Renault driver Robert Kubica of Poland relaxes before practise Source: AFP
FORMULA One star Robert Kubica has been ordered to stay another two days in intensive care following a nine-hour operation on Friday.
The Pole was due to be transferred back to an emergency unit Monday, but authorities at the Santa Corona di Pietra Ligure hospital in Savona, northwestern Italy, confirmed he will stay another 48 hours.
A statement said his condition was "fine" but added that the driver would stay put "to allow a full check-up and to avoid another change of department ahead of his next operation."
"His general condition is satisfactory enough as to allow his final surgical intervention [on his outer elbow] to take place Wednesday," it said.
Kubica's marathon nine hours of surgery allowed treatment to his foot, shoulder and inner elbow. He was previously in the operating theater for seven hours to repair his right hand.
The Lotus Renault GP driver was injured February 6 while competing at the Ronde di Andora Rally in Liguria. He lost control on a bend at high speed and smashed into a guard rail, which buckled the driver's door, before ending up in a church wall.
Germany's Nick Heidfeld remained the frontrunner to replace him at Lotus Renault for the 2011 season, which begins March 13 with the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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