Finishing Monday’s opening test at Valencia as the field’s slowest runner was almost certainly not how Robert Kubica had envisaged starting his Renault F1 career.

However, with teams running such varying fuel loads, Kubica believes that a car’s true pace will be hard to distinguish during the four pre-season sessions. And the Polish driver is optimistic that he and the French squad are already working well together and pushing the R30 forward…

 
2012 F1 Merchandise from OnPole.com