Kubica sidelined by crash

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Published: February 2011 | Updated: 19 September 2019
Published: February 2011 | Updated: 19 September 2019

Motor Sport wishes Robert Kubica an extremely fast recovery from his terrible crash on the Ronde di Andora rally on Sunday.

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The Lotus Renault driver’s accident occurred a few kilometres into the event when it is reported his Skoda Fabia hit a wall and a length of crash barrier penetrated the car. It left him with multiple fractures to his right leg and arm as well as cuts to his forearm and – most worryingly – his right hand, which was partially severed.

The Pole is currently in a ‘stable but serious’ condition in the Santa Corona Hospital in Pietra Ligure, Italy, and doctors are not sure whether he will race again in 2011. He has undergone a seven-hour operation on his hand, which according to doctors still retained heat afterwards, giving them hope that he will have full use of it once he has recovered.

Kubica’s co-driver Jakub Gerber was unhurt in the crash.

Ed Foster

Ed returned from a stint in Milan, working on the Italian version of Autocar, and joined the team in August 2007 for nigh-on 10 years. As website editor, Ed wrote various features and is a regular contributor to TV and radio. He was awarded the MSA/Renault Young Motoring Journalist of the Year in January 2009 and the New Media Award in 2012.

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