From GMM
Robert Kubica is undergoing surgery in Italy, it has emerged.
The Pole was seriously injured in a rally crash on Sunday and is reported to have leg, hand and internal injuries.
His F1 team, Lotus-sponsored Renault, confirmed that Kubica has "multiple fractures to his right arm, leg and hand".
Renault also confirmed that surgery is currently underway.
And the ANSA news agency said Igor Rossello, a hand specialist, will perform the surgery on one of the Renault F1 driver's hands.
A detailed medical bulletin has therefore been delayed.
"All assessments have yet to be made," said official Roberto Carrozzino. "An amputation is not a decision that is made so rapidly. I do not confirm or deny this report."
Photographs of the crashed car show severe frontal damage, and French sports channel Eurosport said the 26-year-old may also be suffering a damaged hip and multiple other injuries.
Renault's reserve drivers are Bruno Senna and Romain Grosjean.
UPDATE: Daniele Morelli speaks to the press
Daniele Morelli, Kubica's manager, confirmed that the driver is still under surgery and could be until at least 8 p.m. local time, tonight.
There is no longer a risk for amputation, a great news for the Pole. If surgeons saved his arm however, it doesn not mean the driver will regain full usage of it.
It was confirmed that it would be possible for doctors to reactivate the hands' movement but we do not know yet to what extent.
Two teams of doctors would be working on the Pole as we speak, along with Dr. Rossello, trying to save the hand's functionalities.
Internal bledding would now be under control.
UPDATE - 8:30PM, local time:
Kubica is still in surgery until 9 p.m. This is not a sign of complication but rather a result of the surgeons having to reconstruct nervous tissues of the driver's right hand.
Fernando Alonso visited the hospital at 7:30 p.m. There was also more information released by Kubica's co-driver Jakub Gerber.
"We were going through the first four kilometres of the first special of the rally. I was looking at my notes and I didn't see the car going off-road. I saw the impact however and Robert's arm and then he lost consciousness" the driver explained.
Piercarlo Capolongo, responsible of security for the rally, offered his blessings to the Pole and his family.
Everyone is anxiously waiting for official results from the operation room.
Robert Kubica is undergoing surgery in Italy, it has emerged.
The Pole was seriously injured in a rally crash on Sunday and is reported to have leg, hand and internal injuries.
His F1 team, Lotus-sponsored Renault, confirmed that Kubica has "multiple fractures to his right arm, leg and hand".
Renault also confirmed that surgery is currently underway.
And the ANSA news agency said Igor Rossello, a hand specialist, will perform the surgery on one of the Renault F1 driver's hands.
A detailed medical bulletin has therefore been delayed.
"All assessments have yet to be made," said official Roberto Carrozzino. "An amputation is not a decision that is made so rapidly. I do not confirm or deny this report."
Photographs of the crashed car show severe frontal damage, and French sports channel Eurosport said the 26-year-old may also be suffering a damaged hip and multiple other injuries.
Renault's reserve drivers are Bruno Senna and Romain Grosjean.
UPDATE: Daniele Morelli speaks to the press
Daniele Morelli, Kubica's manager, confirmed that the driver is still under surgery and could be until at least 8 p.m. local time, tonight.
There is no longer a risk for amputation, a great news for the Pole. If surgeons saved his arm however, it doesn not mean the driver will regain full usage of it.
It was confirmed that it would be possible for doctors to reactivate the hands' movement but we do not know yet to what extent.
Two teams of doctors would be working on the Pole as we speak, along with Dr. Rossello, trying to save the hand's functionalities.
Internal bledding would now be under control.
UPDATE - 8:30PM, local time:
Kubica is still in surgery until 9 p.m. This is not a sign of complication but rather a result of the surgeons having to reconstruct nervous tissues of the driver's right hand.
Fernando Alonso visited the hospital at 7:30 p.m. There was also more information released by Kubica's co-driver Jakub Gerber.
"We were going through the first four kilometres of the first special of the rally. I was looking at my notes and I didn't see the car going off-road. I saw the impact however and Robert's arm and then he lost consciousness" the driver explained.
Piercarlo Capolongo, responsible of security for the rally, offered his blessings to the Pole and his family.
Everyone is anxiously waiting for official results from the operation room.