From Ansa.it
SAVONA - The edge of a guard rail on the Testico rally track has stopped the race of the young F1 pilot Robert Kubica. The accident occurred this morning at 8,30. When extracted from the cockpit, Kubica was conscious but seriously injured. Then he was airlifted to the hospital at Corona di Pietra Ligure, where he underwent a surgical intervention to reduce fractures and a big internal hemorrhage.
Kubica's team's doctor and the expert in hand surgery from Savona hospital are present. Kubica's right hand is seriously compromised
Carabinieri (military police) are now trying to determine the dynamics of the accident and kept the car to check whether the crash was caused by a mechanical problema. Witness declarations from the public and navigatr Jacub Gerper are being gathered.
It seems Kubica undertook a high speed turn close to a guard rail. Meybe due the tarmac covered by ice or some irregularity the Skoda drifted and deviated 80 degrees on the right from its trajectory. The car hit the edge of the guard-rail that penetrated in the car and smashed the left hand door and bent the roll-bar structures. The car stopped against the wall of a small church
Kubica was blocked in the cockpit. Uninjured Gerber immediately called for help. An ambulance got to the scene in a few minutes and firemen extracted Kubica, still conscious. A fire department helicopter lifted Kubica to the hospital at Santa Corona where he was operated. The intervention is still in progress. It is believed that doctors are trying to save the injured hand.