Robert Kubica: Pole in position

The BMW Sauber driver, who lies third in the F1 title race, is a national hero at home. Brian Viner meets Poland's Lewis Hamilton Friday, 10 October 2008 With just three races left of the Formula One season, Robert Kubica of BMW-Sauber sits in third place, with the Ferrari of the defending champion, Kimi Raikkonen, firmly in his slipstream, seven points back. If Kubica can stay on that notional podium it will count as an outstanding season – not quite the equivalent of Hull City keeping third place in the Premier League, but not so far behind. It will also cement Kubica's place not merely in the pantheon of great Polish sporting figures, but of great Poles, full stop. The first Polish driver to compete in Formula One, he is already a superstar in his homeland, easily as popular there as Lewis Hamilton, exactly a month his... [read full story]