BMW’ Kubica scores maiden win in Canada, takes F1 lead

Poland’s Robert Kubica seized his and BMW Sauber’s first Formula One victory at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday to wrest the championship lead from McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton.

Kubica, who suffered the worst crash of his career at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve last year, led a BMW one-two after Hamilton and Ferrari’s world champion Kimi Raikkonen collided in a pit-lane pile-up.

Germany’s Nick Heidfeld anchored the Swiss-based team’s breakthrough result in second place, with Britain’s David Coulthard third for Red Bull.