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Driver

Nick Heidfeld

 
Used with permission
Source: motorsportphotos.ch
Details
Date of BirthTuesday 10 May 1977
Born
Mönchengladbach
Germany
Home
Stäfa
Switzerland
Websitehttp://www.nickheidfeld.com/
F1 Career
Active Years2000–2011
Races Contested185
Average ClassificationMedian: 8, Mean: 8.36 (Standard deviation: 3.76)
Average Qualifying PositionMedian: 11, Mean: 11.41 (Standard deviation: 4.58)
Fastest Laps2
Average Fastest Lap PositionMedian: 11, Mean: 11.02 (Standard deviation: 4.76)
Races Led8
Laps Led25
Race Distance Led118 km
Debut2000 Australian GP
Last Race2011 Hungarian GP
Championships
Drivers' Championship
2000 – not classified
2001 – 8th 
(12 points)
2002 – 10th 
(7 points)
2003 – 14th 
(6 points)
2004 – 18th 
(3 points)
2005 – 11th 
(28 points)
2006 – 9th 
(23 points)
2007 – 5th 
(61 points)
2008 – 6th 
(60 points)
2009 – 13th 
(19 points)
2010 – 18th 
(6 points)
2011 – 11th 
(34 points)
Constructors' Championship
2000 – not classified
2001 – 4th ( Sauber / Petronas
(scored 12 of 21 points, 57%)
2002 – 5th ( Sauber / Petronas
(scored 7 of 11 points, 64%)
2003 – 6th ( Sauber / Petronas
(scored 6 of 19 points, 32%)
2004 – 9th ( Jordan / Ford
(scored 3 of 5 points, 60%)
2005 – 5th ( Williams / BMW
(scored 28 of 66 points, 42%)
2006 – 5th ( BMW / BMW
(scored 23 of 36 points, 64%)
2007 – 2nd ( BMW / BMW
(scored 61 of 101 points, 60%)
2008 – 3rd ( BMW / BMW
(scored 60 of 135 points, 44%)
2009 – 6th ( BMW / BMW
(scored 19 of 36 points, 53%)
2010 – 8th ( Sauber / Ferrari
(scored 6 of 44 points, 14%)
2011 – 5th ( Renault / Renault
(scored 34 of 73 points, 47%)
Records
Records Held Today1. Most 8th Place Finishes in a Season (4) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
2. Most 16th Place Qualifications (19) – set at 2011 British GP,
3. Most 15th Place Qualifications in a Season (7) – set at 2010 Singapore GP
Records Held At Retirement1. Most Consecutive 4th Place Finishes (3) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
2. Most Consecutive 13th Place Finishes (2) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
3. Most 4th Place Finishes in a Season (5) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
4. Most 8th Place Finishes in a Season (4) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
5. Most 15th Place Qualifications (18) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
6. Most 16th Place Qualifications (19) – set at 2011 British GP,
7. Most 11th Place Qualifications in a Season (6) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
8. Most 15th Place Qualifications in a Season (7) – set at 2010 Singapore GP
Records Ever Broken1. Most 15th Place Qualifications in a Season (6) – set at 2004 Hungarian GP,
2. Most 15th Place Qualifications in a Season (7) – set at 2004 Chinese GP,
3. Most Consecutive 13th Place Finishes (2) – set at 2006 Bahrain GP,
4. Most 6th Place Finishes in a Season (5) – set at 2006 Bahrain GP,
5. Most 15th Place Qualifications in a Season (7) – set at 2006 Bahrain GP,
6. Most 15th Place Qualifications (15) – set at 2006 European GP,
7. Most Consecutive 4th Place Finishes (3) – set at 2007 Bahrain GP,
8. Most 16th Place Qualifications (14) – set at 2008 Japanese GP,
9. Most 15th Place Qualifications (16) – set at 2009 British GP,
10. Most 16th Place Qualifications (15) – set at 2009 Hungarian GP,
11. Most 15th Place Qualifications (17) – set at 2009 Italian GP,
12. Most Consecutive 4th Place Finishes (3) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
13. Most Consecutive 13th Place Finishes (2) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
14. Most 4th Place Finishes in a Season (5) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
15. Most 8th Place Finishes in a Season (4) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
16. Most 15th Place Qualifications (18) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
17. Most 16th Place Qualifications (15) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
18. Most 11th Place Qualifications in a Season (6) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
19. Most 15th Place Qualifications in a Season (7) – set at 2010 Singapore GP,
20. Most 16th Place Qualifications (16) – set at 2010 Brazilian GP,
21. Most 16th Place Qualifications (17) – set at 2011 Chinese GP,
22. Most 16th Place Qualifications (18) – set at 2011 Monaco GP,
23. Most 16th Place Qualifications (19) – set at 2011 British GP
Pre-F1 Career
Previous FormulaeFormula Ford,
Formula 3,
Formula 3000

Partners
Team MateRacesYears
 Jean Alesi
17
2000
 Kimi Räikkönen
17
2001
 Felipe Massa
16
2002
 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
17
2002–2003
 Giorgio Pantano
14
2004
 Timo Glock
4
2004
 Mark Webber
14
2005
 Jacques Villeneuve
12
2006
 Robert Kubica
57
2006–2009
 Sebastian Vettel
1
2007
 Kamui Kobayashi
5
2010
 Vitaly Petrov
11
2011
Team RacesYears
Prost
17
2000
Sauber
50
2001–2003
Jordan
18
2004
Williams
14
2005
BMW
75
2006–2010
Renault
11
2011
Car ManufacturerRacesYears
Prost
17
2000
Sauber
55
2001–2003, 2010
Jordan
18
2004
Williams
14
2005
BMW
70
2006–2009
Renault
11
2011
Engine ManufacturerRacesYears
Peugeot
17
2000
Petronas
50
2001–2003
Ford
18
2004
BMW
84
2005–2009
Ferrari
5
2010
Renault
11
2011
Tyre ManufacturerRacesYears
Bridgestone
142
2000–2004, 2007–2010
Michelin
32
2005–2006
Pirelli
11
2011
Lubricant ManufacturerRacesYears
Total
17
2000
Petronas
120
2001–2003, 2006–2009
Castrol
14
2005
EntrantRacesYears
Gauloises Prost Peugeot
17
2000
Red Bull Sauber Petronas
17
2001
Sauber Petronas
33
2002–2003
Jordan Ford
18
2004
BMW WilliamsF1 Team
14
2005
BMW Sauber F1
18
2006
BMW Sauber F1 Team
57
2007–2010
Lotus Renault GP
11
2011
Chassis DesignerRacesYears
Alan Jenkins
17
2000
Jean-Paul Gousset
17
2000
Loic Bigois
31
2000, 2005
Willi Rampf
125
2001–2003, 2006–2010
Sergio Rinland
17
2001
Seamus Mullarkey
68
2001–2003, 2006
Gary Anderson
18
2004
James Robinson
18
2004
John McQuilliam
18
2004
Nicolo Petrucci
18
2004
Sam Michael
14
2005
Patrick Head
14
2005
Gavin Fisher
14
2005
Jörg Zander
17
2007
Mariano Alperin
52
2007–2009
Willem Toet
57
2007–2010
Christoph Zimmermann
40
2008–2010
Walter Riedl
5
2010
James Allison
11
2011
Tim Densham
11
2011
Martin Tolliday
11
2011
Dirk de Beer
11
2011
Car ModelRacesYears
Prost AP03
17
2000
Sauber C20
17
2001
Sauber C21
17
2002
Sauber C22
16
2003
Jordan EJ14
18
2004
Williams FW27
14
2005
BMW F1.06
18
2006
BMW F1.07
17
2007
BMW F1.08
18
2008
BMW F1.09
17
2009
Sauber C29
5
2010
Renault R31
11
2011
Car NumberRacesYears
Car 15
17
2000
Car 16
35
2001, 2006
Car 7
17
2002
Car 9
44
2003, 2007, 2011
Car 18
18
2004
Car 8
14
2005
Car 3
18
2008
Car 6
17
2009
Car 22
5
2010
Team SponsorRacesYears
3M
17
2000
Agfa
17
2000
Altran
17
2000
Bagages Superior
17
2000
Bic
17
2000
Bridgestone
142
2000–2004, 2007–2010
CATIA
67
2000–2003
Cegetel
17
2000
Charmilles
28
2000, 2011
Desk
17
2000
Dilipack
17
2000
DISA
17
2000
DMG
17
2000
Europcar
17
2000
FACOM
17
2000
Fenwick Okuma
17
2000
Gauloises
17
2000
IBSV
17
2000
J.M. Weston
17
2000
New Man
17
2000
Peugeot
17
2000
Playstation
17
2000
SAN
17
2000
Sescoi
17
2000
Silicon Graphics
50
2000–2001, 2003
Sodexho
17
2000
Sparco
85
2000–2004
TBF
17
2000
Total
28
2000, 2011
Tradition
17
2000
Unika
17
2000
Volvo Trucks
17
2000
Yahoo!
17
2000
Astarte
50
2001–2003
Bäumler
17
2001
CENIT
17
2001
Comdisco
17
2001
Compaq
17
2001
Credit Suisse
103
2001–2003, 2006–2008
Emil Frey
55
2001–2003, 2010
FKG
17
2001
Giroflex
50
2001–2003
Italdesign
50
2001–2003
Klauke
85
2001–2003, 2006–2007
Lista
85
2001–2003, 2006–2007
Magneti Marelli
55
2001–2003, 2010
Malaysia
17
2001
MAN
66
2001, 2005–2007
Mannesmann Sachs
17
2001
MCM
17
2001
Microsoft
50
2001–2003
Modellbau Bubeck
50
2001–2003
MSC Software Corporation
50
2001–2003
O.Z. Racing
82
2001, 2005, 2008–2011
Petronas
120
2001–2003, 2006–2009
Red Bull
50
2001–2003
Servotest
17
2001
Syntium
34
2001–2002
21i.net
33
2002–2003
AS Lifts
50
2002–2003, 2007
Balzers
108
2002–2003, 2006–2010
BBS
33
2002–2003
Brütsch/Rüegger
108
2002–2003, 2006–2010
ComROAD
17
2002
DaimlerChrysler
33
2002–2003
Dynabit
33
2002–2003
Ericsson
33
2002–2003
Fluent
108
2002–2003, 2006–2010
IN-Motion
33
2002–2003
MTS
68
2002–2003, 2006–2007
Ozalid
33
2002–2003
Paninfo
33
2002–2003
Schaerlines
17
2002
Sun World
51
2002–2003, 2006
Temenos
33
2002–2003
Turbo Lufttechnik
33
2002–2003
Walter Meier
108
2002–2003, 2006–2010
Winkler
51
2002–2003, 2006
ZF Sachs
90
2002–2003, 2007–2010
Adelholzener Alpenquellen
16
2003
Cisco Systems Inc.
16
2003
Elektro Frauchiger AG
16
2003
Kaeser Kompressoren
16
2003
Mobile Telesystems
16
2003
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd.
16
2003
Plenexis Group
16
2003
Puma
118
2003–2009
Swisscom Mobile Ltd
16
2003
Vescal AG
16
2003
ATI
18
2004
Atos KPMG Consulting
18
2004
Attenda
18
2004
B&Q China
18
2004
Bang New Media
18
2004
Benson & Hedges
18
2004
Brother
18
2004
Celerant Consulting
18
2004
Cosworth
18
2004
Damovo
18
2004
DSL
18
2004
Ford
18
2004
Gametrac
18
2004
Grundig
18
2004
Hewlett Packard
32
2004–2005
Imation
18
2004
Kingdom of Bahrain
18
2004
Laurent-Perrier
18
2004
Libid-X
18
2004
Liqui Moly
18
2004
NHK Spring Co. Ltd.
18
2004
Phard
18
2004
Piaggio
18
2004
PowerMarque
18
2004
Principal Colour
18
2004
Quiksilver
18
2004
Rand Worldwide
18
2004
RE/MAX Europe
18
2004
Sabelt
18
2004
Schroth
18
2004
Scientio
18
2004
Shoulu-Huayuan Co
18
2004
TB
18
2004
Tiger Telematics
18
2004
TMA
18
2004
Touchpaper
18
2004
Tridion
18
2004
Trust
18
2004
Vielife
18
2004
Virgin Mobile
18
2004
Visit Sicily
18
2004
Sobranie
1
2004
Accenture
14
2005
Allianz
14
2005
BMW
14
2005
Boysen
14
2005
Budweiser
14
2005
Castrol
14
2005
CCTV
14
2005
Dräxlmaier
67
2005–2008
FedEx
14
2005
Hamleys
14
2005
Intelsat
14
2005
Michelin
32
2005–2006
O2
32
2005–2006
ORIS
14
2005
Petrobras
14
2005
PPG
14
2005
RBS
14
2005
Reuters
14
2005
Shanghai International Circuit
14
2005
W.L. Gore
49
2005–2007
Würth
84
2005–2009
Intel
70
2006–2009
Certina
75
2006–2010
Dalco
75
2006–2010
NGK
70
2006–2009
American Power Conversion
18
2006
Busin
18
2006
Egro
18
2006
Gamatech
18
2006
Mitsubishi
75
2006–2010
Dell
48
2006–2008
DuPont
36
2006–2008
T-Systems
35
2008–2009
Cadence
35
2008–2009
Sika
35
2008–2009
FxPro
17
2009
Gauteng
17
2009
Pilatus
5
2010
RIEDEL
5
2010
Scalp-D
5
2010
Thomann
5
2010
madcroc
5
2010
tiktak
5
2010
Ruchti
4
2010
3D Systems
11
2011
ATB Sales
11
2011
Boeing Research & Technology
11
2011
CD adapco
11
2011
Elysium
11
2011
FitLinxx
11
2011
Flagman Vodka
11
2011
Genii Business Exchange
11
2011
Group Lotus
11
2011
Japan Rags
11
2011
Matrix
11
2011
NetApp
11
2011
OMP Racing
11
2011
Pirelli
11
2011
Processia Solutions
11
2011
SIBUR
11
2011
State Corporation 'Russian Technologies'
11
2011
Suncore Corporation
5
2011
Symantec
11
2011
TW Steel
11
2011
Trina Solar
11
2011
Vistagy
11
2011

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