In a similar mould to world championship leader
Kimi Raikkonen,
Robert Kubica has revealed he would be keen to try out a rally car once he has hung up his helmet in Formula 1 – adding that he has had offers to move into off-road competition in the past.
Kubica currently sits third in the drivers' standings in what is still only his second full campaign in the top flight, following second, third and fourth-place finishes in three of the opening grands prix of the season, as well as a sensational maiden pole position in Bahrain. Whilst he confesses to being seduced more by the mud and gravel allure of rallying than the glamorous world of
F1, the Polish ace did add that he has too much unfinished business to walk away from the uppermost echelon just yet.
“I would be much happier to have a strong car than to have a not-so-good car and more money or something else,” he told international news agency
Reuters. “In Formula 1 there is a lot of money and glamour and I really think I would have felt better 30 years ago, with fewer motorhomes and less everything but more racing. I am a big fan of racing.
“I think there's a good possibility [of moving into rallying one day], but there are two ways to do rallying. If I want to do rallying properly as a serious driver, I cannot wait a long time, but first of all I would like to have fun in Formula 1 and achieve something in
Formula 1.
“The second option is when I stop Formula 1, just to do rallying for fun. I think the second option is more possible.”
Kubica is the first of his countrymen to break into grand prix racing, and despite taking the traditional karting/single-seaters route up into F1, it could all have worked out very differently indeed, he admitted.
