Robert Kubica to make F1 comeback in 2019

Polish driver Robert Kubica is to make his comeback to Formula 1 with the Williams team in the 2019 season.

The 33-year-old suffered a partially severed right arm among many other injuries in a rally accident eight years ago. He still has only partial movement in that limb.

Williams have confirmed he will partner British rookie George Russell next season.

Kubica said: "From the human point of view, I understand and see the point that it is a story that probably nobody has believed. Probably the only one who never gave up was myself and the people around me.

"We all knew that it might be something not achievable. This shows that somehow nothing is impossible.

"From the driving point of view, you just have to wait a few months and you will see. If I would not be able to drive competitively enough, I would not be here.

"It is a normal way of thinking that people see my limitations and ask how it is possible I can do it, and I know it is hard to believe.

"But Williams has seen it this year and I have seen it in the last 16 or 18 months since I first drove an F1 car in Valencia last year that I can do it, thanks to work, but also that my limitations are not limiting me as most people are thinking."