Polish driver Robert Kubica rues missed pole at Australian GP

Robert Kubica will start from the front row of the grid for the first time when the Australian Grand Prix gets underway Sunday, although the BMW Sauber driver thinks it could so easily have been pole position.

BMW Sauber F1 Team - German Grand Prix - Free Practice

Hockenheim (DE). In changing weather conditions BMW Sauber F1 Team drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld finished the second practice session of the German Grand Prix at Hockenheimring on positions 8 and 9. Heidfeld, as usual driving with a special helmet design at the German Grand Prix, also finished the first practice session in the morning without any problems (position 8). Kubica lost control of his car on the partly wet track in lap 8 and hit the barrier. However, the team was able to rebuild the left side of his BMW Sauber F1.08 before the start of the second session.

Lewis Hamilton bounces back as Kubica takes pole

Robert Kubica secured the first pole position of his Formula One career at the end of a stunning qualifying session for tomorrow's Bahrain Grand Prix.

BMW Sauber F1 Team - Hungarian Grand Prix - Qualifying

Budapest (HU). BMW Sauber F1 Team driver Robert Kubica qualified fourth in the heat at the Hungaroring in Budapest. Meanwhile for Nick Heidfeld qualifying was a total disappointment. After a promising free practice session in the morning he found several cars in his way when he was on his second fast lap in Q1. He lost so much time behind other cars that he did not even make it into Q2.

Canadian Grand Prix Results

Results Sunday at Formula One's Canadian Grand Prix at the 4.361-kilometer (2.71-mile) Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (with driver, country, car, laps completed and winner's average speed):

25,000 Poles at Hungarian GP to back Kubica

Hungary and Poland claim to have a special relationship and Robert Kubica's Formula One career is providing the two nations with another chance to cultivate their friendship.