Robert Kubica has revealed he had a deal signed to drive for Ferrari in 2012 before he suffered life-changing injuries in a rally accident in 2011.
After seven years away from F1, the Polish driver has returned to the paddock as a test driver with Williams this year and still harbours ambitions of racing in 2019.
Before his accident Kubica was driving for the Lotus Renault team in F1 but had secured a deal to move to Ferrari the following season. In an hour-long interview on F1's official podcast Beyond the Grid, he revealed that the rally in which he suffered his injuries would have been his last as his new Ferrari contract, agreed with team principal Stefano Domenicali, did not allow him to race outside of F1.