Star of the Race
Robert Kubica, Renault, 5th
Robert Kubica drove an exhilarating race after getting caught out at the start - 14th at Turn 1 - and made his own luck as he progressed through the field. He put in two crucial overtaking moves on Adrian Sutil and Kamui Kobayashi (see below) who were on the similar tyre strategy. Sutil and Kobayashi finished outside of the points in P13 and P14 respectively, but Kubica clawed his way past and up into P5. He also managed to keep in front of Lewis Hamilton, not that that aided his position at all, if anything it could have hindered it. For a car that hasn't been developed much since Spa it was a tremendous result.
Robert Kubica, Renault, 5th
Robert Kubica drove an exhilarating race after getting caught out at the start - 14th at Turn 1 - and made his own luck as he progressed through the field. He put in two crucial overtaking moves on Adrian Sutil and Kamui Kobayashi (see below) who were on the similar tyre strategy. Sutil and Kobayashi finished outside of the points in P13 and P14 respectively, but Kubica clawed his way past and up into P5. He also managed to keep in front of Lewis Hamilton, not that that aided his position at all, if anything it could have hindered it. For a car that hasn't been developed much since Spa it was a tremendous result.
Overtaking Move of the Race
Lap 25: Robert Kubica on Kamui Kobayashi for P4
Robmert Kubica could have won this twice over, first for his overtaking move on Sutil and second for his overtaking move on Kobayashi. The Japanese driver held the inside line going into Turn 11 (a corner which really should have been reprofiled to give more room on the exit and to allow cars to run through it side by side) but Kubica used the Renault's straight line speed to good advantage and got far enough in front before the turn-in to dissuade Kobyashi from doing a Webber-at-Singapore move.
Lap 25: Robert Kubica on Kamui Kobayashi for P4
Robmert Kubica could have won this twice over, first for his overtaking move on Sutil and second for his overtaking move on Kobayashi. The Japanese driver held the inside line going into Turn 11 (a corner which really should have been reprofiled to give more room on the exit and to allow cars to run through it side by side) but Kubica used the Renault's straight line speed to good advantage and got far enough in front before the turn-in to dissuade Kobyashi from doing a Webber-at-Singapore move.
Lap chart
Pit Stops
Place where the red and orange bars meet indicates the very first pit stop.
Graphs and data from f1fanatic.co.uk
