Nationality: German
Date of Birth: 10 May 1977
Drivers championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 0
Races started: 183
Pole positions: 1
Teams:
Renault 2011,
BMW 2006 - 2010,
Williams 2005,
Jordan 2004,
Sauber 2001 - 2003,
Prost 2000
Nick Heidfeld career
Nick Heidfeld joined F1 with the Prost team in 2000, but at the end of a difficult season he joined Sauber. For 2004 he managed to secure a seat with Jordan and in 2005 moved to Williams, but missed part of the season due to injury. For 2006 he signed for BMW who had taken over Sauber. The 2007 car was an improvement on the 2006 and in 2008 there was further improvements with 5 podium finishes and helping BMW to 3rd in the team championship. The 2009 was not successful for either Nick Heidfeld or BMW, and at the end of the 2010 season they pulled out of F1. He moved to Renault for the 2011 season and finished the season in the middle of the field.
Previous seasons
2011
Team: Renault
Position: 11
Points: 34
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He raced part of the season as a replacement for the injured Robert Kubica.
2010
Team: Sauber
Position: 18
Points: 6
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 When BMW pulled out he was dopped from the team but competed in the final 5 races of the season as a replacement driver.
2009
Team: BMW
Position: 13
Points: 19
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was not as successful as the previous seson with several results just outside the top 10, but with a second place finish in Malaya.
2008
Team: BMW
Position: 6
Points: 60
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was another good consistent season with four 2nd place finishes.
2007
Team: BMW
Position: 5
Points: 61
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 THis was Nick Heidfeld's best season in F1 finishing 5th in the drivers championship. Hewas consistent and failed to score points in only 3 races.
2006
Team: BMW
Position: 9
Points: 23
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This season he moved to BMW who had taken over Sauber and his 3rd place in Hungary was the team's first podium finish. He scored points in 10 races this season.
2005
Team: Williams
Position: 11
Points: 28
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 1 For this season he moved to Williams and acheived his only pole position in Germany as well as two 2nd place finishes.
2004
Team: Jordan
Position: 18
Points: 3
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 THe 2004 Jordan was not very competitive though Nick Heidfeld did manage to score points in two races.
2003
Team: Sauber
Position: 14
Points: 6
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 His final season at Sauber saw him finshing mainly in the mid field.
2002
Team: Sauber
Position: 18
Points: 3
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was a less successful season with only 4 points scoring finsishes.
2001
Team: Sauber
Position: 8
Points: 12
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He moved to Sauber on a 3 year contract and had his first podium in Brazil. He scored points in most of the rcaes he finished.
2000
Team: Prost
Position: 20
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He had a difficult first season in F1 with Prost having 10 retirements.
