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Robert Kubica's recovery will accelerate once a final operation to free up his right elbow is completed later this month, according to the doctor overseeing his rehabilitation.

Doctor Riccardo Ceccarelli has admitted that the Pole, who suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash during the Ronde di Andora Rally on February 6, has been held back by the lack of the movement in his right elbow.

But he is confident that the surgery will be a success and allow Kubica's rehabilitation to get underway in earnest because efforts have been made to ensure that as much flexibility has been maintained in the rest of his arm up to now.

"With his elbow blocked, we haven't had the chance to work on a full recovery programme as we would do normally," Ceccarelli told AUTOSPORT.

"However, we have kept the other joints moving as much as possible, with the goal of having as much flexibility as we can and the greatest possible muscular mass available once the elbow is unblocked."

For more on when Kubica will be back in the cockpit and full details of his recovery so far, read this week's AUTOSPORT digital edition of the magazine.