Robert Kubica has stressed that there is “no tension” in his relationship with Williams, despite the recent series of incidents he had encountered.
Kubica was parked from the Russian Grand Prix, over a lack of spare parts, while in Japan he cut a frustrated figure post-race amid accusations of decisions being taken without his knowledge.
When asked in Mexico about his comments, Kubica asserted “I never questioned the team”, before adding “I just questioned their way of deciding things.
“I think we are all on the same boat. I think I showed for many times, not only in this season, that I think I’m the guy who understands the sport pretty well, and not only from a driver point of view.
“I felt like some things could be handled differently with just talking instead of doing it in a different way.”
When it was suggested to Kubica that from an external perspective his relationship with Williams appeared problematic, he retorted: “I think there is no tension. The situation is not easy, and I have a good relationship with the team.
“For sure what happens is not affecting how is my relationship with the people I am working with.
“We are all in the same boat, and we are all understanding very well our situation, although we have probably sometimes different points of view.
“I think I have been in the sport long enough and in different situations that I understand also a team point of view.
“That’s why probably sometimes it would be easier just to talk instead of doing this differently.
“As I said, I don’t think our relationship is any different to what it was before, as I have big respect of the people who are working there to make it work.
“Of course sometimes we are limited with the tools we are having, but this is how it is, and probably I have even more respect because I know how is the situation, and that is why the people, they are not giving up and the guys are pushing really hard. They really are doing an amazing job for what we are having.”
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