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Robert Kubica says there's no magic in the sport when talking about Williams

Robert Kubica says "there's no magic in the sport" when talking about Williams

18-04-2019 10:35
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Robert Kubica does not understand why he lacks the race pace of his teammate. The Williams is by far the slowest car on the grid but so far this season George Russell has been able to stay ahead of Kubica. During qualifying the Pole seems to be very close to the pace of his teammate in China but then during the race he fell behind by about 15 seconds.  

“For whatever reason, since I drove the new generation cars I had to work on my single-lap pace, but on the long runs I was always very good,” he said to the Official F1 website. “Since I drove this car - my first long run was in Australia - but the pace is nowhere and the feeling is much worse than I ever had on long runs. I have no grip.

“I managed to do something in qualifying because the grip delivered by the tyres is much higher, but I cannot do the things that the guys in front are doing, or even George, so it's very strange. I really tried everything but when you have no grip, there's no magic in the sport.”

“I have no race pace against my team mate,” he said. “And when you see exiting corners you are wheel-spinning and losing the car and he's pulling away... I'm not saying it's the car, but there's something we have to understand." 

Williams will hope that they can find some pace and try and be competitive in the next few races.