Nick Heidfeld

Nick Lars Heidfeld (born 10th May 1977 in Mönchengladbach) is a former Formula One driver who drove for several teams including , and between and . He currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and Formula E.
During his F1 career, Heidfeld amassed 13 podium finishes from 183 starts, but failed to win a race, a statistic which leaves the German as the second-most-experienced driver never to win a race. Heidfeld achieved a career-best 5th in the 2005 Drivers' World Championship.
Heidfeld also currently holds the record (at 41), of the most consecutive classified race finishes, having been classified in all races between the 2007 French Grand Prix and 2009 Italian Grand Prix inclusive.
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==Formula One History==
===Prost===
====2000====
Nick failed to score any points in his debut season because his car (Prost AP03) was tremendously off pace.
===Sauber il réalise son premier podium.===
====2001====
====2002====
====2003====
===Jordan===
====2004====
===Williams===
====2005====
After battle for the cockpit beside Mark Webber, Heidfeld had a testing battle against Antônio Pizzonia, which he won. Throughout the season, he scored 3 podiums, including a 3rd place at Malaysia and two second places at Monaco and Europe, which he achieved his first and only pole position to date.
Heidfeld had to miss the Italian and Belgian Grands Prix due to a testing accident which left him injured. He would be replaced by Antônio Pizzonia. As Heidfeld was scheduled to return for the Brazilian Grand Prix, another injury hit him again when he was hit by a motorbike when out cycling, leaving him sitting out for the remainder of the season.
===BMW Sauber===
As their driver at Williams, BMW took Nick Heidfeld their own new-founded team as the first driver.
====2006====
====2007====
====2008====
====2009====
===2010 - several things===
After the withdrawal of his former team, Heidfeld had a good opportunity to be the replacement for Heikki Kovalainen at McLaren, also to be the second driver at Mercedes, the successor of the current world champions. But the comeback of the seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher and the move of the current champion Jenson Button to McLaren destroyed his hopes. 
====Mercedes====
His only chance to continue was being the third driver at Mercedes.
====Pirelli====
Nick Heidfeld came with Mercedes to every race until he was released from his contract in August to continue as the test driver for the new tyre supplier Pirelli.
====BMW Sauber====
The time at Pirelli remains short: After the Italian GP he got the chance to return to his former team BMW Sauber to replace Pedro de la Rosa for the last races for the season.
===Lotus Renault===
====2011====
At the beginning of the 2011 season, he found himself in the same situation as the year before. He was expected to sign another contract as a Mercedes reserve driver. After the first tests for 2011, Heidfelds former teammate Robert Kubica was injured in a serious rally crash. Renault needed a replacement for their number one driver and Heidfeld signed a contract to replace Kubica until he will be able to race again.
Heidfeld achieved his final podium finish at the Malaysian Grand Prix, finishing in 3rd place.
But after the race in Hungary, he was replaced by Bruno Senna for the rest of the season.
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===F1 Career Record===
Year	Entrant 	Team 	Pts 	WDC Pos. 	Report
1998	West McLaren Mercedes 	 	Test Driver	Test Driver	Test Driver
1999	West McLaren Mercedes 	 	Test Driver	Test Driver	Test Driver
2000	Gauloises Prost Peugeot 	 	0 	20th 	Report
2001	Red Bull Sauber Petronas 	 	12 	8th 	Report
2002	Red Bull Sauber Petronas 	 	7 	10th 	Report
2003	Red Bull Sauber Petronas 	 	6 	14th 	Report
2004	Jordan Ford 	Jordan-Ford	3 	18th 	Report
2005	BMW Williams F1 Team 	 	28 	11th 	Report
2006	BMW Sauber F1 Team 	 	23 	9th 	Report
2007	BMW Sauber F1 Team 	 	61 	5th 	Report
2008	BMW Sauber F1 Team 	 	60 	6th 	Report
2009	BMW Sauber F1 Team 	 	19 	13th 	Report
2010	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	 	Test Driver	Test Driver	Test Driver
2010	Pirelli Tyres Test Team 	Pirelli 	Test Driver	Test Driver	Test Driver
2010	BMW Sauber F1 Team 	 	6 	18th 	Report
2011	Lotus Renault GP 	 	34 	11th 	Report
==Career Results==
==Notes==
Category:German Drivers
Category:Living people
Category:1977 births
Category:2000 Début Drivers
Category:Sauber Drivers
Category:BMW Sauber Drivers
Category:Prost Drivers
Category:Renault Drivers
Category:Jordan Drivers
Category:Williams Drivers
 
Category:GPDA Chairmen
Category:GPDA Directors
Category:Formula E Drivers
Category:World Endurance Championship Drivers