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Robert Kubica feels his comeback to score a point for Williams in 2019 after eight years without racing in F1 is undervalued by the sport.

The Pole was among the brightest talents on the grid when he suffered very serious arm injuries in a rallying crash in February 2011 which had looked to end his F1 career.

Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack recently described Kubica as “the best I’ve ever seen”, with the duo having worked together at BMW Sauber in 2008 when Canadian Grand Prix success was achieved.

After more than 18 months out of motorsport following his accident, Kubica returned to compete in rallying, raced again in 2016 in the Renault Sport Trophy and, in 2018, became a Williams F1 test and reserve driver.

The following year, Kubica was given a race seat by Williams alongside a rookie, George Russell, and at the German Grand Prix he finished 10th to score a point.

Had he not done so, the team would have gone from the 2018 Italian GP to Hungary 2021 with continuous blanks – therefore averting a stretch of 55 scoreless races.

However, Kubica, now 37 years old, thinks the fact Williams were at the lowest ebb in their competitive history between 2018 and 2020 means his fairytale return was much less noticed than perhaps it ought to have been.

“After my crash in 2011, I didn’t always think I would return to Formula 1, and so returning to Formula 1 at Williams was the biggest