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Bengaluru, February 16: Robert Kubica is happy to be back in Formula One as he joined his much younger Williams team-mates Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkinat at the pre-season presentation in London.
The Poland driver virtually ended his F1 career in 2011 after partially severing his right forearm in a rally crash in Italy.
He then tried his luck in World Rally Championship for three years, winning the support category in his inuagural year before moving to the premier class.
The 33-year-old is now back in F1 with a new role as the British team's reserve and development driver.
Kubica to have three FP1 outings in 2018 https://t.co/mtmvIBKzpb
— Robert Kubica - by @F1Deck (@f1_kubica) February 15, 2018
The role entails taking part in three Friday first free practice sessions at Grands Prix as well as carrying out testing duties and working in their simulator at the factory.
"A lot of things have changed since when I was young like this," Kubica said, standing alongside Canadian teenager Stroll and the team's 22-year-old Russian newcomer Sirotkin.
"Twelve years ago I was the first time on the drivers' presentation in Valencia. I was 21. Experience is good. I've a lot more knowledge than when I was 21," he added.
"I thought when I was young that I knew everything, but life teaches you a lot. I'm very happy to be here."
The former BMW-Sauber and Renault driver had at one point last year looked favourite for the 2018 race seat, with retired former Williams driver and champion Nico Rosberg lending his assistance, but in the end Sirotkin won out.
Kubica, whose arm is noticeably thin and twisted, has not raced in F1 since 2010.
"Of course I would prefer to be here as a race driver but if you look at it from a different perspective, and you see where I was 12 months ago, nobody thought I would be in a position to drive an F1 car," he said.
"It has been a long journey, seven years away from the F1 paddock, so the feeling will be a bit different.
"There will be a lot of emotions going to Grands Prix ... visiting the places that gave me a lot in my life will be a special moment."
The 2018 F1 season starts in Australia on March 25 and Kubica's first practice outing would be the Spanish Grand Prix in May, then Austria in July and a third probably at the end of the season in Abu Dhabi.
(With Agency/F1 inputs)
