PARIS, (Reuters) – Formula One driver Robert Kubica will be out for at least two months after his horror crash in a rally and doctors’ predictions he could take a year to recover are overly cautious, Renault’s team boss said yesterday.
The Pole, who needed seven hours of surgery involving seven doctors split into two teams after he sustained multiple fractures to his right leg and arm, was put into an induced coma after hitting a church wall at high speed in Italy on Sunday.
Doctors were worried at first about the functionality of his right hand but are now sounding positive, with Renault’s Eric Boullier even more upbeat.
“When you have a big crash like Robert suffered on Sunday doctors always predict the worst case scenario,” Boullier told the BBC on his way to visit Kubica along with fellow Renault driver Vitaly Petrov.
“He is definitely out for a couple of months. The recovery will be quicker than one year but it is a bit early to know exactly how long he will need.”
Despite Boullier’s optimism Kubica’s surgeon said the possible recovery time could be around a year, with the next few days crucial to see if the operation was totally successful.
“The hand is warm and this means the operation went well,” surgeon Mario Igor Rossello told reporters at the Santa Corona hospital near Genoa. “We need at least six days to check if the circulation of the blood in the limb responds as it should.”
