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.

 Racing record 
 Career summary 
 Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1994 German Formula Ford 1600 ? 9 8 ? ? ? ? 1st 1995 German Formula Ford 1800 ADAC Nordrhein Junior Team ? ? ? ? ? ? 2nd 1996 German Formula Three Opel Team BSR 15 3 3 ? ? 138 3rd Macau Grand Prix Opel Team BSR 1 0 1 ? ? N/A 6th Grand Prix de Monaco F3 Opel Team BSR 1 0 0 ? ? N/A 21st Masters of Formula Three ? 1 0 0 ? ? N/A 3rd 1997 German Formula Three Opel Team BSR 18 5 5 ? ? 224 1st Grand Prix de Monaco F3 Opel Team BSR 1 1 1 ? ? N/A 1st Masters of Formula Three Opel Team BSR 1 0 0 ? ? N/A 7th 1998 International Formula 3000 West Competition 12 3 2 ? ? 58 2nd Formula One McLaren Test Driver 1999 International Formula 3000 West Competition 10 4 4 ? ? 59 1st 1999 Le Mans 24 Hours Mercedes-AMG (GTP) 1 0 0 ? ? N/A NC Formula One McLaren Test Driver Prost Test Driver 2000 Formula One Prost 17 0 0 0 0 0 20th 2001 Formula One Sauber 17 0 0 0 1 12 8th 2002 Formula One Sauber 17 0 0 0 0 7 10th 2003 Formula One Sauber 16 0 0 0 0 6 14th 2004 Formula One Jordan 18 0 0 0 0 3 18th 2005 Formula One Williams 14 0 1 0 3 28 11th 2006 Formula One BMW Sauber 18 0 0 0 1 23 9th 2007 Formula One BMW Sauber 17 0 0 0 1 61 5th 2008 Formula One BMW Sauber 18 0 0 0 4 60 6th 2009 Formula One BMW Sauber 17 0 0 0 1 19 13th 2010 Formula One Mercedes Test Driver BMW Sauber 5 0 0 0 0 6 18 2011 Formula One 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 West Competition OSC2 IMO4 CAT26 SIL2 MON1 PAU3 A1R7 HOC1 HUN1 SPA4 PER2 NÜR9 2nd 58 1999 West Competition IMO1 MON7 CAT1 MAG1 SIL3 A1R1 HOCRet HUN2 SPA4 NÜR2 1st 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 Gauloises Prost Peugeot Prost AP03 Peugeot A20 3.0 L V10 AUS9 BRARet SMRRet GBRRet ESP16 EUREX MON8 CANRet FRA12 AUTRet GER12 HUNRet BELRet ITARet USA9 JPNRet MALRet 20th 0 2001 Sauber Petronas Sauber C20 Petronas 01A 3.0 L V10 AUS4 MALRet BRA3 SMR7 ESP6 AUT9 MONRet CANRet EURRet FRA6 GBR6 GERRet HUN6 BELRet ITA11 USA6 JPN9 8th 12 2002 Sauber Petronas Sauber C21 Petronas 02A 3.0 L V10 AUSRet MAL5 BRARet SMR10 ESP4 AUTRet MON8 CAN12 EUR7 GBR6 FRA7 GER6 HUN9 BEL10 ITA10 USA9 JPN7 10th 7 2003 Sauber Petronas Sauber C22 Petronas 03A 3.0 L V10 AUSRet MAL8 BRARet SMR10 ESP10 AUTRet MON11 CANRet EUR8 FRA13 GBR17 GER10 HUN9 ITA9 USA5 JPN9 14th 6 2004 Benson & Hedges Jordan Ford Jordan EJ14 Ford RS2 3.0 L V10 AUSRet MALRet BHR15 SMRRet ESPRet MON7 EUR10 CAN8 USARet FRA16 GBR15 GERRet HUN12 BEL11 ITA14 CHN13 JPN13 BRARet 18th 3 2005 BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW27 BMW P84/5 3.0 L V10 AUSRet MAL3 BHRRet SMR6 ESP10 MON2 EUR2 CANRet USADNS FRA14 GBR12 GER11 HUN6 TURRet ITAPO BEL BRA JPN CHN 11th 28 2006 BMW Sauber F1 Team Sauber F1.06 BMW P86 2.4 L V8 BHR12 MALRet AUS4 SMR13 EUR10 ESP8 MON7 GBR7 CAN7 USARet FRA8 GERRet HUN3 TUR14 ITA8 CHN7 JPN8 BRA17 9th 23 2007 BMW Sauber F1 Team Sauber F1.07 BMW P86/7 2.4 L V8 AUS4 MAL4 BHR4 ESPRet MON6 CAN2 USARet FRA5 GBR6 EUR6 HUN3 TUR4 ITA4 BEL5 JPN14 CHN7 BRA6 5th 61 2008 BMW Sauber F1 Team Sauber F1.08 BMW P86/8 2.4 L V8 AUS2 MAL6 BHR4 ESP9 TUR5 MON14 CAN2 FRA13 GBR2 GER4 HUN10 EUR9 BEL2 ITA5 SIN6 JPN9 CHN5 BRA10 6th 60 2009 BMW Sauber F1 Team Sauber F1.09 BMW P86/9 2.4 L V8 AUS10 MAL2 CHN12 BHR19 ESP7 MON11 TUR11 GBR15 GER10 HUN11 EUR11 BEL5 ITA7 SINRet JPN6 BRARet ABU5 13th 19 2010 BMW Sauber F1 Team Sauber C29 Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8 BHR AUS MAL CHN ESP MON TUR CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SINRet JPN8 KOR9 BRA17 ABU11 18 6 2011 Lotus Renault GP Renault R31 Renault RS27-2011 2.4 L V8           BELITASINJPNKORINDABUBRA 9th*  34*  
 Season in progress.
 Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

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