Robert Kubica insists while his return to Formula 1 this year with Williams didn’t work out as planned, he doesn’t regret his decision to come back to the sport.

After a rallying accident in 2011 that left him with severe injuries cut short his F1 career, Kubica sensationally returned to the cockpit nine years on from his last appearance as a driver.

His anticipated comeback proved challenging, failing to out-qualify rookie team-mate George Russell all year in spite of scoring Williams’ only point of 2019 in the rain-soaked German Grand Prix.

While the Pole announced he wouldn’t be racing on the grid in 2020 after parting ways with Williams at the end of this season, he is proud to have overcome his physical restrictions to race in F1 again.

“I would not regret [it], first of all, because nobody had put a gun to me when I was deciding,” said Kubica, as quoted by RaceFans.net. “I had spent the last year with the team and I knew that it would not be easy.

“Of course we did chase some more issues than last year, especially in the beginning of the year, which were very unfortunate. And I think we kept paying a bill for a long time. Longer than people think.

“It [was] my goal when I stopped driving was to come back in the highest motorsport category on track, [in] which I would be able to race. And from human being point of view, a personal point of view, this has been a great achievement.

“Of course, as a race driver, this season has been very tough. But first the decision was made by passion, by trying to achieve a goal and a mission which I have. Of course the outcome is not as everybody was hoping, not only myself, but everyone. But that’s life, that’s motorsport, that’s Formula 1. And this is why F1 is so exciting and then so difficult.”

Kubica is expected to join the DTM series next year, while also keeping his foot in the door in the F1 paddock in a test driver role.

Highlighting Williams’ slump in recent years, Kubica is gunning for the team to rediscover its form sooner rather than later.

“I hope for Williams, although I will not be here, that they will get better times and they will be able to race again,” he said. “Especially for the guys who have been working with me for this season.

“They have been always pushing and in difficult situations. It’s very easy to lose motivation but they didn’t and they really deserve an easier life. An easier life means a faster can. When you have a faster car, for everyone it’s easier.”