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Heidfeld claims fifth again for BMW

In the Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit Nick Heidfeld finished fifth and scored another four points for the BMW Sauber F1 Team. His team-mate, Robert Kubica, fought his way from 14th on the grid to ninth and only just missed being in the points.

Nick Heidfeld commented on his race: "This time my start wasn't good at all. In the first corner I tried to make up for it, but it didn't work out. I was braking too late and in the end lost out and was on the outside of the pack. I knew I had to overtake Heikki Kovalainen because he was on a one stop strategy. It wasn't easy but possible. When Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber refuelled a lot earlier than me it was clear I could finish ahead of them. Also my lap times were good when I had nobody in front of me and drove in clean air. Towards the end I was under no pressure so reduced the engine's revs."

Robert Kubica's race was very exciting. He said about his race: "This is how it is as sometimes you push and get nothing. I didn't do a very good start, but the race was how we expected it would be - very difficult. It was very difficult behind Heikki Kovalainen as they have much more top speed, so when I was behind him I could not even gain five metres. Also when I was behind David Coulthard after the first pit stop, I was much faster in the corners but as soon as we were on the straights it was not possible to stay behind him. I lost a lot of time as I was behind him for almost ten laps, and was running about two seconds a lap slower than I could have done."

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