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Heidfeld Unsure of BMW Drive in 2010
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Heidfeld has joined the early lookers unsure if he’s going to drive for BMW Sauber next year.
“I am talking with several teams — not just BMW,”
Although having fairly successful career so far, Nick hasn’t achieved a win yet although he’s been able to steal podiums just when you think he’s down and out. This season, fighting a very difficult car he’s again been on the podium and is ahead of Robert Kubica in points.
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Another Poor Day at the Office for BMW Sauber
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Another bad day at the office just about all you need to say to sum up the British Grand Prix from a BMW Sauber stand point. Once again the car suffered badly with tire heating issues from Friday onward. Robert Kubica had one technical issue after another in every practice session leaving him precious little time to track down the proper setup for the car.
BMW Sauber Should Scrap KERS all Together
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The off season when following the development of the KERS KERS system was an exciting, but up and down time for BMW Sauber and now early in June KERS hasn’t featured on the F1.09 since before the Spanish Grand Prix and even then it was Robert Kubica’s only race with the system on board. Kubica’s weight issue prevented his usage of the system and during the process of introducing 2 major revisions to the car in Spain and Turkey with Monaco in between, it’s usage has almost disappeared. Now with the British Grand Prix only a week and a half away, Theissen isn’t even sure it will re appear then either.
BMW Sauber has been a major proponent of the KERS system and it’s development from the get go and only a few days ago was the system voted down for next season by FOTA. Theissen still believes in the system, but as a member of FOTA will go along with their decision to not use it for 2010.
No KERS for BMW Sauber in Turkey
Posted by: | CommentsThis weekend in Turkey is probably the most important weekend for all season for the team. It’s sort of a do or die weekend where they could really move up the grid or wallow in the back without much hope of recovery. I’m hoping for the first scenario as I hope you are.
As I mentioned earlier in a post, BMW Sauber is bringing another aero package in conjunction with the first major upgrade introduced in Barcelona. This one includes the new multi level diffuser that with any luck will improve their pace quite a bit. For the last few races the team has elected not to use their KERS system and it was thought they would re introduce it this weekend in Turkey, but that is not the case. One step at a time they say and just as in Barcelona they want to evaluate the aero package before they complicate it with KERS.
Robert Kubica Using KERS for Friday Practice in China
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For the first time this season Robert Kubica will be testing his car with the KERS device. Up until now he has been unable to use it due to the extra weight which affects ballast placement and ultimately the balance of the car and tire wear.
Shanghai International Circuit is a bit different than Melbourne or Malaysia with it’s extremely long straight along with one other very long straight and very much more suited to KERS.
Australian Grand Prix: What the BMW Sauber Guys Have to Say
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It’s all change in Formula One as the new season gets underway amid great intrigue and excitement. A raft of rule changes mean the cars will be sporting a totally different look and be fitted with slick tyres. The F1 engines now have to last twice as long as before and those who want (or are able) to will put their faith in a Kinetic Energy Recovery System. The pre-season testing – which the new rules stipulate will be the last of the year – threw up more questions than it answered. Favourites were riddled with worries, despair turned to encouragement for others whose survival in the sport had been in doubt. Preparations may have gone smoothly for the BMW Sauber F1 Team, but putting a finger on its progress remains a tricky business. The crystal-ball gazing will come to an end, however, on Saturday 28th March 2009. At 17.00 hrs local time (07:00 hrs in Central Europe) qualifying will finally get underway for the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
Steering Wheels for F1.09 of Robert and Nick Compared to F1.08
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s a look at the steering wheels of both Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica for the F1.09 as well as Nick Heidfeld’s wheel as it was for the F1.08. The most notable additions to the F1.09 wheels are the dial (23) for the front wing and the KERS button (7).
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Robert Kubica Wheel F1.09
Robert Kubica Talks on Season 2009
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The final day of testing of the BMW Sauber F1 Team for the 2009 season has now passed. After taking the F1.09 for its maiden outing in Valencia on 20th January, Robert Kubica tested the car in Bahrain, Jerez and Barcelona. Those who know the Pole would not expect him to be happy with every aspect of preparations for the forthcoming season; for Robert this would be tantamount to lethargy. After all, why only be good when you can be better? In addition to fitness training and F1 preparation work he also used the winter to launch a new venture: Robert Kubica Kart.
Robert Kubica, how has testing gone with the F1.09?
BMW Sauber F1 Team driver Robert Kubica: “Winter testing is always important. This year it is even more important because of the drastic changes in the regulations. It is hard to say if the direction is right because every team starts with a completely new package from zero. So there is a lot to do in testing. For example, on the last day of the final pre-season test in Barcelona I covered more than twice the distance of a Grand Prix. That is pretty demanding on the car and on the driver. Neither the BMW Sauber F1.09 nor my body had a problem with that. That shows my fitness training during the winter was as perfect as the work on the reliability of the car. In addition to the race simulation, we evaluated a lot of different solutions for the mechanical set-up and the aero configuration of the car. We were able to make up some of the time we lost the week before in Jerez due to the unfortunate weather. So overall it was a very productive test.”