Robert Kubica has today informed Lotus Renault GP that he will not be ready for the start of the 2012 season, despite having started an intensive training programme. The Pole is still recovering from his really crash earlier this year and thereby gives the green light to LRGP to select its drivers for the 2012 campaign.
This is a significantly different situation – no brain injuries here.donskar wrote:quoted by cravenciak: "One thing is certain — he is coming back. . . . But the big question — if he can drive in Formula One again — has gone."
The real big question is, can he drive fast in Formula 1? I can not help but believe that Massa's big accident had a negative impact on his performance. We will see if Kubica can regain his pre-accident form. I hope so.
Not if we talk about Robert. You have to check his history and look at year 2003 when he came back after horror arm break and he won his debut race in F3 (Robert was driving with bandage and splint on his hand).there is the psychological trauma
You don't have to worry about Robert's talent, he was injured only physically - Morelli added
Canada 2007?donskar wrote:Agree: no brain damage, but apparently serious nerve damage. Beyond the actual physical/neurological damage there is the psychological trauma. Race car drivers have a lot of ego, great self-confidence, and are very brave. Many of them think they can not have a wreck or can not suffer any serious injury. Kubica might suffer psychological damage that could sap his self-confidence and destroy his ability to go at the limit. I'm trying to find the right words, but I keep thinking Stirling Moss. He recovered physically, but not psychologically and never recovered his speed.
http://en.espnf1.com/renault/motorsport ... MP=OTC-RSSespn wrote:"I would say with certainty that Robert will be a F1 driver in 2012," Ceccarelli told Omnicorse. "I cannot say when he will be ready but it will be between the months of November and January."
Ceccarelli also said that the functionality of Kubica's right hand is no longer a concern.
"Yes, it's great, even if this healing is gradual. Not forgetting that Robert suffered injuries to two of the three nerves, and had severs of the tendons and muscles, the feeling has come back to the fingertips."
donskar wrote:Agree: no brain damage, but apparently serious nerve damage. Beyond the actual physical/neurological damage there is the psychological trauma. Race car drivers have a lot of ego, great self-confidence, and are very brave. Many of them think they can not have a wreck or can not suffer any serious injury. Kubica might suffer psychological damage that could sap his self-confidence and destroy his ability to go at the limit. I'm trying to find the right words, but I keep thinking Stirling Moss. He recovered physically, but not psychologically and never recovered his speed.
After Canada he wanted to race in the next race but was not allowed to, and bounced back with a superb 4th in his first race back.wiki wrote: After Formula Renault, Kubica moved to the Formula Three Euro Series. However, his move was delayed by a road accident which left him with a broken arm, and titanium screws holding it together. At his delayed debut at Norisring, Kubica, driving with a plastic brace and 18 titanium bolts in his arm, won the race.
Remind me, what does this deadline entail, will he have to do a flying lap without feeling sore or what??by translator.This is just an elbow brace. It's so funny device that not only stabilizes, if maintained in a particular pond, a forced entry. In the pictures from behind, seen in the posterior-medial surface of the elbow, under the bandage, stabilizing orthosis rail. These "wires" can serve to correct the position of the joint, flexion, rotation.
More complex orthosis (but you have to ask surgeons already), and probably this is Robert, can also provide the desired muscle tension, to influence, by adjusting the pressure on soft tissue, a smooth blood circulation.
The dressing really looks impressive, but is intended only to "cover" orthosis and provide protection from accidental injuries.
