By ADAM COOPER
Robert Kubica scored his maiden Grand Prix win on Sunday after a flawless performance in Montreal. It was also the first win for the BMW Sauber team since its humble beginnings as a privateer back in 1993.
Incredibly, Kubica now leads the world championship, thanks to his consistent points scoring while the title-chasing McLaren and Ferrari drivers have endured some unfortunate races. Indeed, Lewis Hamilton dominated the early stages of the Canadian race, only for the McLaren team leader to make a silly error and ram into the back of rival Kimi Raikkonen at the end of the pitlane when the Ferrari man stopped for a red light.
Hamilton secured pole position on a track made difficult by a surface that was breaking up. Kubica was alongside and Raikkonen third, while Felipe Massa was down in sixth in the other Ferrari.
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(CNN) -- World championship leader Lewis Hamilton dominated qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal to claim pole position for Sunday's race.
But the McLaren man had to produce a dramatic last lap to pip Robert Kubica in the BMW who had surprisingly posted the quickest time moments before in Saturday's session.
Hamilton, who had been on pole prior to Kubica's late charge, certainly reserved his best for last with a stunning one minute 17.886 seconds to be over a half a second clear of the field.
"At the end I had two laps," Hamilton told the Associated Press.
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