Kubica on the comeback trail
Two years on from Robert Kubica's horrific rally crash, AUTOSPORT's sister publication F1 Racing revisits an interview with him from days before the accident and catches up with the Pole for his rally return
2011: A LEADER LOST
By James Roberts
It's not a Lotus. It's not a Renault. Nor is it a Ferrari. Robert Kubica is sitting in a Mercedes as it peels south along the B4027 towards Woodstock. That means a tight turnaround for the taxi driver, who has to hurry him back to the airport in time for his flight back home to Italy.
This is just a short trip to Oxfordshire for Kubica's seat-fitting in the R31, the car on which Renault and Lotus are pinning their hopes in 2011. It's an innovative new chassis, with its fancy forward-facing exhausts, but it needs to take the Enstone crew back to the top step this year. Not only for the team's sake, but to convince their lead driver that Renault is the team he should stay with for the long haul.
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