Robert kubica seriously injured

[Mike Rob]

I am sure this will be said many times, but why on earth is one the most highly respected and rated drivers of formula one cars driving on a road rally?

How many people will now be standing over him saying 'told you so'?

I know that Mark Webber also got badly beaten up when hit on his bike, but rally driving seems somewhat more of a risk.

I really do wish him a speedy and full recovery.

[Gwagon111]

Sounds like he's not likely to take much of a part in F1 this season then. I thought F1 teams frowned upon / forbade their drivers from doing any other motorsport activities nowadays

[Ponk]

Gwagon111 said:

Sounds like he's not likely to take much of a part in F1 this season then. I thought F1 teams frowned upon / forbade their drivers from doing any other motorsport activities nowadays

I was wondering that. Ferrari in particular force their drivers to take to the slopes in their winter PR thingy. Kubica has been rallying for a while now and the team only seem to care that he drives a Renault whilst doing it.

Although in this case the accident was on the way to the Rally rather than whilst competing in it. From what I gather he wasn't in his rally car at the time.

Either way, hope it doesn't sideline him for too long. I thought he had a real chance this year.

As someone else has pointed out though, Senna in a JPS liveried car for at least the first part of the season (I can't bring myself to call it a Lotus).

[Dangerous2]

racing drivers drive cars fast. you can't blame him for wanting to compete in other formulae, infact, i would commend him for it.

[philis]

Gutted! F1 will be worse of this year without the man, he is a star.
I was hopeing Renault would return to their best this year, and for Kubica to be banging wheels with the top teams.
Looks like its not going to happen now

Edit:
Get well soon

[Gun]

Gutted to hear this, Bobby K is one of my favourite drivers, lets hope he makes a full recovery.

[Mr. Potato Head]

Dangerous2 said:

racing drivers drive cars fast. you can't blame him for wanting to compete in other formulae, infact, i would commend him for it.

Genuine talent. Get well soon Bob.

[Dangerous2]

says on the bbc fractures to left arm and left leg... wrong leg from an F1 drivers perspective.

[rallycross]

Hope this turns out to be not too bad for him, he set quickest time of the new cars last week and was thinking maybe this could be his year, pretty sure if he was in a front running car he'd be in with a good chance of winning lots (look what he acheived in the bmw). I like the way he goes about being in F1 in such a no nonsense way.

Get well soon and hope he is back in an F1 car soon.

[Allyc85]

Autosport story http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89309

But from what im reading on rally forums Czech media reports says he has a badly broken hand and german media talks of amputation, though im not sure how accurate both sources are.

I wish Robert all the best in his recovery and hope to see him racing again soon!

Edited by Allyc85 on Sunday 6th February 11:51

[team underdog]

My girlfriend (who's Polish) has been looking for any news but it seems inconsistent so far - it seems he's definitely broken his left arm/wrist and left femur, but talk of possibly having to amputate either one, some sites say the hand, other the leg! I hope they are wrong...

[GravelBen]

Mike Rob said:

I am sure this will be said many times, but why on earth is one the most highly respected and rated drivers of formula one cars driving on a road rally?

Because its a far more interesting form of motorsport, even if it doesn't pay quite as well


Hope he recovers quickly, would be a shame to see a talent like that out of the game.

[interloper]

GravelBen said:

Mike Rob said:

I am sure this will be said many times, but why on earth is one the most highly respected and rated drivers of formula one cars driving on a road rally?

Because its a far more interesting form of motorsport, even if it doesn't pay quite as well

I believe its actually in Robert's contract, he wont race for your team unless you let him go rallying in his spare time and quite right too!

[fastfuse]

Awful news, hope things aren't as bad as they sound at the moment. Get well soon Robert.

[PabloTeK]

Kubica was for me one of the top 5 drivers of last year; his Monaco performances are always good to watch! Hope he gets well soon because IMO he has serious potential and Renault (who are having a resurgence) will suffer badly without him

Quick Add: From Adam Cooper's Twitter:

"Report from Polish website that Kubica's father said Robert's injuries 'look ugly' but not life threatening."

[Henry Fiddleton]

Get well soon- F1 will be less exciting with out him!

[hairyben]

Really hope some of these reports are exaggerated; kubicas a dog that's due his day, would be a sad loss for f1.

[Shaw Tarse]

Lots of different reports on twitter, nothing confirmed yet.
Get well Bobby K.

[Cragglea1]

Get well Mr Kubica. My thoughts are with you and your family.

[Eric Mc]

Dangerous2 said:

racing drivers drive cars fast. you can't blame him for wanting to compete in other formulae, infact, i would commend him for it.

Absolutely.

Of all people, racing drivers know how to evaluate risks.

Hope he recovers well. Webber was better after his come back.