High praise indeed for Kubica. F1
“From a pure talent, I think how he has a feeling in describing the car, I think he is really, really, really strong,” Krack answered.
The main reason for Kubica’s slide away from prominence during 2008 was a decision by BMW to focus their development resources and energy on creating the 2009 car. This was due to the introduction of a big regulation change, with the manufacturer opting against chasing the 2008 title – much to Kubica’s, and Krack’s, frustration.
It led the Luxembourger to make the decision to quit the team altogether, having spent eight years working to haul the Sauber squad forward.“We had worked our way up so hard from 2001 onwards in order to become a winning team. A winning team is maybe wrong because we won one race at the end, but we had pole position in Bahrain, I think we were second in Melbourne. So I think, we will say, a podium team. It was such a good climb over the years, making progress.
“So we were pushing very, very hard to try to do everything to win the championship and to develop the car as much as we could, until the end. But the master plan did not have this included – to continue working on the 2008 car. It was very, very difficult because we thought we could do more than we did in the end.”
With BMW choosing to pull out of F1 at the end of 2009 after the F1.09 proved to be largely a flop, Krack said winning the 2008 title with Kubica could have resulted in the manufacturer choosing to stay in the sport for much longer.“But, to be honest, I was not part of it anymore in 2009. The reasons why they pulled out – was it only success or were there other things? I think there was also the financial crisis at the time, so you would have to ask the big players.
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