F1 Kubica 'seriously injured' in rally crash
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So July/August will be it then, the definitive judgement time for Kubica and his potential return? He's got one hell of an insurance to be able to undergo all these highly specialised operations to mend an arm and hand that should have been amputated.
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Great news, he is back to motor racing and it seems he still has the hand eye co-ordination to drive fast.
Kubica wins Italian rally
Monday 10th September 2012
Kubica wins Italian rally
Robert Kubica made a winning return to competitive motorsport at the Ronde Gomitolo di Lana in Italy on Sunday.
The former F1 driver, who has been out of action since his horrific rally accident in February last season, was back behind the wheel in Italy.
Driving a Subaru Impreza World Rally Car, Kubica won all four stages of the rally to claim the title by almost a minute over his nearest rival, Omar Bergo.
The Pole is hoping that the rally is just another step towards a possible return to Formula One.
"Being here is already a good step, but I would have preferred to be somewhere else," the 27-year-old told SkySport24 ahead of the event.
"I have still got a long road to travel and will probably never be at the same physical level as before but I don't intend to give up.
"The aim remains to return to Formula One and the next few months will tell me whether I can do it next year already or will have to wait until 2014."
Kubica wins Italian rally | PlanetF1
Kubica wins Italian rally
Monday 10th September 2012
Kubica wins Italian rally
Robert Kubica made a winning return to competitive motorsport at the Ronde Gomitolo di Lana in Italy on Sunday.
The former F1 driver, who has been out of action since his horrific rally accident in February last season, was back behind the wheel in Italy.
Driving a Subaru Impreza World Rally Car, Kubica won all four stages of the rally to claim the title by almost a minute over his nearest rival, Omar Bergo.
The Pole is hoping that the rally is just another step towards a possible return to Formula One.
"Being here is already a good step, but I would have preferred to be somewhere else," the 27-year-old told SkySport24 ahead of the event.
"I have still got a long road to travel and will probably never be at the same physical level as before but I don't intend to give up.
"The aim remains to return to Formula One and the next few months will tell me whether I can do it next year already or will have to wait until 2014."
Kubica wins Italian rally | PlanetF1
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Yeah no kidding eh. Balls of steel this dude. I respect that. Call it a litte crazy but here's a guy that won't stop doing what he clearly loves.
Pirelli eyes Robert Kubica as 2013 tyre tester
Robert Kubica could be handed a route back to Formula 1 as Pirelli's test driver next year, the tyre company's motorsport director Paul Hembery has said.
Pirelli is set to require a replacement for Jaime Alguersuari, who looks poised to make a full-time return to F1 - potentially with Force India if one of its drivers leaves.
Although Kubica's hand is still some way off being recovered enough to allow him to drive an F1 car in anger, Hembery has admitted that once the Pole is ready then Pirelli would be more than willing to give him an opportunity.
A return to action with Pirelli would also make sense because the company is to keep the 2010 Renault test car it has used so far for another year. That is the same machine that Kubica raced two years ago.
Speaking about the possibility Hembery said: "We are more likely to work with Robert in rallying I guess, rather than F1, but we will see.
"I haven't spoken to Robert for some time and we are working on a few projects that might involve him, so it might well be a possibility.
"I don't know if he is able to do it at the moment. But he is that type of person if physically he could get back in, then maybe doing a year with us would put him in a good situation to come back in in 2014. It would be wonderful if we could do that.
"We want to continue our success level of helping drivers into F1. After an F1 drive, the Pirelli test deal has to be the best drive in the world."
Hembery says that with the 2014 technical regulations being so different, there is little point wasting time trying to secure a more up-to-date machine to replace the Renault.
"There is probably no point," he said. "If we are going to be testing next year for 2014, then that is a different challenge – and no car will be relevant for that. So we will probably see the Renault 2010 car just being heavily modified."
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Robert Kubica could be handed a route back to Formula 1 as Pirelli's test driver next year, the tyre company's motorsport director Paul Hembery has said.
Pirelli is set to require a replacement for Jaime Alguersuari, who looks poised to make a full-time return to F1 - potentially with Force India if one of its drivers leaves.
Although Kubica's hand is still some way off being recovered enough to allow him to drive an F1 car in anger, Hembery has admitted that once the Pole is ready then Pirelli would be more than willing to give him an opportunity.
A return to action with Pirelli would also make sense because the company is to keep the 2010 Renault test car it has used so far for another year. That is the same machine that Kubica raced two years ago.
Speaking about the possibility Hembery said: "We are more likely to work with Robert in rallying I guess, rather than F1, but we will see.
"I haven't spoken to Robert for some time and we are working on a few projects that might involve him, so it might well be a possibility.
"I don't know if he is able to do it at the moment. But he is that type of person if physically he could get back in, then maybe doing a year with us would put him in a good situation to come back in in 2014. It would be wonderful if we could do that.
"We want to continue our success level of helping drivers into F1. After an F1 drive, the Pirelli test deal has to be the best drive in the world."
Hembery says that with the 2014 technical regulations being so different, there is little point wasting time trying to secure a more up-to-date machine to replace the Renault.
"There is probably no point," he said. "If we are going to be testing next year for 2014, then that is a different challenge – and no car will be relevant for that. So we will probably see the Renault 2010 car just being heavily modified."
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Just hear the voice of the driver...
Be careful on the road as you are not 1/1000000th as good as Robert Kubica and yet he almost died!!!!
I miss you, Robert! Be careful on your way back to F1!
Be careful on the road as you are not 1/1000000th as good as Robert Kubica and yet he almost died!!!!
I miss you, Robert! Be careful on your way back to F1!
