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Why was Kubica seized with panic on the grid in Melbourne?

© XPB  Phillip van Osten 18/03/2019 at 08:3818/03/2019 at 08:39 Robert Kubica's return to the F1 grid on Sunday in Australia was a three-part affair marked by panic, worry and optimism for the Williams driver. The British team's beleaguered FW42 was only good for a spot on the last row in Melbourne, but to complicate Kubica's already difficult task, an inability to see the starting lights when he lined up on the grid set off a minor panic attack. "I had a bit of panic because when I stopped I couldn’t see the lights," he said. "The rear wing of the McLaren [of Carlos Sainz] was hiding it. "I could see the first block and not the rest. So I had to move to...
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