Robert Kubica, who is seriously injured from a rally accident, has been released from intensive care and will be moved to a trauma unit in Santa Corona Hospital as he continues to recover. Although the Pole cheated death when the armco speared the cabin of his Skoda, injuries include a partially severed right hand and injuries to his right leg and arm.
Kubica underwent surgery on Sunday after arriving at the Italian hospital and there are more scheduled for today and early next week. “His general condition is good, so much so we can programme two operations on Friday. Next week we expect to perform the last operation on the patient,” Dr Giorgio Barabino told the BBC.
“He started to feed himself today, and everything is moving. Now is the time for sticking all the bones together and educating the muscles, but we don’t know how long that will take. All I know for now is that for the next three months for sure he won’t be back. After that, it could be four, five six. He needs at least three months to recover physically, and then we see,” team boss Eric Boullier said.
On Kubica’s replacement, it’s all down to how Nick Heidfeld performs at Jerez this weekend. “Nick is here to be evaluated. Once we have finished our assessment of him, if we are happy with Nick, then we keep Nick. If we are not, we go to Barcelona and we test some other drivers,” Boullier added.
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Hey R Kubica … hang on there !!
Good that you’re making a speedy recovery and able to eat.
Our prayers are with you !!!
Get well soon Robbie!
get well soon Robert Kubica!
anyway, here is a tip from Robert Kubica itself on how to improve the driving skill in F1
“I drive better in F1 because I did many rallies last year. Rallying helps your concentration, especially since there is almost no more testing in F1. Performance in F1 comes from a series of details.” – Robert Kubica
“Rallying has allowed me to work on certain aspects of myself where there are still margins to improve. It’s important in a season like this with 20 races.” – Robert Kubica
“A driver is not just throttle and steering wheel, it’s more than that. There’s a difference between someone who drives at 80 per cent and who does at 95 per cent: in that 15 per cent extra you find the abilities and the motivations coming out.” – Robert Kubica
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89406
Luckily he was not driving a R3 neo.
nah,
he was unlucky because he’s not diving R3 neo
Mr Realist.. get well soon. This might be the year RK might become world champ but hmmm you decide to learn concentration some more and pretty much shattered fans & your team’s dream.
they said RK not much of a talker. well, from what i read he talk quite a lot and pretty cocky too.. how i wish the new guy be more like Stig, talk less deliver more.. the ugly truth is, bye bye RK.. with all new bloods arrive and sponsored driver around.. maybe rally was ur ultimate optio after recovery.. all the best champ!!!
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Heidfeld fastest for Renault at Jerez
12 February 2011
Formula 1 test at Circuito Permanente de Jerez 12 February 2011 Formula 1 test at Circuito Permanente de Jerez 12 February 2011
Nick Heidfeld ended day three of the Jerez test at the top of the timesheets, with the German driver making his bid to claim the vacant seat at Renault. The Enstone-based outfit has decided to evaluate Heidfeld at the Spanish circuit, in order to determine whether to give the ex-Sauber man a race seat for the upcoming 2011 campaign.
Due to Poland’s Robert Kubica being sidelined for what is expected to be the majority if not the whole of the upcoming season, Heidfeld’s strong performance on Saturday could prove decisive when the team makes its final driver choice ahead of the season-opener in Bahrain. The 33-year-old driver set a time of 1:20.361, just fractions slower than Michael Schumacher’s best time on Friday.
Testing commenced under a slight layer of fog today, with no rain threat in the Andalusian surroundings of Jerez. Saturday also saw the arrival of Fernando Alonso, with Spanish fans turning up to the circuit en masse. Due to the large number of spectators, venue organisers decided to open more grandstands around the track.
Schumacher, who was fastest in his MGP-W02 on Friday, finished the day in third place, almost seven tenths of a second behind Heidfeld. Lewis Hamilton was fourth, after a lack of spare parts meant that his MP4-26 spent much of the afternoon in the garage. Fifth place went to Kamui Kobayashi, with the 24-year-old enduring two technical issues during the day, causing a red-flag situation on both occasions.
Williams also went through problems today, with Rubens Barrichello spending a large amount of time in the garage because of problems with the FW33’s KERS unit. Sébastien Buemi and Paul di Resta also caused red-flags in their respective 2011 cars, with both drivers enduring technical issues on Saturday.
Buemi ended the day in seventh place at the wheel of his Toro Rosso, just behind world champion Sebastian Vettel. Lotus finished the day in eighth, with Heikki Kovalainen performing well, finishing ahead of Barrichello and Di Resta. Jérôme d’Ambrosio ended the day at the bottom of the timing screens, and was a full 2.5 seconds slower than di Resta’s Force India.