(Motorsport-Complete.com) – Cut Heidfeld and Robert Kubica were teammates in Formula 1 for more than three years. After the pole in the second half of the season 2006 had taken over the cockpit from Jacques Villeneuve, he drove until the end of the year 2009 together with Heidfeld for BMW-Sauber. “He was the most complete of my teammates,” recalls the German in the podcast 'Beyond The Grid' .
“He was not as fast as Kimi [Räikkönen] in the race and not as fast as Webber in qualifying […], but as a total package it was very good, “reports Heidfeld, who ended the World Cup twice ahead of Kubica in the three BMW years together. Only 2008 he had to look after.
Heidfeld remembers that the Pole had a hard time accepting that at the time: “I didn't like Used to be about him, and where he might have got in his way: He always had that Suspicion that I would be preferred by the team, “he reveals and explains:” Because it was a German team with BMW and I was a German driver. I didn't like that because he played it quite a bit in the press. It was easy Is not it.”
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Kimi Raikkonen (Clean, 2001): “It's called 'Iceman'. But he really wanted to be world champion and trained hard. Some things used to be said about him are true. Other things are wrong. You won't become world champion if you are a lazy sack and don't care. If he was beaten, he didn't like it. “ Photo gallery
Nevertheless, Heidfeld has a lot of respect for his long-time team-mate – especially his comeback after a serious rally accident: “He is a hero”, praises Heidfeld and explains: “Coming back after this accident, even if it wasn't as fast as before, is an amazing achievement. Not only physically but also psychologically.”
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