Top 82 Quotes & Sayings by Robert Kubica
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Polish driver Robert Kubica.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
It's true that driving an F1 car in testing is helpful, it's not that you learn everything.
I have never been ready 100% even when I was racing in my gold times.
You know if you have driven well or not, but sometimes because of the car or package you simply cannot do any more.
I will always give 100 percent and I am looking to finish in the points on a consistent basis.
I know my value. I don't have to look at lap times.
You gain nothing from giving up.
We have seen a tendency for cars running the f-duct to use higher downforce levels than normal, because they can stall the rear wing and still generate good top speed.
There have been many races in the past that I have won and not been happy, and other times when I finished maybe eighth but was really happy with my driving.
Using KERS and the adjustable front wing is not particularly difficult. Once you've worked out where to use KERS to optimum effect at each track, and in which places you adjust the front wing, it happens pretty much automatically.
Regarding KERS, I have mixed feelings. As I am a tall and relatively heavy person I have disadvantages regarding the weight and consequently the weight distribution of the car. But on the other hand KERS could be a big advantage because of the boost.
Silverstone is normally quite a tricky place for the set-up and for finding a good balance, because you have a big difference between the low-speed and high speed corners, and there are not really any medium-speed corners in between.
I don't know what the future will bring.
In order to become a complete driver I believe that rallying will give me extra bits, because of gravel, because of different characteristics.
It is not that I lost my biggest passion - it is still racing.
KERS definitely helps on a straight when you want to overtake somebody who doesn't have the system.
When you are a race driver you see things in the race driver mode.
Poland is my home country but in go-karts, Formula Renault and Formula 3, I always raced for Italian teams and spent over a year living close to Monza, so this whole area holds good memories for me.
I had a great opportunity to be an F1 driver but, on the other hand, I have a great opportunity to become a rally driver with a very good programme.
Of course I have to work harder because I have my limitations, and I have to prepare better and in a different way my body and mental strength, but that is part of my life.
I'm quite honest and demanding of myself so if I can achieve satisfaction from the job I did, I will be happy.
It's been a big challenge to get into F1.
It will be a dream to come back to F1.
I always said that I took a lot energy, a lot of time for me to recover and come back to the sport and join back in F1, but I would like to stay.
I have never been ready 100% even when I have been racing on my, let's say, gold times.
I've become more sensitive, more open, which is not necessarily good in F1. But if you are able to control your emotions, I think it can be positive.
There is no medicine maybe for everything, but there is a big medicine which is downforce in an F1 car.
The more experience you have, the more confidence you get and the more ready you are.
Hungary we know it's a difficult track, it's one of the most physical tracks.
If you have more downforce, everything becomes much easier. Drivers drive better, engineers they have more room for setup, the tyres are working better because you switch them on earlier and you have less degradation.
I think there is only one person who can judge what I can do behind the steering wheel - and that's myself.
I think it's impossible to drive a Formula One car with one hand.
I think I've done a lot and I've proven myself.
I always enjoy street circuits, especially Monaco, and I've always gone well there.
I don't think KERS will change the overall picture - the gaps between the teams won't get any bigger. And I don't expect more overtaking, especially not under braking. The braking distances of modern F1 cars are just too short to make a big difference.
My aim, as always, is to deliver a good and consistent performance across the year. That is the goal for any driver.
We can forget how motorsport can be dangerous.
It is one thing to drive a Formula 1 car, and it is another thing to actually race it.
Basically, it is always good for a team if both drivers are very quick.
Whenever I jump into the car I always try to do my best.
Every single rally is a different character.
I didn't know if I would get the chance to return to F1.
Driving on gravel is very demanding. There are lots of movements on the steering wheel which put a lot of stress on my arm and my hand.
I drive like my body and my limitations leave me to do it. After my accident, I discovered that to do a roundabout in the road car, you don't have to grab the steering wheel, you can use friction to turn.
I spent many years in Italy, I've lived just 5km away from the track and the Monza atmosphere is very special.
There are some things I cannot do as I did before the accident. Trying to do them the same way was impossible, and I was getting frustrated. Then one day I said to myself that I had to relearn those things and do them in a different way and see what was possible, and how it could be achieved.
When you do everything you can to be an F1 driver and suddenly it stops, it's not painful but it's definitely not something you were looking for.
The 2008 season was very long and extremely hard - probably the toughest of my career.
Unfortunately in motorsport, accidents can happen.
In December 2005 I had a very good opportunity to test Renault's world championship-winning car at Barcelona, and after 30 laps I was setting really good times, so I know what it's like to drive a really good car.
Things can change very quickly in Formula 1.
The brain adapts very quickly. It is incredible how quickly we can adapt and what progress we can make in a very short time.
The price for winning is not the same for your life.
Spa is quite different to all the other circuits we run at because, although we use lower downforce levels similar to Canada, this circuit has many more high-speed corners.
Obviously when you join a team everything is new and you have to get to know the people and how they operate.
When you get to an F1 car and after one lap you see the pace is there, it is special emotions and I miss it so much.
Nothing is impossible.
In a rally car when you put a 20 kg spare wheel in a car which is weighing 1,300 kg, you feel it.
You have to first of all feel good with yourself before doing something which requires being fast or driving a racing car.
Often people forget motorsport is a sport.
As always, testing can only give you ideas on where you are. And it can also mislead you.
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