Comments on: Robert Kubica claims maiden victory as BMW take historic one-two

By: Kubica is a beast

Kubica is a beast — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:19:34 +0000

David Watkins – I completely agree. Normally I download the iTV coverage because I live in U.S. and dont have SPEED but this year I watched it because it was on FOX which a local channel and it was incredible. I was soooooo relieved to not have to listen to every comment being centered around Hamilton, the SPEED anouncers actually talked about all the other racers and concentrated on Hamilton very little, it was a complete relief. Pls fire James Allen BBC!!!!

By: Wesley

Wesley — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:36:12 +0000

YES..YES..YESS..YESSS..YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

I told you the Kube had something to prove!

A BMW one,two…!!!!

I can’t get this smile off my face!!

By: David Watkins

David Watkins — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:14:02 +0000

James Allen is an all-round embarrassment. When he kept wibbling on about Hamilton’s Monaco performance being “Sennaesque” I wanted to put my boot through the telly to make it all end.

By: steve thompson

steve thompson — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:24:52 +0000

Great win for BMW – ITV viewers in the UK were treated to some pretty facile commentary from James Alan again with regard to swift Nick. First he made some feeble comment about how he should concentrate less on his art collection and more on F1 – this was in consequence of some report itv had one in the lead up to the race – poor ick had mentioned that he liked to buy art. Not content with tat weak comment he claimed that Nick was soundly beaten today – he wasn’t. (i) Nick was second from further back on the grid and (ii) he let Kubica past acting for the team. If he had held Kubica behind him for two more laps he would have come out into the lead and would probably have won. So a great 1-2 for BMW who look both highly professional and human. Toyota must be wondering how its done.

By: Pink Peril

Pink Peril — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:50:05 +0000

Wow – one of my pre-race predictions on your blog Keith actually cane true !

And a very popular win it was too – everyone seems to be happy for BMW-Sauber and Kubica. Although I could hazard a guess that Heidfeld could be a smidge happier about the result. Understandable of course, and I sincerely hope that we see Nick on the top step of the podium at some point as well.

What a great race. I do think that Kubica would have still been in with a great shot at winning even if Lewis hadn’t removed himself and Kimi from the race.
Kubica was simply on the ball today. We’ve seen it coming for some time now.

By: Gman

Gman — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:59:34 +0000

Kubica is a beast….there is indeed no secret about who your favorite driver is!!

You are exactly right in terms of Kubica’s driving skills and the pit work of the BMW crew- little things like that are what win races. Indeed, Kimi and Lewis would have made things tougher. But BMW and their drivers beat the other teams fair and square- Kimi certainly can be upset about being taken out of the race by no fault of his own, but all the other drivers and teams got flat-out beaten by the boys in white and blue. Indeed, some of the other teams may say BMW got lucky…in which case the response should be “go back to your garage and do something about it next week!!”

Indeed, none of the teams would probably say something like that. I root for Mclaren, but was thrilled at today’s finish- a thrid contender arrived in the F1 ranks today, and the sport is all the better because of it.

By: Kubica is a beast

Kubica is a beast — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:08:26 +0000

Stop trying to make Kubica’s win sound like an accident, he raced spectacularly and he absolutely deserves the win. He was on the line at the pit stop line first anyways and all three of them were on the same strategy (with the exceptions of Hamilton’s tire choice). With the way Kubica has been driving lately I’m confident in saying he would have won anyways, even if Kimi and Hamilton would have made it out of the pits.

One thing I have to say though is: ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR PIT WORK BY THE BMW SAUBER TEAM, they were spotless and got Kubica out right on time to get to the line first, they deserve a congratulations.

By: David Watkins

David Watkins — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:21:17 +0000

If Lewis had stayed on the track he would have been out behind Kimi and Robert so it would have been a great battle if they had all got out safely.

Kimi and Robert were parked side by side so it would have been an interesting situation once the light went green. Would they have been able to race each other out of the pits or would the second to arrive at the line have had to give way to the first? I’m not sure of the rule

I think it would have been very tough for Robert to win without the accident. Kimi was really on it before the first safety car and would probably have overtaken Robert in the pits.

By: the limit

the limit — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:16:03 +0000

I am very pleased for Kubica, the romantic in me wanted him to win after last year’s accident, and he did not disappoint.
He did great from the lights going out, keeping Raikkonen at bay despite Kimi being on the clean side of the grid.
A great, great overtaking move on Heidfeld into turn one, just a really smooth, professional job. Some, although they will be in the minority,will say that Kubica prevailed due to the loss of Raikkonen and Hamilton.
I am of the belief that had the two ‘big guns’ still been on track, Kubica would still have fought for that win. The car was set up well, fast, and in a good pair of hands.
The overtaking move of the race for me was Felipe Massa nailing Kovalainen and another unfortunate soul down at the Casino Hairpin at the same time!
Wow. With drivers like that, the Monday morning commute in Sao Paulo must be bloody interesting.
A great race, some nice juicy topics to chew over, and a fourth race winning driver in seven grands prix.
Just what Formula One needed!!!

Role on Magny Cours.

By: David Watkins

David Watkins — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:52:37 +0000

Fantastic for Robert. So cool and so fast. But it will need more mistakes from Ferrari/McClaren for him to be champion.

Excellent move too by Heidfeld to give Robert room and keep Alonso behind.