{"id":17912,"date":"2013-03-05T07:02:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T12:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=17912"},"modified":"2013-03-05T07:02:59","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T12:02:59","slug":"kubica-to-contest-second-tier-wrc-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/kubica-to-contest-second-tier-wrc-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Kubica to contest second-tier WRC in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Kubica will contest the second-tier WRC2 world rally championship at the wheel of a Citroen in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The former Renault and BMW driver has been out of formula one and full-time motor sport since a near-fatal rallying crash just before the 2011 season.<\/p>\n<p>The news follows the 28-year-old&#8217;s recent test in a Mercedes DTM car, raising speculation he might contest the premier German touring car series this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I weighed up the different options before deciding on this programme,&#8221; said Kubica after Citroen announced the news on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really pleased now to be able to return to top level racing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The media statement said Citroen has received special dispensation from the governing FIA to install a paddle shift on the steering wheel, to make it easier for Kubica to change gear given the injuries to his once almost-severed arm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Robert&#8217;s determination is an example to us all and we are proud to associate Citroen&#8217;s image with such a resolutely positive individual,&#8221; said team boss Yves Matton.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Kubica will contest the second-tier WRC2 world rally championship at the wheel of a Citroen in 2013. The former Renault and BMW driver has been out of formula one and full-time motor sport since a near-fatal rallying crash just before the 2011 season. The news follows the 28-year-old&#8217;s recent test in a Mercedes DTM &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[2805,5262,5300,5340,96,4371,4372],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17913,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17912\/revisions\/17913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}