I'm not going to try and sell a broken leg as a blessing in disguise. But if there is a silver lining, it's that this gives his hand time to properly heal. By the time the leg's okay, it should be apparent relatively quickly whether or not he will be able to return to F1.
Apparently Kubica's getting back into racing, but has hand issues still. March 11, 2012 by Joe Saward
Jeez, I thought he'd broken his leg again when this thread popped up. It's a great shame we'll never get to see him alongside Alonso at Ferrari.
apparently he's also been driving a rally car http://www.pitpass.com/45708-Kubica-back-in-action personally I can't see why they can't just put some velcro on his glove and steering wheel (and drinking glass) if it doesn't improve. They have power steering and semi-automatic gearboxes, unlike in Nannini's day, so they no longer have to fight the car so much.
If he has lost some sensation in his hand he won;t be able to feel what the car is doing through the steering wheel so that will affect him a lot. You can get away with that more in saloon cars, but F1 is a different matter
Same here. It will be a crying shame if he never makes it back in to an F1 car, both for him and the fans. An on form Kubica in the middle of 6 WDCs would be quite a spectacle. I'd love to see him in that second Ferrari, even if it was at the expense of Massa, who I do have a soft spot for... Not sure why. I think it stems from his accident.
Yes - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9388940.stm But then the expression is "get back on the horse", so at least by getting back into the same car he's exorcised that ghost !
seriously, the likes of Senna, Prost, Mansell et al used to drive around Monaco in turbo's with one hand off the wheel 99% of the time, how much did that loss of sensation affect them? If he's got restriction of movement and the whole hand is numb then yes, that's a problem, but if he can feel through it and has no restriction of movement I can't see the problem tbh.
In those days it was the norm, these days they're all used to two handed. it would be a significant disadvantage in a world where a tenth counts.
I'd think that a driver takes input through his feet, hands head, melon and arse... He's got one hand not functioning fully so it's going to hinder him somewhat, but maybe instinct can make up for that? I dunno.
you would of thought while they were operating on him they could of done a few makeshift improvements? like: -- a pneumatic accelerator foot -- Amalgamating palms for steering grip -- improve the aerodynamics of his nose
