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You gotta wonder why mgmt even let's them do stuff like that in the off season.

McLaren prolly keep Lewis in cryostasis, Han Solo-style, in between media/training gigs during the northern winter.

poor kube. that is devastating, could even be career ending for him. :( yeah It's surprising more teams don't have clauses in the contracts stating what drivers can and can't do in their off season. look at webber and his farken endurance events. how well has that worked....not. great way to start a season recovering from a few broken bones.

I mean if you really want to do tarmac rally, or mountain biking etc surely it can wait till after your (short) F1 career? isn't driving F1 cars for 9-10 months a year excitement enough. I would think you would not want to do anything to jeopardise the small window any driver has in F1.

Anyway, I'll be praying for you (or whatever I do in place of prayer) Kube. Hope to see you back on track soon and in a decent car too. bobby kube is without doubt one of the best prospects in the current crop of 'young' drivers and this time out will hurt his progress badly. :(

yeah agreed the testing bad sucks but I'm with stinky. I would not want my mega buck F1 drivers doing tarmac rallies on their time off. the stats tell you the chance of damage is high.

geeebus!! (and ouch)

why is it everyone seems to hit the end or guard rails??? see it on highway crashes too. there can be 100's of km's of nothing, then as soon as you add a guard rail someone will hit it. even if they extend the guard rail after the first one. the next car will hit it earlier.....are they magnetic? or are most people just that scared of em that they end up staring at them till they hit it??? (obv this wasnt the case with Kube)....but.....weird

+1 for the HRT car. looks the busines, love the way its advertising where you can buy advertising

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