is he still in learning mode? My answer is he probably is.
Schedule of Australia is kind of unfortunate for private teams because with only one car if something goes wrong then they wouldn't be able to take part in Corsica. This may be also the same reason why Martin Prokop is skipping Australia.
Dmack points system should added to WRC too. For each event non starter -> -25pts
A disgrace such kind of entry list
RK WRT is not registered as team for 2015 so it wouldn't matter, but that kind of system wouldn't help to attract more WRC private teams. Is there actually a rule now that a WRC team can skip one event without consequences?
MT teams can skip, but M teams not
MT = VW2, HyundaiN, Jipocar and Fuckmatie
M = VW, Hyundai, Citroen and M-sport
"Maybe one day I will become more rally driver than racing driver..."
I'm not sure these are particularly new quotes but it's interesting to hear Kubica say that. It doesn't sound like a guy who is ready to walk away from rallying.
http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/augus...medium=twitter
Do you really think there are sponsors who are willing to pay for another 5-10 years to see Kubica's endless crashes? Especially in such a poor country as Poland?Quote:
Originally Posted by latek
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Poor ? Poland?? You are kidding us, Jarek, don't you ?? Compare to Slovenia, Croatia, not to mention Greece your conutry is Dubai.....I'm working on a regulary basis with Poland and it is unbelivable, how much mony is in your country, how strong is your economy....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Speaking for rally : compare entry list from your national rally with one of above mentioned. Everything clear?? So, don't tell me you are poor....
Kubica is more of a laughing stock than a WRC driver... i do not know if he wants or can stay for another 10-20-30 years but with so many accidents his career will end by either hurting himself again, hurst his co-driver or hurt spectators...
there is a saying "Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error."
Plus his physical appearance doesn't help him much to stay in the sport.
The GPD per capita is significantly higher in Slovenia than in Poland. Of course the GPD for the whole country is higher in Poland which is clear because of it΄s bigger country size. A national championship in a small country like Slovenia can΄t be more attractive than in countries like Poland, there aren΄t as many possible sponsors. But back to topic: I΄m sure that LOTOS will sponsor Robert as long as he wants to compete in the World Championship.
I'm not. I think the reason why Kubica have his sponsor is due to his popularity because he was a former F1 driver. This was very good latest years and is still working but it can last forever. Last two years you could see more article and attention towards him. Now it is slowly fading away due to his lack of results and all the accidents.Quote:
Originally Posted by JUF
This year Monte must count for something.... crazy stuff....
This here is the key factor. Every time I see him, he looks more and more of a one-armed man. It was such a tragedy that the accident happened. In full fit he could be really a winning driver in WRC, had he pursued this career. It's nice that he has the persistence and guts to continue still, in many ways he is encouraging example and there must be some passion involved as well, but - I'm not his doctor, yet I think the physical restriction is and will be his biggest obstacle forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
I think he was referring to his aesthetics. You know, the fact he is not handsome with turtle on his belly and blond flowing hairs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
If he hadn't had his accident, he'd still be in F1. And with very probably more wins....Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
almost none of his crashes have something to do with his disability. he mostly just brakes too late or goes too fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
Which is really low, but at least he doesn't do it only with women involved in the sport like a lot of other people do, so at least he is consistent.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
Equality of the sexes ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by itix
I'm sorry Ucci, but you must have drunk too much over the weekend :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
I'm not kidding anyone here. Poland a rich country? Where have you read such thing? Just take a look at some numbers:
Average monthly net wage 2014 values for single person, according to Eurostat:
1. Switzerland 5 130,92 € monthly
2. Norway 3 850,41 €
3. Luxembourg 3 187,82 €
(...)
United-Kingdom 2 810,26 €
(...)
Germany 2 315,20 €
(...)
France 2 223,89 €
(...)
SPAIN 1 679,21 € (this country is supposed to be in an economical crisis, right?)
(...)
GREECE 1 262,05 € (this country is supposed to be in an economical crisis, right?)
(...)
Portugal 1 056,92 €
SLOVENIA 993,80 €
Estonia 832,57 €
Croatia 775,21 €
Czech R. 725,92 €
Slovakia 664,77 €
POLAND 634,49 €
Turkey 590,35 €
Hungary 532,08 €
Lithuania 496,23 €
Latvia 379,22 €
Romania 345,56 €
Bulgaria 324,89 €
My country is Dubai? Where did you learn economy and geography? ;)
There are not many rich rally sponsors in Poland and it is very sad, that Kubica wastes the huge money from Lotos on every single rally.
Spains crisis is different than Greece, plus Spain is inhabited by humans.
My post was based on the official EU statistics, I don't have the insider info from Greece and Spain, only first hand experience from Poland.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
No, I don't drink. If you are asking what I did today-I competed on 21 km run. How much did you run today?..Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Now you provocted me-I will give you concrete answer, why are you x-times richer than us (it is from my busines-selling Porsce cars).
Poland selles each year more than 400 units, on the other hand we sell 50 units. Same with MB, Audi, BMW....Tomorrow I can give you info abot numers for Tequipment.
And your country has a regular entries on Paris Dakar, in WRC, europan rally championship....do you want to hera our story???
So, who has mony and who not?