▁and ▁emer ged ▁in ▁the ▁lead . ▁He ▁led ▁for ▁ 1 6 ▁la ps , ▁but ▁lost ▁his ▁lead ▁to ▁Fernando ▁Al onso ▁at ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁of ▁pit ▁stops . ▁Kub ica ▁finished ▁second ▁after ▁def ending ▁his ▁position ▁towards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁race ▁against ▁R ä ikk ön en ▁in ▁a ▁faster ▁Ferr ari ▁( his ▁fast est ▁race ▁lap ▁was ▁ 0 . 6   seconds ▁quick er ▁than ▁the ▁P ole ' s ) ▁A part ▁from ▁that , ▁Kub ica ▁achieved ▁pod iums ▁in ▁a ▁race ▁in ▁Val encia ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁rain ▁affected ▁race ▁at ▁Mon za . ▁Kub ica ▁finished ▁the ▁year ▁fourth ▁in ▁the ▁D ri vers ' ▁Championship . ▁▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁season : ▁final ▁year ▁with ▁B MW ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁ ▁season ▁op ener ▁in ▁Melbourne , ▁Kub ica ▁qualified ▁fourth ▁on ▁the ▁grid . ▁During ▁the ▁race , ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁third ▁place ▁and ▁closing ▁the ▁gap ▁to ▁the ▁front ▁two ▁cars ▁before ▁making ▁contact ▁with ▁Sebastian ▁V ett el ▁while ▁trying ▁to ▁over take ▁him . ▁After ▁the ▁incident , ▁Kub ica ▁continued ▁briefly , ▁but ▁crash ed ▁into ▁a ▁wall ▁at ▁the ▁next ▁corner ▁because ▁his ▁front ▁wing ▁had ▁become ▁stuck ▁under ▁the ▁car . ▁V ett el ▁was ▁later ▁de emed ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁accident , ▁and ▁given ▁a ▁ 1 0 - place ▁penalty ▁on ▁the ▁grid ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁race ▁in ▁Malays ia . ▁ ▁B MW ▁mot ors port ▁director ▁Mario