Robert Kubica has suffered "serious injuries"

Nasty injuries, but hes lucky to be alive with a object like that come through the car.

rypt said:
There have been some horrific crashes in rally in the past where the car has held up better
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Massive point load on a principally sheet steel monocoque will offer little resistance to something like that. Your losing little energy compared to a crumple so its only adding a little friction to slow down. There is nothing tyat would offer protection to this that you would want on a competitive car, you know cut the excess 'spending' on weight. Im purplexed as to why you would expect it to hold up better to what is a freak accident.
 
Aww man, Kubica had the promise of doing good this year (if the car stood up in race conditions) such a shame for it to happen weeks before the first race, with injurys so severe they were considering amputating his hand but with the reconstructive work, its unlikely his nerves muscles will be stong enough to drive an F1 car, but other less G and demanding motorsports are not out of the question i think.
 
Shocking damage in that last picture, it's just fortunate that it wasn't worse.
Reports sound cautiously optimistic? Hope he can make a full recovery and gets another shot in F1.

As mentioned already, Heidfeld would be a better bet than the current reserve drivers for Renault's season.
 
ShakenNstirred said:
if he can still drive a car competitively, then there will be no reason he wouldn't be able to drive an F1 car, its more to do with will a team give him a chance
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Depends on the mobility of his fingers. With the amount of buttons in a car these days anything less than fully mobility will cause him tons of issues and that's without the mental issues.

gord said:
He was living his life... you're not really going to judge him for that are you?
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Don't some drivers have contracts where they can't even ride a motorcycle?
Isn't that why Montoyas accident changed from motorcycle to Tennis?

There's a difference between living your life and taking such huge risks on the eve of the most important year in your F1 career. This isn't riding a bike or other fitness related injuries, this is taking a huge risk that can be taken once your F1 career is over.

I personally think this is why some people become champions and others do not. You either fully commit to your F1 career and put everything else on the back burner or you fail to achieve the top step.

A year out will destroy his career at a time when the right drives are going to become available. Ferrari and a Red Bull, maybe a Merc.

Gutting, the guy has waited for a decent car.
 
Hope he recovers soon, I was really hoping for him to be championship contender this year

Would like to see Ant Davidson get the seat but I don't think that will happen due to him being tied to MGP
 
dannyjo22 said:
I personally think this is why some people become champions and others do not. You either fully commit to your F1 career and put everything else on the back burner or you fail to achieve the top step.
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So... what did Schumacher do off the F1 track, then?
 
Bouillier is being reported as saying that if Kubica is out for the rest of the season, they'll need to find a new driver, not a reserve, to fill in.

So that leaves Heidfeld, Raikkonen... Ralf? Wurz?
 
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Really would not suprise me to see Bahar inject a fortune to try and drag kimi into the team.
 
Mr Jack said:
So... what did Schumacher do off the F1 track, then?
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Enlighten me.

MS himself said he took up bike racing in his retirement as he couldn't do it while he was racing in F1. Who can blame the teams and sponsors. They pay the drivers millions, sponsorship deals rest on having a nationality driver in the car. The drivers expect a level of commitment from teams and the same should come from the drivers.

Teams want the drivers to stay fit and keep themselves in one piece. Villeneuve himself said Williams were not happy about him taking part in skiing races even though he said they were for fitness in the close season.

It's nothing new I've seen footballers mention not being allowed to ride motorcycles while playing for a club.

Kubica is/was a great talent and it's a crying shame he's just blown his best chance. His career in f1 is effectively over with this year out.

At the moment all that matter s is he lived through that. On reflection in years to come, it will be a different story.
 
I think Schumacher occasionally rode horses, which is more dangerous than bike riding and racing.

I used to house share with a footballers and i remember he wasn't allowed ice skating in the season or pre-season and couldn't kick about with us in the park
 
Danny - I really hope you are wrong for the sport's sake as well as Kubica's career prospects. From the sounds of the surgery you probably arent and its a sad loss of one very talented driver.

Motorsport will always be dangerous - but this was a pretty freak accident. Rallying years ago the public heard about major crashes etc all the time (or seemingly) - and Colin McRea being the centre of a lot of them (hence McCrash lol) , but very few were anything like this severity.

(dont get me wrong, Im sure there were a number of horrendous ones over the years, but considering the number of these compared to number of rallies and competitors per rally it was pretty minimal when someone was majorly injured unless you go way back to the 70's/80's which I dont recall)

Get well soon RK - hope you make it back to F1


Good point actually - I would actually suggest (pure guess though) that footballers have more injuries than motorsport drivers , even though the latter is much more dangerous. What I mean is its much more likely a footballer being injured in a kick about with mates that could see him miss several matches etc than is likely an F1 guy missing races from attending/driving in a rally. (Anyone know how many RK had completed before yesterday - it seems like it was a relatively common thing for him to do).
 
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Obviously a lot less protected - but do top bikers get major injuries all the time? (I recall about the MS /neck injury - and I think Rossi got injured a couple of seasons ago if I recall correctly but this very rarely gets into the wider news)

F1 looks a lot more dangerous than it actually is (admittedly the mechanics are probably more prone in the tyre stops than drivers are in the race, even with a surprise failure)

The flying cars look dramatic, but its very unlikely the driver is actually hurt (Massa's injury was probably the worst recently, and that was more freak than a "normal" racing incident)
 
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Seems cruel to already be speculating on the empty seat at Renault for 2011.

But it's so blatently going to be either Heidfeld or Raikonnen, isn't it? There is no one else!
 
FrankJH said:
Obviously a lot less protected - but do top bikers get major injuries all the time? (I recall about the MS /neck injury - and I think Rossi got injured a couple of seasons ago if I recall correctly but this very rarely gets into the wider news)

F1 looks a lot more dangerous than it actually is (admittedly the mechanics are probably more prone in the tyre stops than drivers are in the race, even with a surprise failure)

The flying cars look dramatic, but its very unlikely the driver is actually hurt (Massa's injury was probably the worst recently, and that was more freak than a "normal" racing incident)
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yeah they do and its ended some top riders careers(like mick doohan and his arm in 1999 while still at the top of his game)
rossi hurt his arm riding a motorX bike and has end up having to have an op in the close season, its still to early to say if its ended his career yet as he is going to try and ride still, time will tell on that one
 
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