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Several web sites wrote earlier this week that Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica -- who's still recovering from the horrible rally accident in February 2010 in Italy - tested a Ford Fiesta RS WRC car on a road course in France.
No one, including Ford, M-Sport or Kubica's agent confirmed the news.
But the Pole has always been a big fan of rallying and contested several rallies in the past few years, including the Rallye Monte-Carlo in 2010, driving a Renault Clio R3.
If the very serious injuries to his right arm and hand do not allow his to return to Formula 1 one day, Kubica may consider a switch to the World Rally Championship.
Driving a World Rally Car is not physically as demanding as driving an F1 car. Maybe Kubica, now 27 wanted to check how he felt driving a purebred WRC car on tarmac.
Malcolm Wilson, Ford team principal revealed nothing about the test. “As you know, we had a four-day development test at a circuit in France, that's all there is to it. It was a private test and I'm not prepared to comment further,” Wilson declared.
No one, including Ford, M-Sport or Kubica's agent confirmed the news.
But the Pole has always been a big fan of rallying and contested several rallies in the past few years, including the Rallye Monte-Carlo in 2010, driving a Renault Clio R3.
If the very serious injuries to his right arm and hand do not allow his to return to Formula 1 one day, Kubica may consider a switch to the World Rally Championship.
Driving a World Rally Car is not physically as demanding as driving an F1 car. Maybe Kubica, now 27 wanted to check how he felt driving a purebred WRC car on tarmac.
Malcolm Wilson, Ford team principal revealed nothing about the test. “As you know, we had a four-day development test at a circuit in France, that's all there is to it. It was a private test and I'm not prepared to comment further,” Wilson declared.