Polish driver Robert Kubica, driving a BMW Sauber, has seized his first Formula One victory at the Canadian Grand Prix.

Germany’s Nick Heidfeld, also driving a BMW, came second and Britain’s David Coulthard of Red Bull was third.

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Robert Kubica will start from the front row of the grid for the Canadian Grand Prix. The BMW Sauber F1 Team driver qualified second in Montreal. His team-mate, Nick Heidfeld, also qualified his F1.08 safely in the top ten this time out and was eighth.

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1. Lewis Hamilton Britain Vodafone McLaren Mercedes-Mercedes 76 laps 2:00:42.742
2. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber F1 Team-BMW +3.0
3. Felipe Massa Brazil Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro-Ferrari +4.8
4. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull Racing-Renault +19.2
5. Sebastian Vettel Germany Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari +24.6
6. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Honda Racing F1 Team-Honda +28.4
7. Kazuki Nakajima Japan AT&T Williams-Toyota +30.1
8. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Vodafone McLaren Mercedes-Mercedes +33.1
9. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro-Ferrari +33.7
10. Fernando Alonso Spain ING Renault F1 Team-Renault +1 lap
11. Jenson Button Britain Honda Racing F1 Team-Honda +1 lap
12. Timo Glock Germany Panasonic Toyota Racing-Toyota +1 lap
13. Jarno Trulli Italy Panasonic Toyota Racing-Toyota +1 lap
14. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber F1 Team-BMW +4 laps
Rtd. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India F1 Team-Ferrari 67 laps completed
Rtd. Nico Rosberg Germany AT&T Williams-Toyota 59 laps completed
Rtd. Nelson Piquet Jr Brazil ING Renault F1 Team-Renault 47 laps completed
Rtd. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Force India F1 Team-Ferrari 36 laps completed
Rtd. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull Racing-Renault 7 laps completed
Rtd. Sebastien Bourdais France Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7 laps completed

Fastest lap:
Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 16.689s lap 74

Robert Kubica said : “I am happy with the result. This is my second consecutive podium and the team is leading the constructors’ championship. Unfortunately I had massive wheel spin at the start and hit some debris in the first corner of the second lap. When I drove through the oil I was sure I had punctured my tyre as at that point I didn’t have the information about the oil.”
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BMW’s Robert Kubica Will Start From Pole Position At The Bahrain Grand Prix. Kubica speeds round to take his first pole in his F1 career...a great effort…some three-quarters of a second faster than his team-mate! It is also the first pole for BMW as a constructor!

Robert Kubica drove a strong race and takes his best career results - 2nd position. See Press Conference with Robert Kubica. Read the rest of this entry »

1. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 58 laps one hour 34 minutes 50.616 seconds
2. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber +5.478 secs
3. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota +8.163
4. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault +17.181
5. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes +18.014
DQ Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda +52.453
6. Kazuki Nakajima* (Jpn) Williams-Toyota 1 lap behind
7R Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 55 laps completed
8R Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 53 laps
R Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 47 laps
R Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 43 laps
R Takuma Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri-Honda 32 laps
R Nelson Piquet Jr (Brz) Renault 30 laps
R Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 29 laps
R David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault 25 laps
R Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 19 laps
R Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Ferrari 8 laps
R Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 0 laps
R Jenson Button (GB) Honda 0 lap
R Anthony Davidson (GB) Super Aguri-Honda 0 lap
R Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 laps
R Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India-Ferrari 0 laps

* Nakajima handed 10-place grid penalty for next weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix

Key: R = retired; DQ = disqualified.

Fastest lap: Kovalainen one minute 27.418 seconds, lap 43.

At the opening race of what is its third season the BMW Sauber team achieved its best ever qualifying result to date. In Melbourne Robert Kubica qualified in second position. Nick Heidfeld finished fifth in the expected breathtaking first battle of the year.

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With the same drivers - Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica - as yesterday continuing in the same cars, the test programme today focused on testing the new standard ECU for 2008.

Furthermore, several mechanical parts and other components for 2008 were tested and the team also evaluated some aero parts.

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The BMW Sauber team scored two points in an action packed Chinese Grand Prix. Nick Heidfeld finished seventh after a double pitstop mid-race as a result of taking a second set of intermediates, rather than slicks. Robert Kubica retired on lap 34 while leading due to a hydraulic leak.

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