Former F1 race winner Robert Kubica
will add four European Rally Championship events to his WRC2 campaign
with Citroen, it was announced today at a press conference in the
Polish capital, Warsaw.
The Pole will compete on the Canaries
Rally, as was already announced, Rally Azores, Tour de Corse and his
home Rally Poland. He will drive the same Citroen DS3 RRC that he
will campaign in the WRC2 class.
It will be a tough year for the Pole's
first year in full-time international rallying. Before he has only
competed in selected national events whilst in the midst of a
promising Formula One career, but this was cut short by the now well
publicised injury he suffered two years ago. Now he faces this new
challenge, but he wants to “learn, learn, learn” all about life
in the professional end of rallying.
"I have no specific goals other
than to learn, learn, learn. Rallying is the next challenge for me
and I have a great opportunity to build my experience, learn the
events and the pace notes with my new co-driver.” said Kubica.
Kubica says he is relishing returning
to his native Poland competitively, with Rally Poland taking place at
the end of September. The gravel event makes up part of the ERC this
season, the high-speed stages making for some spectacular driving.
"Doing Rally Poland will be like a
comeback for me because I haven't done a race in Poland since I was
in karting when I was about 12 years old before moving to Italy. It
will be great to compete in front of my home fans." he added.
Maciek Baran will co-drive for Kubica
this year, and it was announced in Warsaw that Polish oil company
Grupa Lotos will become his team's title sponsor. Lotos already
sponsor the MINI John Cooper Works of Michal Kosciuszko in the WRC.
He has already one day of testing under his belt, and will head to
Gran Canaria on Monday for another test.
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