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Description: (06.02.2011) - Formula 1 star Robert Kubica suffered fractures to his right arm, leg and hand and is undergoing surgery after a rally crash / accident in Italy on Sunday morning. The 26-year-old Pole hit a church wall at high speed and was air-lifted by helicopter to a hospital near Genoa. His British-based Renault team said the driver was being operated on following extensive checks in Peitra Ligure. It looks unlikely Kubica will be ready for the new Formula 1 season, which starts on 13 March in Bahrain. His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, but following surgery in 2003 after a serious road accident as a passenger that left him with titanium bolts in his arm, there will be doubts about his ability to continue in the sport. Kubica was air-lifted to hospital in Italy The latest Renault statement read: "After undergoing extensive medical checks this morning, Robert Kubica has been diagnosed with multiple fractures to his right arm, leg and hand. "He is currently undergoing surgery at the Santa Corona Hospital in Peitra Ligure." Reports suggested that Kubica was 4.6km from the start of the Ronde di Andora rally on Sunday morning when his Skoda Fabia crashed. His co-driver Jakub Gerber escaped from the wreckage unharmed. The former driver for the BMW Sauber team regularly competes in rallies and was driving a week after a successful testing session in the new Renault car in Valencia , ahead of the season's opening grand prix in Bahrain. Kubica had been due to ...
