Kubica surgery successful as Heidfeld joins Renault

Robert Kubica is to remain in intensive care for another few days following a further eight hours of surgery yesterday.

The latest operation at the Santa Corona hospital in Petra Ligure was to repair a complex fracture to his elbow. Kubica has now endured a total of 24 hours of surgery in the wake of suffering multiple fractures to his arm and leg and a partially severed right hand in a crash on the Ronde di Andora rally 10 days ago.

The latest statement from Kubica’s Renault team confirmed the operation was carried out “to stabilise and reconstruct damaged fragments of the delicate joint structure” of his elbow.

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It added: “At the end of the surgery the doctors were pleased with the outcome, with the procedure being completed successfully.”

The update comes on the day Renault confirmed Nick Heidfeld as the Pole’s replacement for the foreseeable future.