That year he also took the official track record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed which stood for 20 years. In 1999, he won the International Formula 3000 Championship. During that season, he was also the official test driver for the McLaren- Mercedes Formula One team. He finished the race ninth and out of the points, losing the championship by seven points to Juan Pablo Montoya. At the final race of the season he was demoted to the back of the grid from pole position, after his team used non-compliant fuel. In 1998, he won three races and was runner-up in the International Formula 3000 championship, with the West Competition team. The following year Heidfeld won the German F3 Championship for Bertram Schäfer Racing, with support from McLaren/West, including a win at the Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race. He entered the end of the season Macau Grand Prix and won the first heat of the race, attracting the attention of compatriot Norbert Haug, who later signed him up for the West Competition team. This led to a drive in the German Formula Three Championship for 1996, where he finished third overall, after taking 3 wins. In 1995 he won the German International Formula Ford 1800 Championship, and came second in the Zetec Cup. In 1994 he moved into the German Formula Ford series, gaining widespread attention by winning 8 of the 9 races to take the title that season. Heidfeld was born in Mönchengladbach, West Germany on, and began racing karts at the age of 11 in 1988. Nick Heidfeld Lola F3000, West Competition He last drove for the Rebellion Racing team in the FIA World Endurance Championship and for Mahindra Racing Formula E Team in Formula E. In 2011, Heidfeld raced in Formula One for the Renault team as a replacement for the injured Robert Kubica, his former BMW Sauber teammate, before being replaced by Bruno Senna. Heidfeld currently holds two Formula One records most podium finishes without a Grand Prix win (13), and the most second-place finishes without a win (8). Nick Lars Heidfeld (born ) is a German professional racing driver.ĭespite scoring regular podium finishes in 2005 with Williams, and in 20 with BMW Sauber, Heidfeld never won a race after debuting in Formula One in 2000. Prost, Sauber, Jordan, Williams, BMW Sauber, Renault
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