Robert Kubica has again put this season’s poor performance squarely at the feet of Williams.
The British outfit enjoyed a more competitive race in Monaco with George Russell the fastest car on track for three laps, as the rest were managing tyres.
Still, it didn’t result in a massively improved result with the Briton 15th, while Kubica finished 18th after being hit by Antonio Giovinazzi at Rascasse.
Speaking after the race weekend to Poland’s TVL, Robert was asked what specifically is continuing to hold Williams performance back.
“Maybe I know what the problem is, but I cannot fix it because it doesn’t depend on me,” he was quoted by PlanetF1. “Drivers are not responsible for building the car.”
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The former BMW and Renault driver then reflected on the situation at the start of 2019.
“In winter, no one knew where they were because the rules, which could shuffle the cards, changed,” Kubica explained.
“In Formula 1, not everything is up to you. You come to the first test and it turns out that what you have created is not very good.
“We had a lot of delays which didn’t help,” he noted. “But, even if we did not have them, we would not be fighting for points now.”
As for Kubica’s own pace, many have pointed to his poor results compared to Russell to question his F1 comeback this season.
Racing in Monaco was also always expected to be the biggest challenge of his physical ability, and the 35-year-old pointed to that to again have a dig at his doubters.
“I knew I would be fine here,” he said. “I think overall a lot of people thought I would not even be able to turn the steering wheel.
“In this not easy situation I think I did pretty well, and I can be happy. Of course, the final result could have been better, but that’s how it is with racing.
“People said that Turn 1 would be an issue for me, and I think in all the races I did pretty well in Turn 1, or on the opening lap, when there is a kind of racing instinct.”
