Kubica sets sights on Brazil comeback

16 July,2011 07:45 AM IST |   |  AFP

Polish driver Kubica, who was injured in a February crash, eyes Brazilian GP comeback


Polish driver Kubica, who was injured in a February crash, eyes Brazilian GP comeback

Polish driver Robert Kubica, who was seriously injured in a rally in February, has said he is determined to be back for the 2012 Formula One season and may even be on the grid for the final race of the 2011 series in Brazil.


After his crash at a rally in Andora. Pics/AFP

"I like to have a goal when it's a reasonable one," the Lotus Renault driver told journalists when asked to comment on reports he would be back for Sao Paolo in late November. "We'll see how the next few months go in terms of the rehabilitation process and then we'll take a decision in due time.


February 6, 2011: The wrecked car of Lotus Renault Formula GP
One driver Robert Kubica


"It is difficult to predict the timing of a process that is also dependent on the laws of nature. But the good news is that my recovery is consistent and sooner or later I will feel sufficiently fit to be able to put a date on when I'll be back."

Kubica's right-hand was partially severed in the crash in February in northern Italy when he hit a safety barrier and had to be cut free from his car. Fears that he would not drive again have been allayed and the Pole is determined that, whether he drives in Brazil or not, he will definitely be ready for the 2012 campaign.

"I don't have any memory of the accident, and I am just aware of the consequences it had. So, to me it's as if it never happened," he said The 26-year-old said he would have no problem clambering back behind the wheel of his caru00a0-- and that he had been practising on simulators. "You never forget how to ride a bicycle. There is nothing I need in that sense."
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