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Kubica 'almost convinced' he would be on Melbourne grid
Having progressed from driving the 2012 Lotus to more contemporary equipment and then a 'shoot-out' with Paul di Resta at the Hungaroring, it looked as though Robert Kubica, seven years after the rally crash that almost claimed his life, was set for a fairy-tale return to F1. But then along came Sergey Sirotkin and his many millions of roubles, leaving Kubica out in the cold, or test and reserve driver as it's now known. Speaking to Polish newspaper Przeglad Sportowy, Kubica reveals that he was bitterly disappointed to lose out to Sirotkin, having convinced himself he was set to participate in the year's championship. 'The next seven, eight, nine months of the season can bring me closer to...
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