From GMM
Robert Kubica has "very severe injuries" after a rally crash in Italy, a figure close to the Renault driver revealed on Sunday.
The Pole was driving a Skoda Fabia to the start of the Ronde di Andora rally near Genoa when he left the road at high speed and hit a church wall with the driver's side.
26-year-old Kubica, who drives in F1 for Renault, had to be cut from the car and helicoptered to the Pietra Ligure hospital while his co-driver escaped unhurt. The rally event was temporarily suspended and the car was cleared.
As the motor racing world awaits official information about his condition, Stephane Samson - referred to as a 'consultant' to Kubica by the German news agency SID - shed some light on his injuries.
"All we know is that Robert's life is not in danger," Samson said. "However, he has very severe injuries to his left hand and left leg, but we don't know anything more about it."
Initially, reports said Kubica had unspecified injuries but was conscious, amid expectations a detailed medical bulletin and press statement will be issued shortly.
It was earlier rumoured that the 26-year-old, reportedy in a serious condition, has internal injuries, a broken femur, and a badly crushed hand Pietra Ligure's town site reportedly stated had to be amputated. Kubica would still be in surgery.
Kubica's father has been quoted in Polish reports as insisting his son's life is not in danger.
The Pole had miraculously survived a terribly violent accident at Montreal's Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve with only a sprained ankle and a slight concussion back in 2007. It seems that he got less lucky this time around.
Robert Kubica has "very severe injuries" after a rally crash in Italy, a figure close to the Renault driver revealed on Sunday.
The Pole was driving a Skoda Fabia to the start of the Ronde di Andora rally near Genoa when he left the road at high speed and hit a church wall with the driver's side.
26-year-old Kubica, who drives in F1 for Renault, had to be cut from the car and helicoptered to the Pietra Ligure hospital while his co-driver escaped unhurt. The rally event was temporarily suspended and the car was cleared.
As the motor racing world awaits official information about his condition, Stephane Samson - referred to as a 'consultant' to Kubica by the German news agency SID - shed some light on his injuries.
"All we know is that Robert's life is not in danger," Samson said. "However, he has very severe injuries to his left hand and left leg, but we don't know anything more about it."
Initially, reports said Kubica had unspecified injuries but was conscious, amid expectations a detailed medical bulletin and press statement will be issued shortly.
It was earlier rumoured that the 26-year-old, reportedy in a serious condition, has internal injuries, a broken femur, and a badly crushed hand Pietra Ligure's town site reportedly stated had to be amputated. Kubica would still be in surgery.
Kubica's father has been quoted in Polish reports as insisting his son's life is not in danger.
The Pole had miraculously survived a terribly violent accident at Montreal's Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve with only a sprained ankle and a slight concussion back in 2007. It seems that he got less lucky this time around.