Posts Tagged ‘Nick Heidfeld’

Video 24 - A Maiden F1 Victory

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Last weekend in Canada there was a new man standing upon the top step of the podium, Robert Kubica. It was also the first time his team BMW Sauber F1 had won a Grand Prix and they did it in style with a perfect 1-2.

Formula One has been dominated by just two teams and a handful of drivers for the past 18 months, so we figured this was an event worth documenting. In the process, we catch up with Kubica and teammate Heidfeld along with big boss man Mario Theissen on their way back from the podium celebrations. But don’t you go pretending that a gutted Nick Heidfeld doesn’t make you want to cry, you know he does.

Heidfeld Loses His Nose

As Christine pointed out on F1 Minute yesterday, Nick Heidfeld brought the BMW factory in Munich to a standstill when he turned up to thank employees for supporting the company’s F1 programme.

During the visit Nick demonstrated the raw power of this year’s F1.08 by throwing it into a wall while doing donuts, losing his front wing in the process. Here’s the obligatory audience video clip: