Robert Kubica says his first F1 test in six years felt like an achievement but also showed him what he had lost as a result of his rallying accident in 2011.
Driving a 2012-spec Lotus E20 painted in Renault colours, Kubica completed 115 laps of the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia -- the same venue he last drove an F1 car before his career was cut short by a brutal rallying accident in 2011. The accident partially severed his right arm and, despite making a remarkable recovery, he was still left with reduced mobility in his wrist and forearm that prevented an immediate return to single seaters.