Kubica's Recovery

[marcush.]

guys .
did you see schumacher in Monaco going throgh the piscine section single handed? Beltoise in the 70s won in Monaco and had serious arm movement trouble.
I´m sure he can overcome this .his brain has not suffered methinks and the rest will wortk just fine..it may be a handicap but I´m sure it will not cost him lap performance.
roll on .Sauber would be a great opportunity ..Friday FPs .Ms Kaltenborn would set the best possible signal to Kobayashi to
raise his game.

[snoop1050]

yes we saw schumacher one handed with his other hand adjusting the brake bias like most drivers do for virtually every corner.

can we imagine kubica adjusting the brake bias when he can barely hold a mobile phone?
how big of a disadvantage would it be not being able to change the bias? im assuming enough to make sure he cant get close to the top drivers

Who are these drivers he´s racing against? Are they any good? I don't have the time to do research right now...

considering he won the event by a whole minute and every other driver was italian im going to go out on a limb and assume they are all "locals" to the event

[marcush.]

I´m sure you can design the car to have that lever on the right side...Zanardi won in WTCC without legs ....I see no unsurmountable problem.
Speed is a head thing not something you learn or have in your fingertips.Kubica is hungry -very hungry instead of fighting for a world championship he had to recover from injury...BUT he is experienced as well..the question is how much is he asking in terms of salary ..or is he willing to give some discount to a top team willing to sign him?

[netoperek]

Return of the King =D>

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[snoop1050]

I´m sure you can design the car to have that lever on the right side...Zanardi won in WTCC without legs ....I see no unsurmountable problem.
Speed is a head thing not something you learn or have in your fingertips.Kubica is hungry -very hungry instead of fighting for a world championship he had to recover from injury...BUT he is experienced as well..the question is how much is he asking in terms of salary ..or is he willing to give some discount to a top team willing to sign him?

moving it to the other side isnt going to help if he cant accurately adjust it.

in the video where hes walking his arm doesnt move likes its stiff and stuck in that position

[Shrieker]

Looking at the pics, I can't help but feel he needs a lot more rehab to get his arm/wrist/fingers sorted. He may still be fast in the head, but who'd want to sign someone who is not %100 physically nowadays in F1 ? It'll be sad if he can't improve his arm and come back to F1 - where he belongs.

[amouzouris]

well...i think that even if his right arm doesnt recover 100% it is still possible to come back if his speed is still there!! we have seen that drivers can go round some corners one handed...so if he trains his left ar a bit more that would not be a problem...the problem would be if he can press buttons and shift gears with his right arm...

[godlameroso]

The thing is when you steer it's mostly in the shoulders and biceps, your forearm does very little aside from moving your fingers as your hand has no muscles only tendons. Don't believe me, open and close your hand and see what part of your arm has to flex. I say in 3 more months of rehab he'll be back and good enough to drive anything.

I hope it doesn't throw off his bowling game.

[Websta]

The thing is when you steer it's mostly in the shoulders and biceps, your forearm does very little aside from moving your fingers as your hand has no muscles only tendons. Don't believe me, open and close your hand and see what part of your arm has to flex. I say in 3 more months of rehab he'll be back and good enough to drive anything.

I hope it doesn't throw off his bowling game.

The hand has many intrinsic muscles which move the thumb, little finger, close and open the palm etc. These muscles are necessary to oppose the force of the fingers when gripping an object. As I understand it, Kubica suffered extensive damage to his hand as well as his forearm. How is just 3 more months going to do it for his recovery, and how can you tell by just looking at superficial scaring?

[myurr]

Your forearm also moves your wrist, which is used extensively when driving the car.

[Petroltorque]

Hell, I'm mightily impressed by the level of recovery made by Kubica. The functional outcome was determined by the severity of the injury and he now has enough function to cope withe activities of daily living.
However any hand therapist will tell you the level of hand function is dependent on the following factors; Grasp, Grip strength, Key pinch grip and fine pinch grip.
Bearing in mind kubica would be working with a gloved hand he'd need to have 95% of pre-injury hand function to drive an F1 car and he's probably achieved all the nerve recovery attainable. His chances of returing to F1 as a driver are non existent. It's time to face facts.

[godlameroso]

Like I said most of the steering is done with the shoulders biceps and wrists, you don't need the grip of a rock climber to steer, so don't count him out yet.

[Petroltorque]

Like I said most of the steering is done with the shoulders biceps and wrists, you don't need the grip of a rock climber to steer, so don't count him out yet.

One requies pinch grip to operate the dials on the steering input as well as strong grip to counteract the reactive forces transmitted to the steering column.

[beelsebob]

Like I said most of the steering is done with the shoulders biceps and wrists, you don't need the grip of a rock climber to steer, so don't count him out yet.

In fact, one of the things Brundle keeps commenting on about how to drive a qually lap really fast is that you very specifically don't want a tight grip on the steering wheel – you don't want to tense your body up.

[PlatinumZealot]

Let's have a look at an on board...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yMI4WltZYg[/youtube]