Here's an animation that shows that happened when Robert Kubica's Skoda Fabia was penetrated by a section of barrier after the car slid wide into a right-hander during the rally.
"The guard rail pierced through the car and went all the way through it," Kubica's co-driver Jakub Gerber revealed to Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport.
"I immediately saw it was serious."
Gerber confirmed that Kubica's long list of injuries were caused by a crash barrier penetrating the front of the car and slamming into the right side of his close friend's body.
The co-driver was also critical of the section of road that had a gap between two sections of barrier, leaving the end of the second exposed. And he also called for increased protection around the cockpit of rally cars.
"That opening [between the two sections of barrier] makes no sense," he said.
"But, most of all, we shouldn't have cars with so little protection at the front. It's not the first time a crash like this happens - the Federation should think of something to protect the cockpit."
"The guard rail pierced through the car and went all the way through it," Kubica's co-driver Jakub Gerber revealed to Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport.
"I immediately saw it was serious."
Gerber confirmed that Kubica's long list of injuries were caused by a crash barrier penetrating the front of the car and slamming into the right side of his close friend's body.
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| Photo: AP Photo/Gianni Chiaramonti |
The co-driver was also critical of the section of road that had a gap between two sections of barrier, leaving the end of the second exposed. And he also called for increased protection around the cockpit of rally cars.
"That opening [between the two sections of barrier] makes no sense," he said.
"But, most of all, we shouldn't have cars with so little protection at the front. It's not the first time a crash like this happens - the Federation should think of something to protect the cockpit."
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| Photo: AP Photo/Gianni Chiaramonti |