Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Heidfeld at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix
Born	(1977-05-10) 10 May 1977
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	German
Entries	185 (184 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	13
Career points	259
Pole positions	1
Fastest laps	2
First entry	2000 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2019 Monaco Grand Prix
2010 position	18th (6 points)

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 2011 season. He previously raced in Formula One from 2000 to 2009.

In September, Heidfeld was signed by Sauber to replace Pedro de la Rosa. Heidfeld drove for Sauber from 2001 to 2003, and 2006 to 2009.

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	OSC 2	IMO 4	CAT 26	SIL 2	MON 1	PAU 3	A1R 7	HOC 1	HUN 1	SPA 4	PER 2	NÜR 9	2nd	58
1999	West Competition	IMO 1	MON 7	CAT 1	MAG 1	SIL 3	A1R 1	HOC Ret	HUN 2	SPA 4	NÜR 2			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	AUS 9	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	GBR Ret	ESP 16	EUR EX	MON 8	CAN Ret	FRA 12	AUT Ret	GER 12	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	USA 9	JPN Ret	MAL Ret				20th	0
2001	Sauber Petronas	Sauber C20	Petronas 01A 3.0 L V10	AUS 4	MAL Ret	BRA 3	SMR 7	ESP 6	AUT 9	MON Ret	CAN Ret	EUR Ret	FRA 6	GBR 6	GER Ret	HUN 6	BEL Ret	ITA 11	USA 6	JPN 9				8th	12
2002	Sauber Petronas	Sauber C21	Petronas 02A 3.0 L V10	AUS Ret	MAL 5	BRA Ret	SMR 10	ESP 4	AUT Ret	MON 8	CAN 12	EUR 7	GBR 6	FRA 7	GER 6	HUN 9	BEL 10	ITA 10	USA 9	JPN 7				10th	7
2003	Sauber Petronas	Sauber C22	Petronas 03A 3.0 L V10	AUS Ret	MAL 8	BRA Ret	SMR 10	ESP 10	AUT Ret	MON 11	CAN Ret	EUR 8	FRA 13	GBR 17	GER 10	HUN 9	ITA 9	USA 5	JPN 9					14th	6
2004	Benson & Hedges Jordan Ford	Jordan EJ14	Ford RS2 3.0 L V10	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BHR 15	SMR Ret	ESP Ret	MON 7	EUR 10	CAN 8	USA Ret	FRA 16	GBR 15	GER Ret	HUN 12	BEL 11	ITA 14	CHN 13	JPN 13	BRA Ret			18th	3
2005	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW27	BMW P84/5 3.0 L V10	AUS Ret	MAL 3	BHR Ret	SMR 6	ESP 10	MON 2	EUR 2	CAN Ret	USA DNS	FRA 14	GBR 12	GER 11	HUN 6	TUR Ret	ITA PO	BEL	BRA	JPN	CHN		11th	28
2006	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Sauber F1.06	BMW P86 2.4 L V8	BHR 12	MAL Ret	AUS 4	SMR 13	EUR 10	ESP 8	MON 7	GBR 7	CAN 7	USA Ret	FRA 8	GER Ret	HUN 3	TUR 14	ITA 8	CHN 7	JPN 8	BRA 17			9th	23
2007	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Sauber F1.07	BMW P86/7 2.4 L V8	AUS 4	MAL 4	BHR 4	ESP Ret	MON 6	CAN 2	USA Ret	FRA 5	GBR 6	EUR 6	HUN 3	TUR 4	ITA 4	BEL 5	JPN 14	CHN 7	BRA 6				5th	61
2008	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Sauber F1.08	BMW P86/8 2.4 L V8	AUS 2	MAL 6	BHR 4	ESP 9	TUR 5	MON 14	CAN 2	FRA 13	GBR 2	GER 4	HUN 10	EUR 9	BEL 2	ITA 5	SIN 6	JPN 9	CHN 5	BRA 10			6th	60
2009	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Sauber F1.09	BMW P86/9 2.4 L V8	AUS 10	MAL 2‡	CHN 12	BHR 19	ESP 7	MON 11	TUR 11	GBR 15	GER 10	HUN 11	EUR 11	BEL 5	ITA 7	SIN Ret	JPN 6	BRA Ret	ABU 5				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	SIN Ret	JPN 8	KOR 9	BRA 17	ABU 11		18	6
2011	Lotus Renault GP	Renault R31	Renault RS27-2011 2.4 L V8	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	BRA		9th*	34*

^* Season in progress.
^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.