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Midfield results for mystified Heidfeld

10 July 2009 / Results / Photos

BMW Sauber registered a pair of eleventh and fourteenth positions in the first two practice sessions for its home Grand Prix in Germany as, like the rest of the field, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica struggled for grip at a damp Nürburgring. Heidfeld currently leads the way, with his Polish team-mate in close attendance.

Two eleventh places for Nick Heidfeld were far from perfect results on Friday although, in comparison with the team's torrid season so far, clearly show that progress is being made in Munch. "For me, the outcome of the second session is somewhat difficult to understand," Nick, who - like compatriots Vettel and Glock - is running with a special helmet design this weekend, explained.

Heidfeld was perplexed as to how a traffic-affected lap turned out to be his fastest of the day

"After the track dried out, I was quite pleased with the performance. I had traffic on what eventually turned out to be my fastest lap and lost about four tenth behind a Ferrari; because of this, I had high expectations for the final run on another set of new tyres and on an improved track, but then I wasn't quicker than on my blocked lap earlier in the session - this is really strange and has to be analysed."

"This was a very difficult Friday," Kubica said plainly. "The weather conditions were far from good - we had some rain in both sessions and it was very cold all day long. The weather makes it hard to keep up the tyre temperatures; it was especially difficult to get the harder tyre compound (Medium) to work. We have to improve the car's balance for tomorrow."

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