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Kubica: Turkish disappointment was a one-off

Friday 16th May 2008

Robert Kubica has downplayed BMW's drop off in performance in the Turkish GP, insisting it was a one-off.

Kubica and team-mate Nick Heidfeld finished a distant fourth and fifth in Sunday's race as the two failed to find the pace needed to challenge for a podium finish.

The event marked the first time this season that BMW have been completely out of contention for a podium finish with Kubica finishing over 15 seconds behind third-placed Kimi Raikkonen.

The Polish driver, though, is confident BMW will be back on form when the F1 circuit heads to Monaco next weekend.

"Turkey was a kind of grand prix similar to last year, where we were quite far away from the first two teams but well clear from everybody else," he told Autosport.

"I hope it was only a single grand prix issue, and I hope in Monaco and Canada we can stay closer and fight with McLaren and Ferrari."

Kubica has also rubbished claims made by McLaren boss Ron Dennis that the German outfit would fall off the pace after the opening three races.

"I think we, as everybody knows, struggled in the beginning of winter testing and a lot of effort was put in on solving problems and putting everything we had to make this car work," Kubica said.

"We managed to do that, but most probably we put already everything we had in. Still, I think Turkey was just one grand prix, because I was quite surprised by our pace in Barcelona.

"We could keep the McLaren pace in the race and qualifying, so although some people in the team were disappointed with fourth place I was actually pleased. I suppose when you are eating well, the appetite goes higher."

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