BMW Sauber rookie Robert Kubica has revealed his frustration after a disqualification robbed him of a points-scoring debut to his Formula 1 career at the Hungarian Grand Prix.


The 21-year old was stripped of his seventh-place finish when his F1.06 was found to have been 2kg under the minimum weight limit in post-race scrutineering.



Kubica, the first Polish native to race in F1, would have become just the 53rd driver to score points in his first outing and admits his disqualification was hard to take after such a strong debut weekend.

"The disqualification was very frustrating, but I am happy that I was able to show some good driving and I hope for a lot of other nice moments in Formula 1,"

he said on his personal website.

Follow up:

The announcement on Monday that Jacques Villeneuve has parted company with BMW by mutual consent makes it more than likely that Kubica will retain the second seat at the team alongside Nick Heidfeld for at least the rest of 2006.


The young charger impressively stepped up from his usual Friday practice duties in Hungary, sensationally making it in to the top-10 shootout in qualifying ahead of his more experienced German team-mate, before overcoming adversity in the race to finish strongly on the rain-hit track.


And he says he thoroughly enjoyed his first taste of racing in the big league.

“My first Formula 1 grand prix was a thrilling experience," he enthused. "I did a good start and managed to overtake a couple of cars.”
“Unfortunately I did not put enough heat into tyres and spun on the second lap, loosing some positions.
“Then I went off the track for the second time and I had to pit for a new front wing.
"Because of the unscheduled pit stop we had to change our strategy and during the second stop I had to stay on intermediate tyres.
“I did over 50 laps on that set of tyres and towards the end of the race it became really tough. But I managed to finish the race in seventh place.
“I am happy that I could fight with more experienced opponents on the track and in fact beat some of them in straight fight."

Source: itv-f1


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