Vettel por Kubica para BMW
Publicado: 14 Jun 2007 15:06
Ya se dio el anuncio de que Sebastian Vettel correrá este fin de semana en Indianápolis porque los médicos de la FIA no le dieron el visto bueno a Robert Kubica. A pesar de pasar todas las pruebas le aconsejaron que se quedara sentado como medida de precaución, ya que el riesgo de daños cerebrales aumenta considerablemente si llegara a tener otro accidente, esto por la contusión que sufriera en el accidente de Canadá.
Robert Kubica will sit out the US Grand Prix this weekend despite passing the FIA's cognitive and physical examination on Thursday.
The BMW Sauber driver, who was hospitalised with a sprained ankle, minor bruising and mild concussion after his huge accident during the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal four days ago, told reporters that he is feeling no ill-effects and repeated his wish to race at Indianapolis this week-end.
But after the exam led by the FIA's medical delegate Gary Hartstein inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's medical centre in the afternoon, it was decided as a precautionary measure that 22-year-old Kubica should not return to the wheel of his racer for risk that a second accident so soon after a concussion could cause serious injury.
He will be examined again at Magny Cours in two weeks but, given that he passed both the cognitive and physical elements of the FIA tests here, it is almost certain that Kubica will resume his seat for the French Grand Prix.
His place this weekend, meanwhile, will be taken by BMW test driver Sebastian Vettel, who will make his Grand Prix debut on Sunday at the age of 19.
That means that BMW-Sauber's US lineup will be all-German, with Vettel racing alongside team regular Nick Heidfeld.
Interestingly, despite being twice hospitalised himself in crashes against the famed Indianapolis banking in past years, Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher told reporters on Thursday that Kubica should be allowed to race.
"I heard that (Kubica's) crash looked worse than it was, because the angle he hit meant that the forces were not so large," he said. "So, if he wants to race, why not?"
Robert Kubica will sit out the US Grand Prix this weekend despite passing the FIA's cognitive and physical examination on Thursday.
The BMW Sauber driver, who was hospitalised with a sprained ankle, minor bruising and mild concussion after his huge accident during the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal four days ago, told reporters that he is feeling no ill-effects and repeated his wish to race at Indianapolis this week-end.
But after the exam led by the FIA's medical delegate Gary Hartstein inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's medical centre in the afternoon, it was decided as a precautionary measure that 22-year-old Kubica should not return to the wheel of his racer for risk that a second accident so soon after a concussion could cause serious injury.
He will be examined again at Magny Cours in two weeks but, given that he passed both the cognitive and physical elements of the FIA tests here, it is almost certain that Kubica will resume his seat for the French Grand Prix.
His place this weekend, meanwhile, will be taken by BMW test driver Sebastian Vettel, who will make his Grand Prix debut on Sunday at the age of 19.
That means that BMW-Sauber's US lineup will be all-German, with Vettel racing alongside team regular Nick Heidfeld.
Interestingly, despite being twice hospitalised himself in crashes against the famed Indianapolis banking in past years, Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher told reporters on Thursday that Kubica should be allowed to race.
"I heard that (Kubica's) crash looked worse than it was, because the angle he hit meant that the forces were not so large," he said. "So, if he wants to race, why not?"
