Kubica moved out of intensive care after crash
Formula
One teams used their cars to send Robert Kubica a ‘get well soon’
message on Thursday as the Renault driver was moved out of intensive
care four days after his rally crash in Italy.
The teams started
the second pre-season test at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain with
the Polish message “Szybkiego powrotu do zdrowia Robert (Get Well Soon
Robert)” on the sides of their cars. The website of the Formula One
Teams Association (www.teamsassociation.org) also carried the message.
A team spokeswoman
said the Pole, who suffered serious arm, leg and hand injuries when his
car crashed on a minor rally near Genoa on Sunday, was expected to have
further surgery on Friday. The 26-year-old underwent a seven hour
operation involving two teams of surgeons on Sunday to save his right
hand and stabilise his condition.
Kubica, one of Formula One’s brightest prospects and tipped as a
champion of the future, has been ruled out for at least the first two
months of the season and possibly all of it given the extent of the
injury to his right hand. Germany’s Nick Heidfeld, without a drive
since he left Sauber last year, has emerged as the frontrunner to
replace him and will test for Renault in Jerez along with their
official reserve, Brazilian Bruno Senna.
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