Well, to be honest, I knew, Kubica have taken part in rallies outside of WRC2. And also, I agree that he had his share of incidents. Objectively, some of them really because of his mistakes, but not all. I knew about burned C4 and other crashes, too. I know Kubica is not totally unfamiliar with the sport, but You can't honestly say he had any meaningufl experience before this season!
I must admit I wasn't 100% sure so I checked it. You were right that RK drove his current RRC before Rally Portugal - for the first time in Rally Islas Canarias (the car was build just before that rally) and then in short Fafe rally.
I was not talking about the past though, as You were comenting on the present situation. My point was, he is hardly the liability for the team he represents now, and learned quite well to keep his cool by now, especially when it really counts. He is delivering the results and that was my main argument.
You know Kubica is not being paid for driving his DS3. He is contributing to a fair share of the costs. I would say, citroen is gaining much more than he costs them in mere media exposure he's making, but that's just my guess, as I don't know the numbers in that case. And why would that be wrong? It's a Win-Win situation for citroen and the sport IMHO.
I won't argue that in terms of talent density in WRC/WRC2, this is probably not a prime time for rallies... so point taken.
But You need not to forget about the certain rule in WRC2 and that the whole point of limiting the number of rallies in which driver can be classified for WRC2 championship was made to reduce the advantage of richer teams. So either listing the number of teams participating certain rally or discussing budgets, in my opinion is much less relevant in WRC2 case. Anyway it's not like he's driving the fastest and best prepared car in the series and its rather far from that, I think You can agree to that?
If I had to guess what's the hype about Kubica You mentioned, I would say its about the progress he is making, his very good pace just from the start on very often unfamiliar for him conditions and most of all, how fast he could adapt abd change his driving style from very precise driving on the limit in more less predictable enviroment of racing, where he spent most of his life, to the completely opposite conditions of rallying. And still is damn fast. I. for one. find it very impressive.
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, everyone else avoided stupid rock, nice. Pity because weather is better today and there is more competing, I think, as opposed to surviving.
