Robert Kubica’s move to DTM has b💞een officially confirmed as he returns to BMW at its customer team ART Grand Prix for the 2020 season.

The Polish driver has strong links to the German manufacturer having made his Formula 1 debut with the BMW Sauber squad. The 35-year-old competed for th🤡e factory BMW F1 team for four seasons with the highlight of securing its only F1 victory at the 20𒊎08 Canadian Grand Prix.

Following his retu🦹rn to F1 after his life-threꦑatening 2011 rallying accident that stalled his single-seater career, acting as test driver for both Renault and Williams before securing a full-time race seat at the Grove-based squad for 2019, Kubica has been named reserve driver at Alfa Romeo for 2020 and will dovetail his efforts with a maiden DTM campaign.

Kubica gained his firs🅰t DTM experience at last December’s ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚyoung driver test at Jerez.

“The DTM has appealed to me for a long time,” explained Kubica. “And the test in December in Jere𝓰z really gave me a taste for more. I believe the DTM is one of the strongest and best racing series iꦫn the world.

“Obviously, we still have to gain experience compared to the established DTM teams, but we’ll work hard to ensure we improve all the time. I can hardly wait 🦂to get started.”

“This is really great news for the DTM,” BMW motorsport boss Jens Marquardt, added. “It has always been our goal to grow the DTM field with a privately-run BMW M4 DTM; an💮d, after many disc෴ussions, we opted for the package provided by ART Grand Prix.

“Robert showed during last December’s test 𒊎that he is veryꦬ good in a DTM car. He’ll be a real asset to the series.”

The 2020 10-ꦬround DTM season gets𒁏 underway on April 24-26 at Zolder.