News Details

'Tight' for Kubica to make Japan start after Q1 crash

Williams is facing a race against time to get Robert Kubica's car repaired in time for him to start the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday after the Polish driver crashed out in the opening stage of the delayed qualifying session. The threat of Typhoon Hagibis forced F1 officials to reschedule qualifying for Sunday morning, leaving just three hours between its conclusion and the start of the grand prix. Kubica put two wheels on the grass coming through the final corner when starting his first flying lap in Q1, causing the car to spear left into the barrier and crash, leaving the chassis with significant damage. Speaking about his shunt, Kubica called it "a high price for a relatively...
Full Story »
6y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Saturday cancelled at Suzuka; Qualifying set for Sunday

Japanese Grand Prix – Formula 1 has confirmed that Saturday's...
6y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Kubica crashes in Suzuka qualifying, race in doubt

Robert Kubica crashed almost immediately at the start of Japanese Grand...
6y ago from GPFans.com

WATCH: Kubica's HARD crash during Japanese Grand Prix...

Watch as Williams driver Robert Kubica slams his FW42 into the wall just...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Mercedes admit Ferrari 'untouchable' in Suzuka...

Mercedes were left looking firmly second best in Sunday's qualifying...
6y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Long Beach to bring in new leadership for iconic event

Organizers of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach event have announced...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

White Unlikely To Depart But Will Arsenal Strengthen...

With us now a few weeks into the New Year, the January transfer window has...
1h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Chelsea rival Arsenal & Man Utd for 30m wonderkid...

Chelsea are ready to rival the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United for...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Just In: Man City make progress to sign Arsenal and...

Manchester City have taken a major step forward in their pursuit of...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

F1: Cadillac hits the track

Cadillac was in action at Silverstone today, as... Read More »
1h ago from Pitpass.com

F1 Twitter is 'a war zone' - racing star calls out...

A racing driver has called out some of the... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.