Polish Formula One driver Robert Kubica swapped his race car for an indoor bicycle on Saturday to take part in the e-Tour de Pologne after the road cycling race for amateurs was moved online due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Around 1,000 people took part in the race, including top Polish athletes like Kubica and Anita Wlodarczyk, a four-time world champion hammer thrower.
“When you are using an indoor bike ... you can train your mind, concentration, reflex, attention, so you can later become a better driver,” Kubica told Reuters, though he admitted that nothing compared to driving a bolide car. Wlodarczyk, who was supposed to take part in the now-postponed Tokyo Olympics this year, said that if it wasn’t for the pandemic, she would probably never have taken part in a bike race.
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