Renault and Ferrari want Kubica

According to the German newspaper 'Bild', Renault and Ferrari have opened the hunt for Robert Kubica. At the moment, the Pole is third in the drivers' standings and his performances during the first four races of the season have been very promising.

Bernie Ecclestone said: "He gets better and better every race. If I was a team boss, I would get him." And this is exactly what Renault and Ferrari want. They both want to hire the rising star in F1.

Both outfits have inquired how long the Pole is still under contract with BMW and the answer will please the teams: Kubica has a contract until the end of 2009. Of course, Mario Theissen wants to extend this contract, but he will need to increase the salary of the youngster. At the moment, Kubica only earns one quarter of 10 Million-man Nick Heidfeld.

If we look at his forthcoming value, Renault is very unlikely to be able to sign the Pole, considering that the team is always trying to keep driver salaries down as much as possible. On top of that, Kubica is currently driving a car that is considerably faster than the offering of the French squad. Ferrari is a totally different story as it has two trumps in hand to bring in the BMW driver. First of all, Robert fluently speaks Italian and that he has lived in Italy for years. Secondly, the Scuderia is the fastest and best funded team in Formula One, and is not expected to fall down any time soon. It remains to be seen however whether Kubica will be eager to leave BMW and drive in service of Kimi Raikkonen?

The Pole is no longer driving in the shadow of his team mate Nick Heidfeld, he collected the first pole position for the team and looking at his results, it seems logical that, in time, he will bring home the first victory for BMW.

Things can currently go any way for Kubica and only the future will tell...