Italy’s AF Corse, de facto Ferrari’s factory endurance racing team, has signed Robert Kubica, who recently won the LMP2 World Championship with Belgium’s WRT.
Kubica has been competing in endurance racing for three years now and has achieved significant success: in 2022, driving for Prema, he took second place in his class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and has now won the WEC title.
“I am very happy that AF Corse and I will follow the same path next season,” said Robert, who will turn 39 in a few weeks. – This is one of the most successful teams in the history of motorsport, and I am sure we will work well together. Moreover, I am returning to the Italian team, that is also important.”
AF Corse does not say exactly what responsibilities will be assigned to Kubica and promises to discuss it in the near future. But the most likely assumption seems to be that the Polish driver will drive the Ferrari 499P hypercar, as Antonello Coletta, head of the Ferrari factory program in the WEC, recently said that they are ready to field a third such car to put. World Championship.
Source: F1 News
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