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	Kubica Сезон завершен, известно имя нового чемпиона мира и порядок гонщиков в личном зачёте, но многие спортивные издания публикуют свой рейтинг, который базируется на впечатлениях от выступлений пилотов, абстрагируясь от конкурентоспособности их машин. Не стал исключением и авторитетный британский Autosport, опубликовавший свою десятку лучших гонщиков по итогам сезона. Первую строчку в нём занял не чемпион мира Себастьян Феттель, а Льюис Хэмилтон, выступавший не на самой быстрой машине. Инженеры McLaren в этом году уступили соперникам в темпе доработки машины, но журналисты Autosport считают, что Льюис провёл этот сезон лучше всех. Роберт Кубица05.12.2010
	Kubica Двенадцать боссов – Петер Заубер (Sauber), Эрик Булье (Renault), Мартин Уитмарш (McLaren), Тони Фернандес (Lotus), Фрэнк Уильямс (Williams), Колин Коллес (HRT), Отмар Сафнауэр (Force India), Росс Браун (Mercedes), Джон Бут (Virgin Racing), Кристиан Хорнер (Red Bull), Стефано Доменикали (Ferrari) и Франц Тост (Toro Rosso) заполнили анкету с именами десяти лучших гонщиков. По результатам голосования гонщики получили очки – 25 за первое место, 18 за второе – до одного очка за десятое, по правилам начисления в прошедшем сезоне. Интересно, что в бумажной версии журнала в этом списке не учитывалось мнение руководителя Ferrari – к моменту сдачи номера в печать позиция Стефано Доменикали не была известна, но в онлайн-версии рейтинга учтён и его голос. Разница между этими двумя публикациями позволяет судить о том, кого вписал Стефано – в его списке: Алонсо, Феттель, Уэббер, Хэмилтон, Масса, Кубица, Баттон и Хюлкенберг – ещё на двух позициях руководитель Ferrari указал гонщиков, не попавших в финальную десятку. В прошлом году в аналогичном опросе победил Себастьян Феттель, на этот раз, по мнению руководителей 12-ти команд, лучшим гонщиком сезона стал Фернандо Алонсо – испанец на девять очков опередил Феттеля. Льюис Хэмилтон на третьей строчке с небольшим отставанием, остальные проиграли больше… Роберт Кубица05.12.2010
	Kubica A proper race driver… He doesn’t care that he’s largely underrated in his profession. “That’s normal. Ha ha ha! It’s kinda normal. It doesn’t worry me. It’s nice to hear good opinions, or even bad ones if they are constructive is also good. You can always learn from negative things or mistakes. But to be honest I am the first person which is quite harsh on myself, and if I am happy that’s what I need to be. “In 2008, at the end of the season, for me I thought it would be very difficult to repeat such performance on my side, but not many people picked it up because I finished fourth, so other people had to be better because they scored more points. But in 2008 there were only a couple of races when I wasn’t up there. The judgement is difficult, because it is depending on your point of view, and it’s difficult for someone from the outside to judge.” He loves Renault, and it adores him. The structure there has allowed him to breathe more than BMW Sauber did, and to make a difference. “I can contribute more here,” he says. “I came as quite an experienced driver who had showed that he can fight for podiums, whereas when I joined BMW I was young and unexperienced [sic]. Definitely when you have experience it’s helpful all areas, helping the engineers, the way you work with the team, building up confidence around you.” He demonstrated his own confidence convincingly in Australia, holding off Hamilton, who recently admitted, with a knowing smile: “Robert is very fair, but you know he’ll close the door on you harder than anyone else.” Kubica smiles at that. “To be 100 per cent honest, I was very pleased when he pitted. But I didn’t saw it so close, once we were side by side but he couldn’t quite overtake. It’s not personal, but if I get overtaken at that point it would not have been good for me!” There is clear mutual respect here. “We know each other for very long, we have raced already since 1998,” Kubica says. “To be honest, when Lewis joined F1 I was not surprised what he was doing in his first year. I wasn’t encouraged as such, but I knew what he can do. Some drivers might take quite a long time to reach their peak, but Lewis was an example of getting on the limit straight away. That helps a lot, without any testing now, or any experience.” That drive against Hamilton was a key indicator of Kubica’s quality and talent, but that’s not all he has in his arsenal. “He’s without doubt the hardest working driver I’ve ever encountered,” Permane says. “He will be at the track until well after midnight, even if he’s racing the next day. He wants to go through and understand everything. He’s always making suggestions, always wanting to know what’s happening. He’s very demanding, always on your case. As an example, he drove that great race in Australia to finish second but afterwards had a list of stuff that he wasn’t happy with.” Kubica likes to play down his ferocious work ethic. “I’m just trying to get as much information as I can, and you can improve a lot by analysing all the data with the engineers.” Like, doesn’t everyone do that? Actually, they don’t. And that’s why, when Robert Kubica, Poland’s first-ever grand prix driver, the kid who used to sleep on the workshop floor when he was racing karts for CRG, gets his dedicated hands on a really competitive Renault, even Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso had better watch their backs. Роберт Кубица03.12.2010
	Kubica “Give any quick driver a quick car and he’ll be right there, and we’re working very hard on giving Robert a quick car. But he’s more than just that. His attitude just makes things an awful lot more rewarding for everyone in the team – especially those guys sat at laptops all day. There’s no downside with Robert.” So when was his last serious mistake? Maybe qualifying in Monza in 2007? At Silverstone in 2008 he aquaplaned off, but that didn’t really count as a mistake given the conditions… “I was upset with myself because I am never, even when I win, 100 per cent happy,” he says of that moment. “In such difficult conditions I couldn’t see anything, I was behind Kovalainen, and I got on to a puddle. “I don’t think last year I went off…” he muses. “Definitely this year I didn’t went off. I have not even put one wheel off the road.” He pauses, then grins, “That reminds me that I’m under the limit and I try, then maybe I flat spot the tyres or I go off!” But the point is that he doesn’t. BobKub is arguably the most consistent, mistake-free driver in F1. And one day that is going to reap the whirlwind. “Somehow I am not a spectacular driver but I think I can deliver consistency,” he says modestly. “At least from my point of view if you are selecting a driver I would look more for consistency than spectacularity [sic], because in the long term that gives you more points. Everyone remember Colin McRae, huge speed, huge accidents. On the other side you had Carlos Sainz, but he deliver massive results.” His use of rally driving examples is illuminating. That’s his antidote to F1, and he adores it. “Rally is my biggest passion,” he says, becoming animated. “I want always to do some rallies but was not allowed before. But last year I was joking when talking to Renault and they were convincing me to come: ‘You allow me to do rallies,’ kind of joke, but there was no real plan. But when I bad luck in rallying in November and December, I knew that I had to do it until I got a finish. Lately I’ve been doing really well, with quite good performance and pace; I’m quite surprised. “Somehow I have to take care of myself, and with front-wheel drive you can’t go sideways. But what I like is that when you approach a corner you never know what will happen. There is always a kind of question like that. In F1, if I go to Barcelona, I can tell you with 80 to 90 per cent certainty everything that will happen on a lap, unless there is a sudden weather change, a wind change that you can’t predict. Rallying is unpredictable, you go into the corner with the notes from your co-driver. What the bloody hell will happen? You have to predict. That’s what I like from rallying most.” He’s an impulsive/compulsive character, as evinced by his various hobbies. Last year he used to go for a run after every race. So what was with all that? “I was in competition with my friends. It gave me more motivation, and I’m the kind of person which really likes to give 100 per cent from myself, even if I’m bowling or something. I always decide to have competition. “You know, running doesn’t necessarily mean the same energy is needed, it’s a different kind of energy from driving. Running at 50 per cent of your pace is good, you can run and run, without pushing. Actually it’s kind of therapeutic, it helps your patience. It’s good for your mind. Breathing some fresh air.” He admits that he’s the sort of person who has to dedicate himself 100 per cent to anything he decides to do, to get the best possible result. “If I don’t have the motivation I’m not able to concentrate 100 per cent, so I stop. People ask what is my hobby, and I’m changing nearly every year! The first moment I found it not giving me what I’m looking for, I stop. I played a lot of racing and rally games, bowling, squash, poker…” He’s part of F1’s poker club: Tonio Liuzzi, Fernando Alonso, Rubens Barrichello, Giancarlo Fisichella… Does he win or lose? “Actually, last year was good year for me,” he grins. “Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, but the most important thing when you lose is to lose as little as possible, and when you win to win as much as possible!” We talk for a bit about bowling, how the great thing about it is to be natural and let it flow, that the harder you try, the worse you play… “Yeah,” he says, eyes lighting up. “It’s unbelievable! In bowling is a very, very difficult sport. It looks very easy, but the muscles have to be under control, you have to be fluid, the whole movement unbelievable. When you go deep into it, it’s amazing.” He doesn’t really know when his passion for cars started. “I don’t know where it begins, but especially my father, Artur, gives it to me. He dedicated nearly all the money which my parents had at the time to my karting, but also the mentality I have of doing things to 100 per cent is because of my father. There were no race tracks in Krakow, so we were driving 150 kilometres from there to nearest track twice a week, even if we were not racing and were there just to test with other drivers. It was time consuming for him, and sometimes very harsh, extremely harsh, I now realise… And we had some quiet journeys home! And then at home I had to get back to school with all I had missed while I was racing.” Ask him to identify his most challenging track, and one part of the answer is obvious. “I think Suzuka, that’s the most challenging,” he says straight away. “But you know, I sometimes get the feeling that simple-looking tracks can be the most difficult. Spa, for example, is very nice and a favourite, but it’s not challenging, though it has very nice corners. It was much more challenging when there was gravel round the track. Now there is Tarmac, it’s not so challenging, In the past, when I was in Formula Renault there was gravel, and if you carry too much speed into a corner, it’s over. Now they have Tarmac run-offs, painted kerbs…” Роберт Кубица03.12.2010
	Kubica A pole apart By David Tremayne For reasons that remain unfathomable, Robert Kubica remains underrated even though he’s doing a fabulous job for Renault. But just wait until it can give him the right car… Three years ago here, Robert Kubica had one of those ‘air crash’ accidents that make a press room go very, very quiet. His BMW Sauber shattered into pieces, and there was huge relief when the popular Pole emerged unhurt. It had been a very big one. The following week, as he was advised by doctors not to race at Indianapolis and his seat was taken by rookie Sebastian Vettel, then still tied to BMW, a reporter asked Kubica if he’d watched the videos of the dramatic accident. “I didn’t need to, I was there live,” Robert replied, humour Martini-dry. The only thing about him that’s sharper is the way he drives race cars. Believe it, Kubica is brilliant. And the fact that he is underrated outside the paddock will change. It’s easy for some to forget that, in the dramatic Lewis Hamilton versus Felipe Massa battle for the 2008 World Championship, Kubica was also a factor until BMW Sauber’s rate of development lagged towards the end of the season. He won his first (and so far, only) F1 victory here in 2008, and of the three contenders, he made the fewest mistakes. The man drives like an automaton. Second in Australia and third in Monaco have been highlights even though he doesn’t have the best car. “I knew he was quick,” Renault’s chief engineer Alan Permane says, “but what’s surprised me apart from the amazing work ethic is the consistency. He just hasn’t put a foot wrong, in winter testing and in the race weekends, not so much as a single spin – other than when he was hit in the first corner in Bahrain. He’s totally on it from the word go, yet does not make mistakes. He was brilliant under pressure from a faster car in Australia. In Malaysia fourth was the best result that was possible, and he got it. Just as second was the maximum in Australia. Роберт Кубица03.12.2010

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