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Heidfeld confident for Hungary

Nick Heidfeld heads to this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix confident that he will be competitive again. The German has finished on the podium at the twisty Hungaroring the past two years running.

"I've always coped very well on the Hungaroring," said Heidfeld. "The track suits me, and in the short history of our team I took a podium place there in 2006 and 2007. In 2006 it was the first podium for our team at the end of an unbelievably wet race. In 2007 I started second and finished third again. I also have a lot of positive memories of the Hungaroring going back to previous occasions. In 1999 I took an early Formula 3000 title there and was able to celebrate."

"The city is beautiful. I just love the historic buildings and its setting on the river," he added. "Budapest has lots of charm, especially when the weather is really summery. "If it's dry the circuit gets very dusty particularly at the start of the weekend. Racing there is exhausting because there aren't any long straights where you can sit back and relax a little bit. I'm looking forward to the Hungarian Grand Prix and hope we will perform as strongly again as we have done in the last two years."

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