I've become more sensitive, more open, which is not necessarily good in F1. But if you are able to control your emotions, I think it can be positive.
— Robert Kubica
I am a big fan of racing.
I like to watch rallies. Every time I go, I park the car where the fans park - I don't have any special tickets or permission to go - and I walk six kilometers.
As a racing driver, everything you do is to get to Formula 1 and one day it stops.
When you cannot have steak, either you eat egg or you don't eat. So, in the end, you eat egg and you enjoy it.
Formula One applies stresses to the mind and body that are very extreme.
I have my limitations which I never hide.
If you cannot have the thing you want, you want the thing you have.
It will be a dream to come back to F1.
Of course I have to work harder because I have my limitations, and I have to prepare better and in a different way my body and mental strength, but that is part of my life.
I drive like my body and my limitations leave me to do it. After my accident, I discovered that to do a roundabout in the road car, you don't have to grab the steering wheel, you can use friction to turn.
You have to first of all feel good with yourself before doing something which requires being fast or driving a racing car.
The brain adapts very quickly. It is incredible how quickly we can adapt and what progress we can make in a very short time.
I spent many years in Italy, I've lived just 5km away from the track and the Monza atmosphere is very special.
Using KERS and the adjustable front wing is not particularly difficult. Once you've worked out where to use KERS to optimum effect at each track, and in which places you adjust the front wing, it happens pretty much automatically.
Unfortunately in motorsport, accidents can happen.
In order to become a complete driver I believe that rallying will give me extra bits, because of gravel, because of different characteristics.
My accident - 15 centimetres right and nothing would have happened; 10 centimetres left and I would not be here.
If I had to choose and had one week's holiday, I stay at home. But if I am at home and have nothing to do and have a choice, then I go rallying.
For me, I have a chance to race in F1, a chance I did not think I would have.
When you cannot have something, you make what you have work.
When you are a kid racing karts, you want to be an F1 driver.
From a mental point of view, as I've had to rebuild my life from zero, it has been crucial I've never given up, that I've set achievable targets, not things that couldn't possibly be achieved.
If I have luck and keep working and the puzzle comes together, maybe one day I will drive an F1 car.
I don't know what it will bring, but definitely it's a nice feeling to know I can drive an F1 car after such a difficult period and having my limitations.
Driving on gravel is very demanding. There are lots of movements on the steering wheel which put a lot of stress on my arm and my hand.
I have never been ready 100% even when I have been racing on my, let's say, gold times.
I didn't know if I would get the chance to return to F1.
When you get to an F1 car and after one lap you see the pace is there, it is special emotions and I miss it so much.
In December 2005 I had a very good opportunity to test Renault's world championship-winning car at Barcelona, and after 30 laps I was setting really good times, so I know what it's like to drive a really good car.
As always, testing can only give you ideas on where you are. And it can also mislead you.
Regarding KERS, I have mixed feelings. As I am a tall and relatively heavy person I have disadvantages regarding the weight and consequently the weight distribution of the car. But on the other hand KERS could be a big advantage because of the boost.
I always enjoy street circuits, especially Monaco, and I've always gone well there.
The price for winning is not the same for your life.
There is nothing for granted in life. That's how it is.
Sometimes in Formula One the fans are too far away from what is going on the track.
My story shows never say never.
You have to live for what is next, not from memories.
There are some things I cannot do as I did before the accident. Trying to do them the same way was impossible, and I was getting frustrated. Then one day I said to myself that I had to relearn those things and do them in a different way and see what was possible, and how it could be achieved.
You discover your brain is a powerful tool, something that is so powerful that sometimes you are surprised by the outcomes, how quickly it adapts to situations and how quickly you learn.
When you have raced for 20 years and one day you have to stop, it's not easy, especially when you are hit with big problems.
If you've led the championship after seven races you should be fighting for the title.
I think there is only one person who can judge what I can do behind the steering wheel - and that's myself.
We can forget how motorsport can be dangerous.
It is not that I lost my biggest passion - it is still racing.
You gain nothing from giving up.
Whenever I jump into the car I always try to do my best.
KERS definitely helps on a straight when you want to overtake somebody who doesn't have the system.
I had a great opportunity to be an F1 driver but, on the other hand, I have a great opportunity to become a rally driver with a very good programme.
Poland is my home country but in go-karts, Formula Renault and Formula 3, I always raced for Italian teams and spent over a year living close to Monza, so this whole area holds good memories for me.
