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Start panic, lost mirror, broken wing make for hectic Robert Kubica return

Robert Kubica ended an eight-and-a-half-year drought from the Formula 1 grid at the Australian Grand Prix but had a far-from-straightforward race. Kubica’s previous race appearance came at the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but for 2019 he has stepped up to a seat with Williams, eight years after he sustained severe arm injuries in a rally accident. Kubica qualified last after clipping the wall in Q1 – on a weekend in which Williams struggled for pace – and went on to finish a thrice-lapped 17th in race trim. But the Pole had a far from simple route to bringing up the rear of the pack. “Actually it was my first standing start in eight years and four months,” he...
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