The Brazilian Grand Prix will be very unpredictable – Renault's Robert Kubica
Renault driver Robert Kubica has been mercurial in the past couple of races; he came third in the Belgian Grand Prix, gave average performances in the Italian and Singapore Grand Prix, before retiring at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Currently 7th in the season standings, he will have to achieve excellence in the last two races, the Brazilian and Abu Dhabi GPs, to see Renault stake a claim in the top 3 teams this Formula One season.
The Polish driver thinks that the uncertain weather conditions at the Brazilian Grand Prix will play a vital role in this year’s race and the drivers will have to depend on their luck.
Robert Kubica’s team Renault has been able to come up with some useful upgrades to it F-duct, and while that has not helped Vitaly Petrov, who retired in the last two races, Kubica seems to have benefitted from the upgrades, claiming
5th position in the Korean Grand Prix.
“Brazil is a bit of a strange track and it's really difficult to predict how we will perform. There is a long straight out of the last corner where the F-duct will give us lots of gain and this is also where the power of the engine
will be important,” said Kubica.
Robert Kubica is currently in-form and has been giving some outstanding results in the qualifying sessions. Even though he does not have a very strong car, Robert has been a pain in the neck for the top running teams since the
beginning of the season and plans to keep it that way in Brazil.
“I think that we might have a lottery with the weather because Brazil gets unsettled conditions at this time of year, so it's likely we will have some wet running, as we did in 2009. When it rains the track has very poor grip and
you have to be lucky to get the perfect balance with the car,” he added.
Robert Kubica finished in 2nd place in his Sauber back in 2009 at Interlagos, and is looking forward to replicating (and perhaps even bettering) last year’s performance.
“You are very near the fans because the grandstands are very close, which makes the feeling on the grid very special. 95% of them are cheering for Brazilians, but it's still a nice atmosphere. I had a good result there last year,
which came as a big surprise,” said the Polish driver.
It will not be as easy as it sounds but since the weather can play a huge role at the Brazilian Grand Prix, Robert is keeping his fingers crossed and hopes that the conditions favour his team.
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