Kubica: "I didn’t know what to feel when I walked towards the hairpin"

Robert Kubica returned to the scene of one of the biggest accidents in recent memory in Montreal. The Pole crashed heavily during the 2007 race but returned the following year and went on to win the race. Speaking with the official Formula One website, he recalls the weekend.

"I didn’t know what to feel when I walked towards the hairpin during Thursday’s track walk, on my return to Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.

"It was a very big accident that I had the previous year. But it was actually a bigger shock that nothing happened.

"I was very lucky. I remember looking at the wall where I first made contact. There were no negative emotions. I just walked on and put it out of my mind. 

"In the race, everyone remembers the red light at the end of the pit lane and Hamilton crashing into Raikkonen – and fortunately not me, as I was lined up alongside Raikkonen.

"But I think we were in a position to win the race, even without this accident.

"We had a good strategy and executed it well. As I was doing two stops, I had to pass my teammate Heidfeld and then push to create a gap big enough to pit and rejoin ahead of him if I wanted to win.

"Of course, you never know what will happen, but the stop went smoothly and I rejoined in the lead. We had a strong race and a strong weekend."