Kubica fears BMW are falling off the pace

Despite finishing second in Sunday's Monaco GP, Robert Kubica fears BMW are losing ground to McLaren and Ferrari.

BMW's 2008 campaign got off to a flying start with three successive podium finishes and even a pole position, which Kubica bagged at the Bahrain GP.

However, the following two events, Spain and Turkey, saw BMW fall off the pace and the podium and even though they returned to the top three in Monaco Kubica fears BMW are losing ground.

"I think our team was the most consistent in the first three races, with less problems, and that is why I think we could extract more from the car," the Pole told AFP.

"But lately I think we struggled a bit more. You just need to look at the results in qualifying and I think the answer is clear – it is harder.

"In Australia, Malaysia and Bahrain with good driving I could be on the first or second row easy, and now I struggle to stay close to fourth. So things are changing, although it is still good enough to be fifth.

"I think in the last two races the situation looks more like last year. So the top four cars are a couple of tenths in front and the others are a couple of tenths behind."