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According to a local newspaper, Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica has tested a World Rally Car on a road circuit in France.
Ford's technical director Christian Loriaux was quoted on Saturday by the French-language L'Avenir as saying works drivers Petter Solberg and Jari-Matti Latvala tested over four days at the asphalt Circuit des Ecuyers.
This 3.5km road course is located 90km North-East of Paris.
Also in action was a "mystery driver who does not want to give publicity to this collaboration", Loriaux said to the newspaper.
The mystery driver, according to Ford's Loriaux, is a "guy with some experience on asphalt, and I take off my hat to him: he came at his own expense and worked gracefully".
"And his expertise was very interesting. During our first contact, he told me he was not sure if he could do the job physically, but everything went well," he added.
L'Avenir wrote that the 'mystery driver' is Robert Kubica, the former BMW and Renault Formula 1 driver who is still recovering from serious injuries sustained in a huge rally crash in Italy in early 2011.
According to a local newspaper, Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica has tested a World Rally Car on a road circuit in France.
Ford's technical director Christian Loriaux was quoted on Saturday by the French-language L'Avenir as saying works drivers Petter Solberg and Jari-Matti Latvala tested over four days at the asphalt Circuit des Ecuyers.
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This 3.5km road course is located 90km North-East of Paris.
Also in action was a "mystery driver who does not want to give publicity to this collaboration", Loriaux said to the newspaper.
The mystery driver, according to Ford's Loriaux, is a "guy with some experience on asphalt, and I take off my hat to him: he came at his own expense and worked gracefully".
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"And his expertise was very interesting. During our first contact, he told me he was not sure if he could do the job physically, but everything went well," he added.
L'Avenir wrote that the 'mystery driver' is Robert Kubica, the former BMW and Renault Formula 1 driver who is still recovering from serious injuries sustained in a huge rally crash in Italy in early 2011.