Robert Kubica has again accused Williams of limiting his performance at the Japanese Grand Prix.
The Polish driver ended practice slightly ahead of teammate George Russell at Suzuka but on his first out-lap in qualifying, found himself in the barrier coming through the final curve onto the pit straight.
Though strong winds were thought to have been a key factor, Kubica hinted at something not being right with his Williams car in comments made before the race.
“As I said I think there’s a few factors which are contributing [to the crash]. I don’t want to go too much into the details, but let’s say the whole story started before qualifying,” he said after describing the situation on the radio as a “f**king joke”.
Speaking to Polish TV, however, Kubica, who will leave Williams at the end of the season, told all.
“Friday was very good, first time for a very long time,” he noted.
“We changed the front wing. It wasn’t supposed to be better and on the second car, it did not give any advantage or was even worse, but my car felt a lot better.
“However, for strange reasons, the wing was taken from my car this morning before qualifying. I think there was just too much time to think about it on Saturday…
“The typhoon passed, but I think the decision was not related to the track here, but more so to other reasons or choices.
“This morning, however, gave me a lot to think about. I knew some things, but this morning some boundaries were probably crossed.”
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“I was hoping after the really disappointing Russia we would be here trying to do our best and this is what we tried to do on Friday,” he continued.
“Actually on Friday I ended up with quite good feelings but my feelings were probably too good.
“We agreed on something and then on Sunday morning things changed for whatever reason.
“I think it was not the decision of people who are here.”