British GP - BMW Sauber - Race For the second time this season, BMW Sauber brought both of its cars home in the points. Today
Nick Heidfeld and Jacques
Jacques Villeneuve started ninth and tenth and took the chequered flag in seventh and eighth positions respectively.
Nick
Heidfeld made a great start to the race but a problem engaging first gear would later cost him a position.
Jacques Villeneuve meanwhile bumped into
Juan Pablo Montoya going through Copse on lap one and this forced the Canadian to brake and lose a position to Nico Rosberg. Some aggressive laps late in the race saw him take back the position and the final point.
Nick Heidfeld “I had a very good start when I passed two cars off the grid and a third at the first corner. Naturally it is great that both cars finished in the points on their own merits. We have obviously made a step forward. I was able to keep ahead of Montoya as I stayed out longer than he did. It was only the beginning that he was faster than me because I was fighting understeer. Then the balance of the car was improved. Unfortunately in the first pit stop the first gear didn’t work and that cost me time and position.”
Jacques
Jacques Villeneuve “Nico Rosberg got me because at the start into turn one
Juan Pablo Montoya and myself crashed in what was a racing incident. I was on the inside and he was following another car on the outside. He came across the track, took his line but couldn’t see I was there. I locked my wheels and ran into him, but luckily there was no damage. I was stuck behind Nico for three quarters of the race, which was a shame but he wasn’t making any mistakes. It was a good fight, but when I saw him come into the pits three laps before me for the last pit stop I really took some big risks on those laps on old tyres. To get two cars in the points today, not because people didn’t finish, but because we raced strongly is good for Montreal. People told me married men go slower, but I think it is the opposite.”
Source BMW Sauber
