Kubica begins rehab

Robert Kubica was today awakened from an induced coma as he began the first day of a lengthy rehabilitation period from serious injuries sustained in a rallying accident yesterday.

Kubica, who suffered a partially severed right hand and fractures to his right arm and leg in a high-speed shunt on the Ronde di Andora Rally, was able to speak to medical staff for the first time following seven hours in surgery yesterday evening.