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BMW SAUBER F1 TEAM - TEST DRIVER KUBICA REPLACES VILLENEUVE IN BUDAPEST
Wed Aug 02 09:15:00 CEST 2006 Press Release
The BMW Sauber F1 Team will take their place on the grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest this coming weekend with a different driver line-up. After his accident at the German Grand Prix last weekend Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve will not be racing.
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Munich/Hinwil, 1st August 2006. The BMW Sauber F1 Team will take their place on
the grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest this coming weekend with a
different driver line-up. After his accident at the German Grand Prix last
weekend Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve will not be racing. Test and reserve
driver Robert Kubica will take his place. He will be the first Pole ever to
contest a Formula One grand prix.
BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen said: "Jacques has informed us that he
is not ready to race after his Hockenheim accident. Robert has made an
outstanding impression with the team so far, both in testing and on the Friday
of the race weekends. Now we will see how he performs in a Formula One race.
However, we have not yet made a decision on who will drive the car either in
the remaining races of the season or next year."
21-year-old Kubica is looking forward to the new challenge: "I had prepared
myself for a whole year without actually competing in any races, so I'm even
happier to get this opportunity. And I'm proud that the BMW Sauber F1 Team has
such confidence in me. I'm determined not to let them down."
Biography.
Robert Kubica (pronounced "KOO-beet-sah")
Date/place of birth: 7 December 1984/Krakow (POL)
Nationality: Polish
Residence: Krakow
Website: www.kubica.pl
Marital status: single
Height: 1.84 m
Weight: 73 kg
Hobbies: bowling, computer games, indoor karting
Favourite food: pasta
Favourite drink: orange juice
Favourite circuit: Macau
First race: Polish kart championship race in Poznan, 1995
First win: in first race
Career highlights.
1995-1997:
six titles in Polish kart championships (juniors)
1998:
1st place Italian Kart Championship (juniors)
2nd place European Kart Championship (juniors)
1st place Monaco Kart Cup
1999:
1st place Italian Kart Championship (juniors)
1st place German Kart Championship (juniors)
1st place Monaco Kart Cup
winner of the Margutti Trophy
2000:
4th place European Kart Championship (Formula A)
4th place World Kart Championship (Formula A)
2001:
first races in Italian Formula Renault 2000
2002:
2nd place Italian Formula Renault 2000, four wins
2003:
first races in the Formula 3 Euro Series, one win
1st place Formula 3 Masters in Sardinia
2004:
7th place Formula 3 Euro Series
2nd place Formula 3 Grand Prix Macau
2005:
1st place World Series by Renault, four wins
2nd place Formula 3 Grand Prix Macau
2006:
test and reserve driver for the BMW Sauber F1 Team
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