Kubica Takes His & BMW's Maiden Grand Prix Victory in Montreal
The drivers said following the qualifying that the Canadian Grand Prix was going to be a tricky affair and that was definitely evident at yesterday's race. Robert Kubica took the chequered flag to take his and BMW's maiden grand prix victory with team-mate Nick Heidfeld coming in behind him for a BMW 1-2 sparking wild celebrations for the German team.
But the real talking point of the race happened on lap 19, when Kimi Raikkonen had to stop at the end of the pitlane due to red light, but as he did an almost comical error by Lewis Hamilton saw the Mclaren smash into the back of the Ferrari forcing both drivers out of the race. The incident was then investigated by race officials which also saw Nico Rosberg run into the back of Hamilton and now both the Mclaren and Williams driver have received a ten place grid penalty for the next race in France.
The crash then left the BMW drivers fight it out amongst themselves for the chequered flag with the supreme driving skills of Kubica winning the day. In a surprise result the podium was completed by David Coulthard whose one-stop strategy proved to be a excellent decision.
The result now leaves Kubica leading the drivers championship with Massa and Hamilton in joint 2nd four points behind.
Canadian Grand Prix full result
1. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 1:36:24.447
2. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber +00:16.495
3. David Coulthard (Britain) Red Bull 00:23.352
4. Timo Glock (Germany) Toyota 00:42.627
5. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 00:43.934
6. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 00:47.775
7. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 00:53.597
8. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Toro Rosso 00:54.120
9. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren 00:54.433
10. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams 00:57.749
11. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 01:07.540
12. Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull 01:11.229
13. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso 1 lap
r. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India 19 laps
r. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams 24 laps
r. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 26 laps
r. Nelson Piquet (Brazil) Renault 31 laps
r. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 51 laps
r. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 51 laps
r. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India 57 laps
(rank: r = retired, nc = not classified)
Fastest Lap: Kimi Raikkonen, 1:17.387, lap 14.
Yes fantastic , its about time someone else had a Win, now keep it up!!!
not a good w/e for the hamiltons... one crashes a carrera GT the other doesn't stop at a red light. GO KUBICA! GO BMW!
Go Kubica Go!!!! Real happy for him. It was only a marter of time
So the big boys Ferrari and McLaren as well as Alonso must seriously consider BMW and its drivers as contenders for championship. Finally they achieved their first win. Congrats Kubica, wonderful drive!
W koncu Robert Kubica udowodnil na co go na prawde stac... Cala Polska jest z Ciebie dumna!!!
hahahaha nice one greenacre :D and someone should prevent hamilton driving on teh streets if he has trouble seeing red ligts.
Good for Kubica. He really deserves this victory, so does the entite staff at the BMW. Go BMW GO!!!
congratulations robert, u deserved to win :) i hope one day kubica will get into another team like mclaren or ferrari because in bmw he can never rely on the car. he has great driving skills, though. a fantastic driver.
Amazing race, I'm extremely happy and surprised by them! GO BMW!!