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Robert Józef Kubica was born in December 7th, 1984 in Krakow, Poland. He's the first and only Polish driver in Formula One history
Formula Champion Renault 3.5 from 2005. Between 2006 and 2009 he was the driver for the BMW Sauber F1 Team, starting his career in Formula 1 from the role of the test driver. In June 2008, during the Canadian Grand Prix, he won his first Grand Prix in F1, becoming the first Pole in history to do so. In that season, he ran in the general classification for one stage and finally finished him in fourth place, the best result in his career. In 2010 he joined the Renault F1 Team. His promising career was interrupted by an accident during the 2011 Ronde di Andorra rally, in which he nearly lost his right hand. From 2013 to 2016 he competed in the World Rally Championship, and in his debut season, behind the wheel of the Citroen DS3, together with the pilot Maciej Baran, he became world class WRC 2 champion. In 2018 he returned to the Formula 1 paddock and became a reserve and development driver of the Williams Racing. In 2019, after eight years of break, he returned to the racing seat as the driver of the British team. Kubica is the first in history and the only Polish driver taking part in Formula 1, where he made his debut during the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, replacing the 1997 Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve.
Laureate of the Lorenzo Baldini Trophy, the award won by among others like Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel, the Best Polish Athlete of 2008. For his return to sport, he was recognized as the "Man of the Year 2012" by the Top Gear Magazine.
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