Poland’s Robert Kubica has excelled at several genres of motorsport, winning in Karts, Junior Single Seaters, F1, WRC2 and now he has made his mark in Endurance by winning the ELMS LMP2 title in 2021 and the FIA WEC LMP2 crown last season.
The 39-year-old driver won six karting titles before switching to cars in 2001.Success soon followed with the Vice Champions title in the 2002 Formula Renault 2.0 Italy and the runners up spot in the 2004 and 2005 Macau F3 Grand Prix.
In 2005 Kubica took his first championship title in a car, winning the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. This led to him securing a seat in the BMW Sauber F1 Team the following season, taking a single podium from the six races he competed in.In 2008 Robert Kubica joined the ranks of the Formula 1 race winners after securing victory at the Canadian Grand Prix in a 1-2 for the BMW Sauber F1 team.
A move to the world of rally in 2011 nearly ended before it began with a crash on the Ronde di Andora rally left the Pole with serious injuries.Robert Kubica returned to competitive driving and secured the 2013 WRC2 title, with five wins from seven starts.
After a couple of seasons back in F1 with Williams and Alfa Romeo, Kubica turned his attention to endurance, winning his first ever ELMS race in 2021 at Barcelona and going on to win the LMP2 crown with Louis Deletraz and Yifei Ye for Orlen Team WRT.
After winning the LMP2 title with Team WRT in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, Robert Kubica has stepped up to the Hypercar category, racing an AF Corse run Ferrari 499P.He also returns to the ELMS with the AO by TF team alongside his fellow ELMS champion Louis Deletraz and Britain’s Jonny Edgar.
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