Who agrees with Robert Kubica's decision to go Rallying?
Who agrees with Robert Kubica's decision to go Rallying?

Poll: Who agrees with Robert Kubica's decision to go Rallying?

Total Members Polled: 228

I agree: 91%
I disagree: 9%
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Life Saab Itch

Original Poster:

37,069 posts

217 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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Here we go.

Tick the box, let's see the results. smile

DrTre

12,957 posts

261 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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Shouldn't this poll be


Heebeegeetee
Everyone else


sorry HBGT

T_Pot

2,542 posts

226 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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why shouldnt he if he wanted too?

FraserLFA

5,083 posts

203 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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Why not? It's something he enjoys. I'd hate it if my boss banned me from doing anything fun.

benjiegsi

211 posts

195 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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FraserLFA said:
Why not? It's something he enjoys. I'd hate it if my boss banned me from doing anything fun.
Agreed!



A911DOM

4,084 posts

264 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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Im quite surprised that his contract allowed him to go out full bore racing in another discipline - and wind up ruining a year in the pinnacle of motorsport.

But despite all that, I still agree with his decision to go and take part - if there was no risk, these guys probably wouldnt get the kick they needed from it...?

lord summerisle

8,173 posts

254 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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jeson gets to go enter triathalon..

Webber goes mountain biking, and as we've seen things can go wrong there.

They are out training all the time, things can go wrong any time.

Other drivers have supported Rob going Rallying.

skinny

5,269 posts

264 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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kubica wouldn't be kubica if he didn't want to rally. he finds it a different challenge to F1 and loves the experience, and knows to drive a rally car at a top level you need to be something pretty special and wants to push himself

behind him 100%, wishing him a very speedy recovery and looking forward to seeing him back next year smile

Edited by skinny on Monday 14th February 01:30

Olivera

8,744 posts

268 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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It's not a straightforward agree/disagree. I agree with Robert's decision to go rallying, but I disagree with Renault's decision to let him.

Al W

591 posts

256 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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This is something he wants to do, partly as he says rallying helps develop his driving skills, and his team agreed to it so yes.

He's clearly not only a great talent, but a true motorsport enthusiast in the fortunate position to be able to follow his dreams.

Unlucky victim of a freak accident this time. Get well soon

Edited by Al W on Monday 14th February 09:07


Edited by Al W on Monday 14th February 09:08


Edited by Al W on Monday 14th February 09:09

Robb F

4,614 posts

200 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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Olivera said:
It's not a straightforward agree/disagree. I agree with Robert's decision to go rallying, but I disagree with Renault's decision to let him.
except the question was about Kubica's decision not Renault's.

RJB_666

1,677 posts

224 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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I think it's great that they let him. Obviously this time there have been problems but it is IMHO very bad luck. A lot of the sports that the drivers do to keep fit are dangerous. I'm often disapointed with McLaren for holding drivers back from doing other things. I'd like to see Lewis and Jens getting involved in something different. For example i have my fingers crossed that when the McLaren road car is built in Le Mans spec, they get two of the seats.

Mini1275

11,098 posts

211 months

Monday 14th February 2011
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I agree with him rallying, what I'm not so sure about is letting him rally between major tests a month before the Grand Prix season starts.

stephen300o

15,464 posts

257 months

Monday 14th February 2011
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If his empoyer didn't want him to go rallying, they could have said no, but they didn't.
There are always 'what if's' but he might meet an awesome nurse and it will all be worth it. smile

anonymous-user

83 months

Monday 14th February 2011
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After seeing him drive I can see he's really good at it, so I agree with it. The accident was extremely, extremely unfortunate that's all.

The Wookie

14,209 posts

257 months

Monday 14th February 2011
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I'm going to abstain. As I've said before, as a driver I personally wouldn't have done it, but I can easily understand why someone would.

fatboy69

9,424 posts

216 months

Monday 14th February 2011
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Why shouldnt he go rallying? It was agreed with Renault that he could go rallying so i personally dont see the problem.

If he was been banned from rallying would the ban have extended to driving to the shops, swimming, flying a helicopter, getting on a plane, etc etc.

He could have had the accident doing any of the above & he could just have easily hurt himself badly falling down the stairs at home.


Allyc85

7,225 posts

215 months

Monday 14th February 2011
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FraserLFA said:
Why not? It's something he enjoys. I'd hate it if my boss banned me from doing anything fun.
I think the timing of the rally was wrong but I agree with the above smile

xspencex

1,534 posts

265 months

Monday 14th February 2011
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Two points of view. . . if I were him I'd have gone rallying. If I was his team boss, I'd have said no, due to proximity to testing and season start. I'm surprised teh team didn't have some kind of clause in his contract.

heebeegeetee

30,126 posts

277 months

Monday 14th February 2011
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DrTre said:
Shouldn't this poll be


Heebeegeetee
Everyone else


sorry HBGT
hehe

That's fine, it looks like its just me on this side, but i respect everyone's opinion. smile


fatboy69 said:
Why shouldnt he go rallying? It was agreed with Renault that he could go rallying so i personally dont see the problem.

If he was been banned from rallying would the ban have extended to driving to the shops, swimming, flying a helicopter, getting on a plane, etc etc.

He could have had the accident doing any of the above & he could just have easily hurt himself badly falling down the stairs at home.

Even if i don't understand where the opinions come from. FB, Robert would have done what he did when he drove for BMW and was banned from rallying. He would have done what the McL drivers do each year when they're banned from rallying. Robert came 4th in the championship with BMW so it didn't seem to do him any harm. Driving to the shops isn't even remotely dangerous and flying is even safer.

So, I respect people's opinions but i certainly can't understand them. smile

On the whole though, I *think* people want to go back to an age that didn't really exist.