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Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld
Team BMW Sauber
Nationality German
Podiums 11
Points 196
Grand Prix entered 150
World Championships 0
Highest race finish 2 (x7)
Highest grid position 1 (x1)
Date of Birth 10/05/1977
Place of Birth Monchengladbach
Nick Heidfeld
Nick Heidfeld (GER) BMW Sauber F1.07 Formula One World Championship, Rd17, Brazilian Grand Prix, Practice Day, Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, 19 October 2007

2007

Best of the rest behind the Ferrari and McLaren drivers after an impressively consistent season for BMW. Dominates team mate Robert Kubica, scoring 14 times, including a second place in Canada and a third in Hungary.

Third place Nick Heidfeld (GER) BMW Sauber F1 on the podium. Formula One World Championship, Rd 13, Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Budapest, Hungary, 6 August 2006

2006

Exploits growing competitiveness of the BMW Sauber to take ninth in the drivers' standings. Seems to raise his game on the arrival of new team mate Robert Kubica, scoring the team's first podium under BMW ownership in Hungary.

Nick Heidfeld (GER) Williams BMW FW27. Formula One World Championship, Rd6, Monaco Grand Prix, First Qualifying Day, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 21 May 2005

2005

Upstages highly-rated Williams team mate Mark Webber by taking pole at the Nurburgring and beating the Australian to second place in Monaco. Misses the last five races through illness/injury. Quits the team to join BMW's new works squad for 2006.

Nick Heidfeld (GER) Jordan Ford EJ14. Formula One World Championship, Rd12, German Grand Prix, Practice Day, Hockenheim, Germany, 23 July 2004

2004

Tough season with Jordan brings just three points, but he goes on to win Williams drive for 2005.

Nick Heidfeld (GER) Sauber Petronas C22. Formula One World Championship, Rd7, Monaco Grand Prix, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, 31 May 2003

2003

Qualifies in the top ten three times and scores six points. Dropped by Sauber for 2004.

Nick Heidfeld (GER) had a massive accident when he span and collided with Takuma Sato (JAP) Jordan Honda EJ12. Austrian Grand Prix A1 Ring Austria., 12 May 2002

2002

A fourth, a fifth and two sixth places in his second season with Sauber. He finishes tenth in the drivers' championship.

Nick Heidfeld (GER) Sauber enjoys a can of Red Bull Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang, Malaysia, 17 March 2002

2001

Now with Sauber, scores 12 points and ends up eighth in the drivers' championship.

Nick Heidfeld(GER) Prost Peugeot AP3, finishes first GP in 9th place Australian GP, Melbourne, 12 March 2000. World © Sutton

2000

Makes his Formula One race debut with the Prost team. No points scored.

A second place finish for Nick Heidfeld (GER) West McLaren Junior Team was good enough to secure the championship with two rounds to spare. International Formula 3000 Championship, Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary, 14 August 1999. World © Sutton

1999

FIA International Formula 3000 champion with the West team. Also serves as McLaren Formula One test driver.

Race winner Nick Heidfeld (GER) West McLaren Junior (left) describes a passing manoeuvre to Juan Pablo Montoya (COL) who finished third. International Formula 3000 Championship, Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary, 15 August 1998. World © Sutton

1998

Runner-up in the FIA International F3000 championship with three wins and seven podiums.

Nick Heidfeld (GER), Dallara-Opel, Finished 7th. Marlboro Masters F3, Zandvoort, Holland. 3 August 1997. World © Sutton

1997

German Formula Three champion.

Nick Heidfeld (GER) Dallara F396-Opel started from pole and won race one, but could only finish sixth overall. Formula Three Macau Grand Prix, 17 November 1996. World © Hardwick/Sutton

1996

Finishes third in the German Formula Three series with three wins and six podiums. Also takes third in the Marlboro Masters.

Nick Heidfeld

1995

Runner-up in the German Formula Ford championship.

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