, ▁Kub ica ▁finished ▁sevent h ▁after ▁an ▁event ful ▁race ▁and ▁problems ▁with ▁ty re ▁de grad ation ▁which ▁made ▁his ▁race ▁difficult , ▁but ▁did ▁set ▁the ▁first ▁fast est ▁lap ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁the ▁race ' s ▁closing ▁stages . ▁He ▁added ▁a ▁fifth ▁in ▁Val encia ▁and ▁sevent h ▁in ▁Germany ▁before ▁taking ▁his ▁third ▁pod ium ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁in ▁Belg ium . ▁He ▁was ▁compet itive ▁throughout ▁the ▁week end , ▁qual ifying ▁third , ▁and ▁only ▁a ▁b ung led ▁pit stop ▁cost ▁him ▁second ▁to ▁Mark ▁Web ber . ▁In ▁Singapore , ▁he ▁qualified ▁e ighth ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁Sch um acher . ▁During ▁the ▁late ▁stages ▁of ▁the ▁race , ▁he ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁pit ▁from ▁sixth ▁place ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁pun ct ure . ▁He ▁was ▁released ▁from ▁the ▁p its ▁to ▁tw elf th ▁place , ▁but ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁from ▁superior ▁g rip ▁and ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁over t aking ▁moves — his ▁move ▁against ▁S util ▁was ▁fav ou rab ly ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁incident ▁between ▁Web ber ▁and ▁Hamilton — was ▁able ▁to ▁claim ▁sevent h ▁place , ▁ultimately ▁gain ing ▁a ▁place ▁from ▁his ▁qual ifying ▁result . ▁In ▁Su zu ka , ▁he ▁managed ▁to ▁trail ▁the ▁Red ▁Bull s ▁throughout ▁the ▁week end ▁and ▁translated ▁it ▁into ▁a ▁strong ▁third ▁place ▁in ▁qual ifying . ▁However , ▁despite ▁getting ▁a ▁good ▁start ▁and ▁over t aking ▁Web ber ▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁race ,