I have a new driving hero!

Robert Kubica!

He is THE MAN.

Not only did he take his first Grand Prix win in Montreal yesterday, a year after being carted out of there on a stretcher after a 300 km/h smash-up which anyone who saw it was sure he'd never survive; but he made a mockery of his colleagues who were whining about the track surface.

Sure, it was awful, despite the best efforts of the organizers to seal the wayward asphalt.

But it was the same for everyone. He never put a wheel wrong (hello, Senor Two-Time World Champion Alonso) and drove to a magnificent victory.

Sure, he might not have been there if Lewis Hamilton hasn't NASCAR'ed Kimi Reikkonen in the pits. Or maybe he would have;  given both of their penchants for off-roading recently, they might have done an Alonso too.

The point is, Kubica didn't. And he won.

Following up on his brilliant second place in rainy Monaco two weeks ago - the only one of the top drivers who never spun, never kissed a wall - well, I think that makes the Polish driver the new king of the traction-control-free Formula One era.

Good on him.

Comments

[Alain Picard]

I agree, great job by Kubica! This track really makes the best drivers stand out. I'm so sick of hearing those whiny little comments about the track. Just go out and race, it's your job. Kubica did just that, and killed it on the track.

[cevertfan]

Your best and worst of F1, along with Sir Jackie's recent comments on his book tour, make me realize how things have changed - for the better! Stewart's teammate, Francois Cevert, won one F1 race in his career, the US at Watkins Glen, and later would be killed there. Had nothing changed in the sport, Kubica might have met the same fate in Montreal. Instead, he survives not only to fight again, but to win. History is reversed, and as a fan of the late, great French competitor, I like to think his loss, and Sir Jackie's subsequent campaign for driver safety, contributed to that achievement.