God dammit Robert. Don't you want to get back to Formula 1?

"Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents" (Ice-man) 09/10/2013 at 17:08 • Filed to: Rally, Kubica

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Mazarin > Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents 09/10/2013 at 17:11

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MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE

ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR > Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents 09/10/2013 at 17:15

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Haha the cows. They run then they come back to take a look like what happened here!?

Dusty Ventures > Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents 09/10/2013 at 17:23

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Why go back to F1 when there's rallying to be done?

Mikeado > Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents 09/10/2013 at 17:51

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Let's face it, he's not going back to Formula 1. I don't think he has enough mobility in his wrists to steer an F1 car in that super-tight cockpit, and he seems to enjoy rallying (er, most of the time...), so WRC is probably the best place for him now.

It's a shame, though. It felt like he was just about to make it big...

Bakkster, touring car driver > Mikeado 09/10/2013 at 18:03

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Well, he can only fall off cliffs so many times before it happens for the last time. I'm not sure rally is really Kubica's strength.

Sports cars or touring cars, on the other hand. They'll be glad to have his talent, and the reduced loads and larger office can certainly accommodate his injury just like WRC.

Dusty Ventures > Bakkster, touring car driver 09/10/2013 at 18:16

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I disagree. Pretty much every time Kubica's crashed in rally this year its been while he had a healthy lead. His last four results in WRC2 were first, first, second, and first. He even finished fifth overall in Germany, beating more than half the top-spec WRC teams with his less powerful WRC2 car. He's not just good at rallying, he's "potential future factory driver" good. If he backs off by just 10% it'll greatly reduce his off road excursions and he'll truly be a force to be reckoned with

Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents > Mikeado 09/10/2013 at 18:37

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That is just wishful thinking on my part. Wish we'd seen a Nando/Kubica pairing at Ferrari.

Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents > Dusty Ventures 09/10/2013 at 18:38

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Haha. Don't think he is physically capable anymore of getting back into an F1 cockpit. I just want the guy to finish rallys and not break more body parts.

Bakkster, touring car driver > Dusty Ventures 09/11/2013 at 12:13

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And without the ability to know when to back off, he'll end up dead instead of a factory driver. IMO, there's more to being a good driver than just pace. Maybe he can learn (and hopefully fast), but not every driver is capable of backing off. Some can't get themselves to back off, and if Kubica can't I worry about him.

Dusty Ventures > Bakkster, touring car driver 09/11/2013 at 14:37

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He's six races incident free, something none of the current factory WRC drivers can say right now, and he's finished every WRC event he's started so far. I think he's already learning it. This practice crash isn't a big deal, everyone crashes in practice at some point. Hirvonen stuffed it testing in January, Solberg crashed in practice at least twice, Ogier stuffed one, etc etc.