Robert Kubica set the quickest time by a Williams driver at the current week’s Abu Dhabi test, as the group attempt to build up whether to sign him for 2018.
Kubica is expecting to come back to Formula 1 seven years in the wake of misery extraordinary wounds in a rally mishap.
The 32-year-old Pole set a best time 0.5 seconds snappier than Renault save driver Sergey Sirotkin, who is likewise being evaluated by Williams.
Kubica was 0.1secs quicker than race driver Lance Stroll on Tuesday.
Previous BMW Sauber and Renault driver Kubica, who has just incomplete development in his correct arm, set his quickest time amid the last two hours of running on Wednesday, after Sirotkin took the wheel for the morning and a large portion of the evening session.
Kubica finished 100 laps – almost two race separations – amid a large portion of a day’s running on Tuesday, his first in the 2017 Williams car, before giving over to Stroll for the evening.
On Wednesday, his deficiency to Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who set the quickest time toward the finish of-season test went for experimenting with Pirelli’s 2018 scope of tires, was inside 0.1secs of that of the speediest Williams driver Felipe Massa in qualifying at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix a weekend ago.
Kubica, as Vettel, was utilizing the speediest ‘hyper-delicate’ tire when he set his chance, while Sirotkin set his best time on the ‘delicate’, which is three evaluations harder. Kubica said, “There are a lot of people wishing to see me back because of the story, but there is no discount for the story.
“I have to make sure if I get the chance I am ready and be as best prepared as I can.
“I appreciate it because there is a lot of hope and wish of a lot of people, but in the end I know the reality. The reality is once I am in the car there is no story any more and the job has to be done.
Williams will now dissect the information from the test at their processing plant in the UK, trying to kill every one of the factors to get a reasonable thought of Kubica’s pace, and would like to settle on a choice on an accomplice for Stroll in 2018 by mid-December.
Following Massa’s retirement, Kubica is in dispute for the drive with previous Red Bull and Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat, Sauber driver Pascal Wehrlein, Williams hold Paul di Resta and Sirotkin.
Kubica is the most loved for the seat and was required to get it as long as Williams did not perceive any concerning signs at the test.
