Robert Kubica 'turned down F1 test in 2013'

Robert Kubica has revealed that he turned down the chance to test drive a Formula 1 car in 2013 as he wouldn't be able to return to Grand Prix racing.

The Pole spent four years in the sport with BMW and Renault, but suffered a serious injury during a rallying accident in 2011, which has left him with reduced mobility in his right arm.

However, despite driving in a Mercedes simulator, Kubica has admitted that we wouldn't have been able to compete in full F1 race weekends.

He told The Mirror: "Last year I did some simulator work for Mercedes but with my limitations, I am not able to drive an F1 car in some circuits like Monte Carlo and Singapore, where there are tight corners.

"I have no rotation of my wrist and my forearm. In touring cars and rally cars, I can compensate with my shoulder but in F1, the space in the cockpits is too tight, too narrow.

"Last year, there was a plan for me to do a test in an F1 car and I was pretty comfortable that I could do it. But my question was 'What's next?' The next is not possible for me because of my limitations. So I didn't do it because I wanted to protect myself."

Kubica has competed in the World Rally Championship since 2012.