Kubica: "Poor form makes it easier"

Robert Kubica says that Williams' poor form this season has made it easier for him as he missed out on a driving seat last season.

Kubica was battling it out for the Williams seat but missed out to Sergey Sirotkin.

He is still at Williams, though, as their reserve driver and has driven the FW41 in testing before.

Kubica was questioned to whether he would rather be in the car than on the sidelines:

"For sure, I would like to deny it, the fact is this is a great opportunity to live my passion and be in the paddock and to drive an F1 car," Kubica told Motorsport Week.

"With the current regulation where there are such restrictions on testing, it's not easy.

"You don't see many (test drivers) or none at all being so active in the car, so this is a great opportunity for me but for sure, once I realised I can do it and I felt I could race despite my limitations.

"Last year the test gave me a quite a lot of confidence, I was building up confidence and the comfront I can do it.

"Of course, I'd prefer to be racing, but the fact is when you see the performance of the car it's a bit easier to not race, because if we were fighting for podiums or top positions then it would be harder to not race.

"But somehow it's not a question of position, I would be lying if I said I'm fine with it.

"I'm fine because in the end, I accept it and once I decided to say yes to Williams' offer, I knew where I was going and I think I have a professional approach and I try to help the team and I'm a part of the team and this is a good aspect."