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Promising start for BMW

It has been a promising start to the BMW Sauber F1 Team's home race. Both Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica had trouble free practice sessions in preparation for the European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring. Heidfeld was fourth and ninth and Kubica fifth and tenth.

Nick Heidfeld commented on today's sessions: "Our Friday went well, even better than expected before the weekend. In the first session especially we were strong. In the second session the balance of my car wasn't as good, although we didn't change a lot. It was down to the track conditions - the rain had washed the rubber away and the wind had changed direction. But as usual the second practice session never really demonstrates our true performance. I think we have a good basis to work from."

Robert Kubica was also happy with today's work. He said: "The day was quite okay but the weather was so so. The track was a bit wet for the first half an hour of the afternoon session, but then it dried. We did tyre evaluation in the morning and then in the afternoon worked on the set-up, mainly doing research to get the right balance of the car as it is a big change from the last two races."

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