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Canada win: First Reactions of Kubica & Heidfeld
By BMW Sauber F1 Team
June 8 2008
Robert Kubica secured victory in the Canadian Grand Prix, thus fulfilling the major goal of the BMW Sauber F1 Team for this Formula One season. Nick Heidfeld made it a one-two victory by finishing second in sensational style. .

Some words of Kubica and Heidfeld in the Press Conference:

 Kubica: "We were all pitting together but at the end of the pitlane the red light was still on. Kimi stopped next to me and all of a sudden I heard a big shunt. I saw Raikkonen move forwards as Hamilton crashed into him. All I did was concentrating and waiting for the green light and when it turned green I got away well.

I was behind slower cars and was unable to make any overtaking manoeuvres. After my pitstop I came out in front of Nick and pushed hard to create a big gap. I managed to create that gap and could safely go for another pitstop.

It is just fantastic now to win the first race fro BMW Sauber - the team I have enjoyed working at since the start. We even managed to finish first and second and all in all it is just a fantastic weekend for me and for the team."

 Heidfeld:

"Obviously I'm very happy with second position, it was a good race for me and a good result in the situation I am in at the moment.

We have seen over the weekend it is going better for me.

I have been with team since the beginning, with BMW and Williams with Sauber. It's great to have a victory with Robert and a one-two. It shows we are still going in the right direction.

It shows in the last three we years achieved our goals which we did set quite high.

Now for next year our target is to fight for the championship. We are working flat out for that. A big thanks to the team, especially the guys in Hinwil who built me a new chassis after Monaco.

On one side it was not what an F1 circuit should look like, but it was a lot better than I expected. Yesterday in qualifying was even worse than today in the race, so the repairs they did today were good."

*Quotes parts from BMW Sauber, Autosport and F1update 

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