8:12 – Robert Kubica “delivered well” on his official Formula 1 test return at the Hungaroring earlier this month, according to Renault chief Cyril Abiteboul.

Kubica, having already driven a 2012 car with Renault at Valencia and Paul Ricard, sampled 2017-spec machinery for the first time at the post-Hungarian Grand Prix test.

He displayed impressive consistency and pace, working through stints of varying lengths, and ended the day with more than two race distances to his name (142 laps).

Kubica’s best lap of 1:18.572, posted on the Ultra Soft tyre, put him fourth out of 13 drivers, just under 1.5 seconds adrift of pace-setting Ferrari man Sebastian Vettel.

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