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New steering wheel: Kubica does almost everything with her left hand

Robert Kubica has finally got a new steering wheel in Monza, which he has been waiting for since the beginning of the season. Why did he have to wait for this custom steering wheel?

Photo: Hasan Bratić

Williams je Robert Kubica after the summer break - finally - donated new steering wheel. Because originally it was supposed to Poljak got this at the beginning of the season, but until monze his wish was not realized. “I got it a little later,”Issued Kubica, which from Monza onwards performs the car with a new steering wheel. “The difference is that the two buttons are on the left and not on the right. In addition, I have an extra pedal on the left.”Because of his severe accident on rally in 2011, his right arm is very limited, making it almost all buttons on the steering wheel located on the left. But why did it take so long?

This is what a normal Williams race car steering wheel looks like…
..so is the new steering wheel that Robert Kubica got in Monza.

"If the car is as slow as it was at the beginning of the season, then it’s hard to justify improvements that only help one racer,”He explained Dave Robson, chief engineer at Williams. For example, if you had a choice between "new steering wheel or new front wing“, Then it would be a witness sports situations it’s hard to opt for a steering wheel that would only benefit you Kubica. "Of course, that didn't help Robert. Unfortunately, however, it was a compromise that we had to take into account,”He explained Robson in terms of the new distribution of buttons on Robert steering wheel. “It is now much easier for him to access all the features. We can see that Gerorge makes a lot of changes to the steering wheel during one lap. The new steering wheel now also helps Robert."

Robert wanted the team to make him a new steering wheel for the inaugural race of this season, but given the poor form of the car, they had to compromise and focus on its weaknesses rather than the Kubica steering wheel - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Above all, it has that too psychological effect. For in terms of net lap time, there is very little benefit here. Kubica he now has six more races to reach another by the end of the season resounding result. For as is well known, it has Poljak decided to leave the team after the end of the season Williams.       

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