The Official 2011 F1 thread.

[z31maniac]

holy shit, just went to crash.net.

GOing to googles to see if i can find pics now.

[E30Kaiser]

Damn....that is awful. I was never a Kubica fan but I am still sad to hear such news. Though maybe they will employ a driver like Heidfeld to replace him, or maybe Bruno Senna will have a chance to impress.

[z31maniac]

I was thinking Kubica could be the dark horse of the season. Not now.

[elsabor67]

Kubica was in a bad rally crash today reports are he will miss the season and perhaps it might end his caraer. Multiple leg and arm fractures. Damn damn damn hope it is not as bad as first reports are saying.

It is as bad. Most of the injuries are on the left side of the body with a broken femur, crushed left hand and several internal injuries. Italian tv stated that he had to be cut out from the car after it hit a wall when he lost control. I would rather see Heidefeld or Grossjean replace him before Senna. Sad loss to the season and hope he recovers soon

[hoseklamp]

Wow, that really sucks
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/mo...ash/index.html

[Jand3rson]

Damn, that's terrible. I was always rooting for Kubica, he's a great driver.

[YAN-3]

wow, that sucks

[elsabor67]

And some more tidbits I just heard from Italian TV. Kubica is still in surgery and the main concern is his left hand and arm which allegedly appears to have been partially severd during the impact. According to the news, they have the best surgeons that deal with hand and arm injuries during the surgery which is supposed to end around 8:00PM Italy time. If I hear more I will definetly post it up.

Kubica was always my favorite when he ran for BMW and now with Renault. Really sad to see this happen.

[Dave]

I sure hope Kubica comes through ok. Based on what the reports are saying, sounds like he is out at least for most, if not all, of this year. Geez.

Heidfeld, Hulkenberg, Liuzzi . . . I am sure all of these guys are burning up the phone lines now.

If Kubica looks to recover soon, Senna may be his placeholder. If it looks to be longer term, look for someone else to step in.

Or maybe even, dare I suggest it - Kimi?

[naplesE30]

In all likey hood Senna will be the replacement, at least for the first 3 races I suspect, and if he is not able to perform to standards they would then look elsewhere.

I am a huge Kubica fan, so this really sucks. I think he is a very talented driver who has been stuck in mediocre cars and was looking forward to see what he could do this season, and then possibly with ferrari, or RBR, if vettel goes to ferrari in 2012. As I doubt Massa will be at ferrari next year.

[Jand3rson]

Some updates on Kubica:

http://en.espnf1.com/renault/motorsp...ory/40129.html

[Hick]

Thats a shame.

[tg318is]

nooooooo

[naplesE30]

Hope for the best

[YAN-3]

I hope he gets well soon and comes back from this. it would be a shame if this was the end of his career