Heidfeld: It's looking good

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Wednesday 19th November 2008

Although he wasn't entirely satisfied with the set-up of his car during testing in Barcelona, Nick Heidfeld is feeling pretty happy with BMW's 'B car'.

The Hinwil-based team are running an interim car fitted with 2009-specifications, including a wide front wing and narrow rear wing, during testing.

The car's appearance has attracted some criticism from Heidfeld's team-mate Robert Kubica and test driver Christian Klien, but performance wise it is being rated very highly.

"The first day was with let's call it the 'B car', with the next year's rules-style aerodynamics on the front and rear wing, with a lot less downforce in total, with the KERS on the car I was driving, and with the slicks," Heidfeld said.

"Obviously the set-up is far from ideal, especially on my car as I was focusing mainly on the KERS systems. We're still having quite a few problems there, but at least we have it in the car. But therefore we were not focusing on set-up work, and that's why we still have quite a lot to learn.

"But I think it's good. Looking around in the paddock, comparing us to the other cars, we already have a nice B-car developed to hopefully get some good information."