Nick Heidfeld

**Nick Lars Heidfeld** (born May 10, 1977 in Mönchengladbach, West Germany) is a German racing driver In 2010 he was the test and reserve driver for the Mercedes GP Formula One team. In August, Mercedes released Heidfeld from his contract to allow him to do tyre testing. He will test the new Pirelli tyre that will be used in the  season. He previously raced in Formula One from  to .

In September, Heidfeld was signed by Sauber to replace Pedro de la Rosa. Heidfeld drove for Sauber from  to , and  to .

In 2011, Renault selected Heidfeld to replace the injured Robert Kubica.

### Career summary

|Season|Series|Team|Races|Wins|Poles|F/Laps|Podiums|Points|Position|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**1994**|align="left"|German Formula Ford 1600|align="left"|?|9|8|?|?|?|?|bgcolor="FBFFBF"|1st||
|**1995**|align="left"|German Formula Ford 1800|align="left"|ADAC Nordrhein Junior Team|?|?|?|?|?|?|bgcolor="DFDFDF"|2nd||
|rowspan=4|**1996**|align="left"|German Formula Three|align="left"|Opel Team BSR|15|3|3|?|?|138|bgcolor="FFDF9F"|3rd|
|align="left"|Macau Grand Prix|align="left"|Opel Team BSR|1|0|1|?|?|N/A|6th||||
|align="left"|Grand Prix de Monaco F3|align="left"|Opel Team BSR|1|0|0|?|?|N/A|21st||||
|align="left"|Masters of Formula Three|align="left"|?|1|0|0|?|?|N/A|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|3rd|||
|rowspan=3|**1997**|align="left"|German Formula Three|align="left"|Opel Team BSR|18|5|5|?|?|224|bgcolor="FBFFBF"|1st|
|align="left"|Grand Prix de Monaco F3|align="left"|Opel Team BSR|1|1|1|?|?|N/A|bgcolor="FBFFBF"|1st|||
|align="left"|Masters of Formula Three|align="left"|Opel Team BSR|1|0|0|?|?|N/A|7th||||
|rowspan=2|**1998**|align="left"|International Formula 3000|align="left"|West Competition|12|3|2|?|?|58|bgcolor="DFDFDF"|2nd|
|Formula One|align="left"|McLaren|bgcolor="#f1f8ff" colspan=7|Test Driver||||||||||
|rowspan=4|**1999**|align="left"|International Formula 3000|align="left"|West Competition|10|4|4|?|?|59|bgcolor="FBFFBF"|1st|
|align="left"|1999 Le Mans 24 Hours|align="left"|Mercedes-AMG (GTP)|1|0|0|?|?|N/A|NC||||
|align="left" rowspan=2|Formula One|align="left"|McLaren|bgcolor="#f1f8ff" colspan=7|Test Driver|||||||||
|align="left"|Prost|bgcolor="#f1f8ff" colspan=7|Test Driver|||||||||||
|**2000**|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|Prost|17|0|0|0|0|0|20th|||
|**2001**|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|Sauber|17|0|0|0|1|12|8th|||
|**2002**|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|Sauber|17|0|0|0|0|7|10th|||
|**2003**|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|Sauber|16|0|0|0|0|6|14th|||
|**2004**|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|Jordan|18|0|0|0|0|3|18th|||
|**2005**|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|Williams|14|0|1|0|3|28|11th|||
|**2006**|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|BMW Sauber|18|0|0|0|1|23|9th|||
|**2007**|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|BMW Sauber|17|0|0|0|1|61|5th|||
|**2008**|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|BMW Sauber|18|0|0|0|4|60|6th|||
|**2009**|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|BMW Sauber|17|0|0|0|1|19|13th|||
|rowspan="2"|**2010**|align="left" rowspan="2"|Formula One|align="left"|Mercedes|bgcolor="#f1f8ff" colspan=7|Test Driver|||||||
|align="left"|BMW Sauber|5|0|0|0|0|6|18||||||
|align="left"|Formula One|align="left"|Lotus Renault GP|11|0|0|0|1|34|9th*||||
 Season in progress.

### Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in _italics_ indicate fastest lap)
|Year|Entrant|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|DC|Points|||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|OSC <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|IMO <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|_CAT_ <small>26</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|SIL <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|MON <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|PAU <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|A1R <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|***HOC*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_HUN_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|SPA <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|**PER** <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|NÜR <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|**2nd**|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|**58**|
|1999||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_IMO_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|**MON** <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|***CAT*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|MAG <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|_SIL_ <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|***A1R*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|HOC <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|_HUN_ <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|SPA <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|***NÜR*** <small>2</small>|||bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**1st**|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**59**|||

### Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in _italics_ indicate fastest lap)
|Year|Entrant|Chassis|Engine|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|WDC|Points||||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|AUS <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|BRA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|SMR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|GBR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|ESP <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#f9f9f9"|EUR <small>EX</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|MON <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|CAN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|FRA <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|AUT <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|GER <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|HUN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|BEL <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|ITA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|USA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|JPN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|MAL <small>Ret</small>||||bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**20th**|bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**0**|||
|2001|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|AUS <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|MAL <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|BRA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|SMR <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|ESP <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|AUT <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|MON <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|CAN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|EUR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|FRA <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|GBR <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|GER <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|HUN <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|BEL <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|ITA <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|USA <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|JPN <small>9</small>||||bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**8th**|bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**12**|||
|2002|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#efcfff"|AUS <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|MAL <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|BRA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|SMR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|ESP <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|AUT <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|MON <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|CAN <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|EUR <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|GBR <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|FRA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|GER <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|HUN <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|BEL <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|ITA <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|USA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|JPN <small>7</small>||||bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**10th**|bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**7**|||
|2003|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#efcfff"|AUS <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|MAL <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|BRA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|SMR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|ESP <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|AUT <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|MON <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|CAN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|EUR <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|FRA <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|GBR <small>17</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|GER <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|HUN <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|ITA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|USA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|JPN <small>9</small>|||||bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**14th**|bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**6**||||
|2004|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#efcfff"|AUS <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|MAL <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|BHR <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|SMR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|ESP <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|MON <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|EUR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|CAN <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|USA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|FRA <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|GBR <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|GER <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|HUN <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|BEL <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|ITA <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|CHN <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|JPN <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|BRA <small>Ret</small>|||bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**18th**|bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**3**||
|2005|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#efcfff"|AUS <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|MAL <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|BHR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|SMR <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|ESP <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|MON <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|**EUR** <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|CAN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#ffffff"|USA <small>DNS</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|FRA <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|GBR <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|GER <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|HUN <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|TUR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#F1F8FF"|ITA <small>PO</small>|BEL <small></small>|BRA <small></small>|JPN <small></small>|CHN <small></small>||bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**11th**|bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**28**|||||
|2006|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|BHR <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|MAL <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|AUS <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|SMR <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|EUR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|ESP <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|MON <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|GBR <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|CAN <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|USA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|FRA <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|GER <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|HUN <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|TUR <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|ITA <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|CHN <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|JPN <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|BRA <small>17</small>|||bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**9th**|bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**23**||
|2007|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|AUS <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|MAL <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|BHR <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|ESP <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|MON <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|CAN <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|USA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|FRA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|GBR <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|EUR <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|HUN <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|TUR <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|ITA <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|BEL <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|JPN <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|CHN <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|BRA <small>6</small>||||bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**5th**|bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**61**|||
|2008|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|AUS <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|_MAL_ <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|BHR <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|ESP <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|TUR <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|MON <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|CAN <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|FRA <small>13</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|GBR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|_GER_ <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|HUN <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|EUR <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|BEL <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|ITA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|SIN <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|JPN <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|CHN <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|BRA <small>10</small>|||bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**6th**|bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**60**||
|2009|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|AUS <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|MAL <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|CHN <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|BHR <small>19</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|ESP <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|MON <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|TUR <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|GBR <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|GER <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|HUN <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|EUR <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|BEL <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|ITA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|SIN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|JPN <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#efcfff"|BRA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|ABU <small>5</small>||||bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**13th**|bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**19**|||
|2010|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
||BHR||AUS||MAL||CHN||ESP||MON||TUR||CAN||EUR||GBR||GER||HUN||BEL||ITA|bgcolor="#efcfff"|SIN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|JPN <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|KOR <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|BRA <small>17</small>|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|ABU <small>11</small>||bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**18**|bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**6**|
|2011|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
||||||||||||BEL|ITA|SIN|JPN|KOR|IND|ABU|BRA||bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**9th***|bgcolor="#f3f3f3"|**34***||||||||||||||||||||
 Season in progress.

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

## Infobox (f1 driver)

- **name**: Nick Heidfeld
- **image**: Nick Heidfeld 2008.jpg
- **caption**: Heidfeld at the  Canadian Grand Prix
- **nationality**: Germany, German
- **races**: 185 (184 starts)
- **championships**: 0
- **wins**: 0
- **podiums**: 13
- **points**: 259
- **poles**: 1
- **fastest laps**: 2
- **first race**: Australian Grand Prix
- **last season**: 2010
- **last position**: 18th (6 points)