“I’ve never spoken of my limitations and I don’t want to use that as an excuse. That’s me and I have to get the most out of my current state. This is my main goal. Sometimes I struggle with myself. I can have better and worse days. But everyone is human. I’m looking for challenges that I value highly because I don’t want to go for the simple.
“I could list categories and probably past opportunities that could have made a lot of money. I could have had an easy life, but I turned it down because I wanted to focus on something else. This focus keeps me going and also helps me in everyday life. “
Kubica’s story is first and foremost a human one. He speaks of his passion for appreciating the “moments of pure enjoyment” behind the wheel, even in difficult situations. His change of perspective is clear. Everything is a hard-won bonus for him, every lap he takes in an F1 car a small miracle considering the accident could have broken him both mentally and physically.
Plus, his racing instinct is still there. In his season with Williams, he shone in the first few laps. In this four-hour long-distance race at the Red Bull Ring, he demonstrated his good judgment under racing conditions and called for the team to switch from wet to intermediate tires at the team’s last pit stop, laying the groundwork for Delétraz at the end of the victory.
The ELMS is the ideal place for a driver with the talents of Kubica. WRT has an excellent track record in GT racing but this is his first full-time triumph with prototypes in the LMP2 category and Kubica has recovered from a difficult DTM campaign in 2019 to take off.
The importance of this breakthrough victory in Spain cannot be underestimated. The ELMS is not the most distinguished series, but it is very competitive and its teams regularly fight at the top of the LMP2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was a special moment for Kubica to win at such a level, even if he said it was easy for him.
“From my point of view, that was one of the easiest Sundays,” says Kubica. “But this series has a top-class field with at least three or four very good teams with a lot of experience and strong ones [driver] Constellations.
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