Kubica’s co-driver gives his account of accident
"The guard rail pierced through the car and went all the way through it (as AR1.com explained last evening, Kubica was lucky to not be impaled and killed horrifically). I immediately saw it was serious, he also had a bad bruise under his eye after hitting the steering wheel. Robert passed out and I exited through the window because the door was stuck.
"The ambulance arrived immediately and then came the firemen. They took over half an hour to pull him out. The first crew didn't have the shears so they had to wait for another crew. Then the helicopter couldn't land in that spot, so Robert had to be moved and more time was lost."
"That opening between the two sections of barrier makes no sense," he said. "But, most of all, we shouldn't have cars with so little protection at the front. It's not the first time a crash like this happens – the Federation should think of something to protect the cockpit."
When asked whether he thought the accident was caused by a car failure or a mistake by Kubica, Gerber replied: "In a competition, you try to go as quickly as possible. Robert is the type of person who thinks hard, always looks a step ahead, he's precise, fast and clean. A complete driver."
Mauro Moreno, who was the driver on the scene running one minute behind Kubica, described what he saw.
"It was a horrifying view. I called him by name a couple of times, but he didn't reply," he told Gazzetta dello Sport. "The steel blade was coming out of the hatchback. His co-driver signaled to me he had no problems so I asked Robert if he was OK, too. But he was in a state of semi-consciousness and he couldn't talk."