News Details

Kubica needed ‘time to adapt' to Pirelli tyres

Pirelli's Mario Isola believes Robert Kubica could have showed his true pace if he was given 'more time to adapt' to the tyres. Reports have been circulating in recent weeks that, finances aside, Sergey Sirotkin also made more of an impression on Williams at the Abu Dhabi test because he was able to extract more pace from the slower tyres than Robert Kubica, who was long considered to be the strong favourite to land the 2018 seat. But, after speaking to Kubica, Isola has no doubt that Kubica has a good understanding of the tyres and just needs more track time to be able to showcase his true performance. 'I believe that Robert is a professional driver with a lot of experience, even if he...
Full Story »
7y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli's Isola: 'Kubica needs more time to adapt'

Amid reports that Robert Kubica struggled to adapt to F1's new tyres at...
7y ago from F1i.com

Kubica's struggle with tyres behind Williams decision...

Robert Kubica's difficulty in adapting to Pirelli's new tyres is...
7y ago from F1i.com

Pirelli confirms compound choices for Azerbaijan Grand...

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has confirmed its compound choices for...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Horner sees new Pirelli range as harbinger of 'better...

Red Bull's Christian Horner believes this year's expansion of Pirelli's...
7y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Ducati Corse showcases 2025 MotoGP livery

Ducati Corse is the newest team to showcase its new 2025 livery ahead of...
20m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alexander Rossi points to loyalty as main reason ECR...

Alexander Rossi is set to embark on a new journey with Ed Carpenter...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

McLaughlin more confident of beating...

No description available...
19h ago from Motorsport.com

Mature mindset to help David Malukas reset his IndyCar...

David Malukas is betting on a new level of maturity to help him climb the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'One to be monitored' – Fabrizio Romano teases...

Wolves forward Matheus Cunha could reportedly be one to watch as his new...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

533 (not a new and innovative formation)

Morning all, a very quick blog for you today as I'm heading back to...
3h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.