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Why Kubica's worth the wait

In the gap between the Monaco and Canadian grands prix, a minor motor racing miracle played out as Robert Kubica delivered a sensational performance in testing the Renault team's old Lotus E20 F1 car at the Valencia track. After six years away from an F1 cockpit (or a single-seater of any sort) and with a permanently disabled right arm from his rallying accident, by the team's description he simply took up where he had left off, drove as if he'd never been away. Just a week before his rallying accident in January 2011, he had set the fastest time at the F1 winter test at this very circuit. Six years on, he completed 155 laps, pretty much flat-out the whole way, out-paced the team's quick...
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