Robert Kubica
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Robert Kubica (born 7 December 1984 in Krakow) is a Polish racing driver.
Kubica obtained four victories in 17 races and won with 154 points clinching the title from Adrian Valles and Markus Anglesquats. On 1 December 2005, he got his first Formula 1 test for the Renault F1 Team to drive their R25. Subsequently, he was given a drive for the BMW Sauber F1 team as test and reserve driver for the 2006 F1 season. When testing for BMW Sauber on the Fridays on a race weekend, he succeeded against more highly ranked candidates like Alexander Wurz or Sebastién Bourdais.
Robert Kubica got the chance to race in the Hungarian Grand Prix replacing the departing Jacques Villeneuve for the remainder of the 2006 season.
On 10 September, 2006 he drove to an impressive third place and became the first Pole on the podium in Formula 1.
This led to Kubica getting a full time drive for the BMW outfit in 2007.
