ed ▁into ▁R ä ikk ön en ' s ▁Ferr ari , ▁elimin ating ▁both ▁cars ▁from ▁the ▁race . ▁Kub ica ▁rejo ined ▁the ▁race ▁well ▁position ed ▁for ▁the ▁event ual ▁victory . ▁He ▁passed ▁He id feld ' s ▁sister ▁B MW ▁Sa uber , ▁running ▁one ▁ref u elling ▁stop ▁to ▁Kub ica ' s ▁two ▁stop ▁strategy , ▁and ▁gained ▁the ▁necessary ▁ 2 4 ▁seconds ▁over ▁He id feld ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁he ▁maintained ▁the ▁lead ▁after ▁his ▁second ▁stop ▁ 2 2 ▁la ps ▁later . ▁The ▁B MW ▁Sa ub ers ▁remained ▁first ▁and ▁second ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁race . ▁Kub ica ▁later ▁j oked ▁that ▁he ▁should ▁thank ▁Hamilton ▁for ▁elect ing ▁to ▁crash ▁into ▁R ä ikk ön en ▁instead ▁of ▁him . ▁The ▁win ▁gave ▁Kub ica ▁the ▁lead ▁in ▁the ▁D ri vers ' ▁Championship . ▁ ▁B MW ▁Sa uber ' s ▁results ▁were ▁we aker ▁over ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁At ▁the ▁ ▁at ▁Mag ny - C ours , ▁Kub ica ▁finished ▁ 5 th , ▁reporting ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁lost ▁race , ▁compla ining ▁about ▁aer od ynamic ▁problems ▁with ▁the ▁car . ▁Kub ica ' s ▁strong est ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁latter ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁was ▁in ▁Japan ▁where ▁he ▁qualified ▁sixth . ▁At ▁the ▁start , ▁several ▁drivers ▁bra ked ▁too ▁late ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁corner . ▁Kub ica ▁took ▁an ▁inside ▁line ▁over t aking ▁several ▁cars