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Robert Kubica moved back to the head of the WRC 2 standings after winning the category at Rallye de France - Alsace today and the Pole can secure the world title at the next round in Spain later this month.
Kubica was flawless in treacherous conditions to secure his 4th win of the season in a Citroen DS3 RRC and he leads the absent Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari by 8 points. A top 2 finish at his final nominated round, the mixed surface Rally de Espana, will guarantee him the crown no matter what Al-Kuwari does at his final outing in Britain in November.
His only serious rival was Elfyn Evans, and when the Welshman dropped 3 minutes changing a puncture on his Ford Fiesta R5 early on Friday, there was little doubt about the outcome.
Kubica could afford to ease off to preserve his lead, but preferred to push hard when it was safe to do so to increase his experience. He eventually triumphed by 4min 03.9sec from the recovering Evans.
“The conditions were so tricky that we encountered everything you can find on asphalt, which gave me a lot of experience. It was a good rally from that point of view, as well as the points we gained, but to be honest it's more important and valuable to gain experience,” said Robert Kubica.
“After the first 2 real stages we had a 3 minute gap with 250km still to go. It can get boring by backing off and when you do that, you don't learn anything.
“My goal is to learn as much as I can so I backed off where I didn't feel confident or where the conditions were tricky. When the stages were clean, or we had good pace notes in the second pass, we tried to push,” he added.
Robert Kubica moved back to the head of the WRC 2 standings after winning the category at Rallye de France - Alsace today and the Pole can secure the world title at the next round in Spain later this month.
Kubica was flawless in treacherous conditions to secure his 4th win of the season in a Citroen DS3 RRC and he leads the absent Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari by 8 points. A top 2 finish at his final nominated round, the mixed surface Rally de Espana, will guarantee him the crown no matter what Al-Kuwari does at his final outing in Britain in November.
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| Robert Kubica, winner in France. (Photo: Citroën Racing) |
His only serious rival was Elfyn Evans, and when the Welshman dropped 3 minutes changing a puncture on his Ford Fiesta R5 early on Friday, there was little doubt about the outcome.
Kubica could afford to ease off to preserve his lead, but preferred to push hard when it was safe to do so to increase his experience. He eventually triumphed by 4min 03.9sec from the recovering Evans.
“The conditions were so tricky that we encountered everything you can find on asphalt, which gave me a lot of experience. It was a good rally from that point of view, as well as the points we gained, but to be honest it's more important and valuable to gain experience,” said Robert Kubica.
“After the first 2 real stages we had a 3 minute gap with 250km still to go. It can get boring by backing off and when you do that, you don't learn anything.
“My goal is to learn as much as I can so I backed off where I didn't feel confident or where the conditions were tricky. When the stages were clean, or we had good pace notes in the second pass, we tried to push,” he added.