Robert Kubica admits he is lacking confidence and feels only “20 percent” prepared for the start ꧑of the 2019 Formula 1 seasܫon. 

The Pole will makꩵe his much-anticipated return to grand prix racing at the Australian Grand Prix in two weeks’ time, having recovered from severe injuries that initially cut-short his F1 career back in 2011. 

But his preparation for a first F1 race since the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has been far fro꧋m idea🥃l, with car delays causing Williams to miss the opening two days of pre-season testing in Barcelona. 

While the British squad recovered to make some progress, it remained last in terms of the m🗹ileage and laptime charts, with Kubica completing the feཧwest laps of any driver on the 2019 grid in his two-and-a-half days behind the wheel of the FW42. 

“Going to the first race after eight years 🌼without doing a pro💎per job of testing will be difficult,” Kubica said. “But this is the situation and I cannot change it, so I have to make sure we are doing everything we can from my side. 

“Probably I know 20 percent of the things that I should know before going to Australia. The rest is unknown. I haven't done longer than 15 laps long run, so there are a lot of question marks. But that's the 𓄧reality - we 🍸did the maximum of what we had.” 

Kubica said he was initially encouraged by his run on Wedneওsday afternoon - describing it as one of his “best in a Williams car” - before losing confidence once more. 

“My last real run when I fel๊t the car well was [Wednesday] afternoon, first run, when the car did things which I was nicely surprised [about]. 

“It was one of the 𒆙best of my runs in a Williams car so I get up a lot of confidence, but since then my confidence disappeared, because the car was not in the r🎃ight state.” 

Asked for a realistic goal for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Kubica replied: “First of all we have to make sure𝓀 the car stays in on🅘e piece!

“Because the reality is, my test ♎ended after the first run in the afternoon [on Wednesday]. The rest, I have to forget how I drove and what I felt.”

Teammate George Russell admitted Williams is currently the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:slowest team on the grid heading 💜to Melbourne but was left “very positive by the big step” the teamꩵ has made across the fortnight.