“It was not easy in some ways, but in another way it helped me to get stronger. I am a stronger driver like this than if everything had been easy for me. I think I went through hard moments very easily because I was maybe used to fighting and struggling to achieve something.”
Struggling, however, is not something the 23-year-old has been accustomed to thus far in 2008, with BMW-Sauber's
F1.08 a genuine contender for regular rostrum finishes and – on the team's day – perhaps even victory. That notwithstanding, Kubica remains adamant the Munich and Hinwil-based outfit still has much work to do if it is to taker the fight to – and beat – F1 pace-setters
Ferrari and McLaren-Mercedes on a more consistent basis.
“Looking at how the car is running and at the others, we are lacking a bit of speed,” he insisted. “We are always very strong in slow corners and slow sectors, so I think we can be stronger at slow tracks like Monaco and Budapest, the kind of tracks where there are no long straights and many corners.
“Maybe there we will have some chance, but a lot will depend on how quick we develop compared to the others.”
