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Kubica's 5 minute penalty and some questions around it

Robert Kubica enjoyed an eventful Rally Sweden, proving once again that the speed is here but also the new, 2015 spec, level of control and focus. He took risks, of course, because he thinks that is the best way to acquire knowledge. In Sweden he did not make any big mistakes, unlike many other drivers, but despite that he ended up outside of points. There are two main reasons for this; on day 1 proper his Ford Fiesta RS WRC developed a transmission problem, so Kubica had to crawl through a set of stages with only front wheels spinning under command of his right foot. That costed him a lot of time and he finished the day in 22nd place overall, 7 and a half minutes behind the leader. That...
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