Comments on: Nick Heidfeld’s career in video (part 1)

By: Hell$torm.

Hell$torm. — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:57:33 +0000

But thats racing! and they did happen, you could say, if it wasnt for this years rule changes, button would’nt be so successful.

but if you say that “if it wasnt for” different things could have happened, for example, you say if massa had not spun off in malaysia he would have been closer to raikonen and could have run into the back of him taking both ferrari’s out and gifting hamilton and maybe mclaren the constructors championship

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:14:53 +0000

and if it wasn’t for Kimis DNFS in 2005, Alonso wouldnt have won teh title,

If it wasn’t for Michaels Ferrari blowing in suzuka 2006, Alonso wouldnt have won the title.

If Massa didn’t spin off in sepang & dnfs, Hamilton wouldn’t have won the title last year.

By: PJA

PJA — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:30:21 +0000

I think I remember Ron Dennis commenting on driver selection once, and it could have been about the choice between Raikkonen and Heidfeld. He said that when deciding on which driver to pick the decision is based on not how good the driver is now but on good the team think the driver will be in the future. McLaren thought that although Heidfeld outperformed Raikkonen in 2001, Raikkonen had a lot more room for improvement.

By: Ronman

Ronman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:06:06 +0000

I don’t think so Striay, if it weren’t for the Alonso/Hamilton Shenanigans and resulting penalties, he would of possibly never claimed the championship that year. the fact that he did by the way does not make it any less valuable. he is a Champ per say, but his demeanor is not of one… and that comes from a Ferrari fan for 16 loyal years.

By: top cat

top cat — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:10:59 +0000

Chris Amon almost won many races but Nick Heidfield has only come close once. Very good driver and would have won a number of races for McLaren but did not get the chance.

Maybe he can replace HK so we shall see.

By: m0tion

m0tion — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:27:25 +0000

Heidfeld moves like a cat in traffic, his overtaking record in that past few aero affected years would be as good as anybody’s if not the best. Having said that being so lousy in qualifying sets up up the greater opportunity to move ahead.
good to see Max Wilson at Pau, he spent some years in our V8 series later on but never came to run at the front.

By: Mahir C

Mahir C — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:10:37 +0000

I remember when he won the F3000 title, there was an odd qualifying rule. Cars were split into 2 groups, fastest of each group contested 1st row, 2nd fastests contested for second row etc. I remember Heidfeld being on the easy group

Anyway, he is average driver imho. Consistent but I dont remember any flashes of brilliance from him in his early years. But you could count on him to be up there on the podium when weird things happen such as weather, high attrition etc.

By: wdf2

wdf2 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:57:38 +0000

On current BMW form, Nick can’t win a race this year, and probably won’t be with them in 2010. He could end up as the Chris Amon of his era. Not such a bad thing after all.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:36:01 +0000

Agreed Damon

Heidfeld’s driving style is much like Button’s…and that Honda seems to fit Jense perfectly.Nick is a very smooth driver and is easy on the tires.I’m sure he could do much better than Barrichello.

I have alot of respect for Nick’s consistancy…he is easy on the car and keeps it on the track (more so than ANYONE else)…Good luck Nick,I will be watching when you finally win one!

By: Damon

Damon — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:24:36 +0000

Ironic thing is that last year Heidfeld was in talks with Honda. It didn’t work out…

Had it worked out – it would’ve have been a totally different season for him this year.