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Heinz-Harald Frentzen back at Sauber

Quick Nick Heidfeld greeting on the grid

Heinz-Harald Frentzen in a tropical Monaco scenery

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Coulthard trying to pass Massa unsuccessfully

Fourth qualified Felipe Massa in front of the fantastic chinese architecture - designed in Germany

Giancarlo Fissichella gained 5th place

Felipe Massa made a fabulous result on 4th place

Part of the start falling apart

Car #61 Sauber-Mercedes C9 of Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson and Gianfranco Brancatelli

Giancarlo Fisichellaof Sauber-Petronas

The second pit stop of Giancarlo Fisichella (clutch problems?)

Felipe Massa, Sauber

Flavio Briatore, Dr. Mario Theissen, Jean Todt and Peter Sauber

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, driving out of the pits as Haryanto's Manor passes behind on track, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Pascal Wehrlein, Manor-Mercedes, now in front of Bottas' Williams and the two Sauber, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, has to retire with brake problems, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, out of the race, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Frenchman Jean Alesi sits in a Sauber C14

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Mercedes, followed by Verstappen's Toro Rosso, both McLarens and Nasr's Sauber, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Both Sauber cars of Felipe Nasr (car with the yellow mark on the onboard camera) and Marcus Ericsson, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2015

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Sauber-Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Sauber-Ferrari

A Sauber steering wheel

Adderly Fong from Hong Kong, GP3 Series driver and test driver for Sauber on Friday, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Adderly Fong drives for Sauber on Friday practice session, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2014

Toro Rosso, Sauber and Force India motorhomes

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Sauber Team owner Peter Sauber and his driver Adrian Sutil in the pits during Friday morning practice session, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Sauber driver on Friday morning, Dutch Giedo van der Garde, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Sauber driver Mexican Esteban Gutierrez

Peter Sauber, owner of the eponymous Sauber F1 Team

Adrian Sutil spun and his engine switched off, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Fight between Sergio Perez, Force India, Sutil's Sauber, and Maldonado's Lotus, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone and Peter Sauber

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari, at pit lane exit

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

The since 2012 retired team principal Peter Sauber. He remains president of the Sauber Group's board of directors.

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Sauber-Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari. The Mexican wears a special helmet for charity.

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Sauber-Ferrari

Start for qualifying session with Nico Hulkenberg, Force India (front) and Gutierrez (Sauber), Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Sauber-Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, driver for Team Sauber

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber-Ferrari, 6th, in front of Massa, Alonso and Perez' McLaren

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber-Ferrari, during Saturday's qualifying session

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber team principal

Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber team principal

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

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The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Red Bull race driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified team mate Mark Webber and a proud Nico Huelkenberg of Sauber as third on the grid

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Pit stop of Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Esteban Gutierrez comes to Sauber pits

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

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Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, comes to pits

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Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

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Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Sauber's Hulkenberg in front of Bottas, Gutierrez and a thrown back Raikkonen

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, in front of Ferrari's Massa - a fight of two Ferrari-powered race cars

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

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Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber-Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber driver

Esteban Gutierrez stops at Sauber pits

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Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Sauber's race driver Esteban Gutierrez

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Esteban Gutierrez, new Sauber race driver

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Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber, during the drivers presentation

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Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

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Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Esteban Gutierrez, new Sauber race driver

McLaren's new driver (acquired from Sauber) Sergio Perez

Sergio Perez of Sauber during drivers presentation

Mexican Esteban Gutierrez will replace Kamui Kobayashi next season at Sauber

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, is pushed aside by Sauber's Kobayashi and spins

Sauber's Sergio Perez talks to his race engineer

Local hero Bruno Senna, Williams, and Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber take the Brazilian banners and walk to the drivers presentation

Peter Sauber chats with Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Green lights for Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, brakes into turn one

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, approaches the tunnel part of pitlane exit

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

After a collision with Hulkenberg, Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber returns to pits with a broken front wing

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, and Bruno Senna of Williams walk to drivers parade

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, jumps over the curbs

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, jumps over the curbs

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

The Old Supreme Court Building, Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber F1 Team cuts the curbs

Sauber physio Jo Leberer holds the parapluie for travel agent Lynden Swainston

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Eddie Jordan knows Peter Sauber well

A very happy second placed Sergio Perez of Sauber F1 Team celebrates his achievement on the podium after the race

A very happy second placed Sergio Perez of Sauber F1 Team celebrates his achievement on the podium after the race

A surprising but well deserved second placed Sergio Perez of Sauber F1 Team approaches parc ferme

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, behind Raikkonen and Schumacher

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, in front of two Sauber race cars

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, gives an interview on the grid before the race

A happy looking Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber F1 Team CEO, on a sunny grid

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Pit stop of luckless Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012

A busy grid before the installation lap

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi chats with caterer Karlheinz Zimmermann on the grid before the race

Happy about his second grid position, Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi chats with his physio Jo Leberer and caterer Karlheinz Zimmermann before the race

Bernie Ecclestone visits Sauber's team principal Monisha Kaltenborn on the first row of the grid before the race

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, on the grid before the race

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber shake hands before the drivers oarade

The quite surprising fastest three race drivers pose for the international media after the qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix: On second position Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi on the left, pole sitter Jenson Button of McLaren in the middle and William's Pastor Maldonado as third on the grid

The quite surprising fastest three race drivers pose for the international media after the qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix: On second position Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi on the left, pole sitter Jenson Button of McLaren in the middle and William's Pastor Maldonado as third on the grid

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Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, brakes into turn one

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Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

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Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Mercedes' Michael Schumacher

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Heidfeld leads Raikkonen

A wounded Sauber pit crew mechanic is transported to the ambulance

Kamui Kobayashi comes to Sauber pits besides the racing line and hits the mechanics on his right side

Kamui Kobayashi comes to Sauber pits besides the racing line and hits the mechanics on his right side

Kamui Kobayashi comes to Sauber pits besides the racing line and hits the mechanics on his right side

Kamui Kobayashi comes to Sauber pits besides the racing line

Race cars in line on the straight after one lap of the race, Perez in front of Huelkenberg

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez comes to Sauber pits

Sergio Perez of the Sauber F1 Team checks the practice times

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Romain Grosjean of Lotus, McLaren's team principal Martin Whitmarsh, race winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Sergio Perez of Sauber

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Romain Grosjean of Lotus, McLaren's team principal Martin Whitmarsh, race winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Sergio Perez of Sauber

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes and Sauber's third placed Sergio Perez spray champagne on the podium

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, walks to the drivers parade

Peter Sauber

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field and Kobayashi's Sauber aviates towards turn one

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field and Kobayashi's Sauber aviates towards turn one

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, at the tunnel exit

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez ejects from his stop at Sauber pits

Sergio Perez comes in for a pit stop

The start field of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 squeezes through turns one and two - Ferrari's Alonso in the lead in front of Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado, chased by two Lotus-Renaults, Kobayashi in the Sauber-Ferrari and the two Mercedes works cars

The start field of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 squeezes through turns one and two - Ferrari's Alonso in the lead in front of Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado, chased by two Lotus-Renaults, Kobayashi in the Sauber-Ferrari and the two Mercedes works cars

The start field of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 squeezes through turns one and two - Ferrari's Alonso in the lead in front of Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado, chased by two Lotus-Renaults, Kobayashi in the Sauber-Ferrari and the two Mercedes works cars

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso wins the battle for the lead with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado before turn one, chased by two Lotus-Renaults and Kobayashi in the Sauber-Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, is prepared on his grid position

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Bernie Ecclestone congratulates Sauber CEO Monisha Kaltenborn subsequently to her 41st birthday

Peter Sauber, Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay, drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez with Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn announce their new partnerhip in front of the pits

Peter Sauber, Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay, drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez with Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn announce their new partnerhip in front of the pits

During the press conference on Thursday laughers shake Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen, Pedro de la Rosa of HRT, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, Force India's Nico Huelkenberg, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi

Battle for points at the first chicane: Brazilian Felipe Massa, Sauber-Petronas, passes BAR driver Jacques Villeneuve. Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao Paulo, 2002

Sergio Perez damaged the Sauber-Ferrari at the start

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sauber driver Perez' helmet is prepared

The steering wheel of a Sauber C31-Ferrari

Sauber physio Jo Leber shows his appreciation of Kobayashi's third grid position after qualifying

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez' Sauber-Ferrari is reversed to pits during the session

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, goes training

Sauber's happy Sergio Perez

BMW Sauber's Friday driver Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Nicola Larini, Sauber

Sergio Perez stops at Sauber pits

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Alguersuari

Cuervo (Sauber's Tequila sponsor) advertising girls

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, battles for position with Force India's di Resta

Kobayashi's Sauber-Ferrari has a problem after a spin and touch at turn one after the start

Kamui Kobayashi of the Sauber F1 Team rides a historic car for drivers parade

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Hamilton

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez does stretching exercises before the race under the eyes of Sauber F1 Team boss Monisha Kaltenborn and his manager

Sauber physio Jo Leberer teaches a pretty pit lane marshal the basics of how to boost a race driver

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

A Japanese prayer on the Sauber-Ferrari

Sergio Perez of the Sauber F1 Team enjoys the drivers parade

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sauber pits

After the start field squeezed through turn one, Vitantonio Liuzzi of HRT crashed into the queue and ends the race for Nico Rosberg, Vitaly Petrov and nearly also for Rubens Barrichello - Kobayashi and D'Ambrosio pass around the hot spot

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes car spits small sparks after overtaking Kobayashi at Eau Rouge

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi crawls back to pits after Sauber's Perez ran into his rear wing

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Petrov

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Now as the track beguines to dry, all cars come in for their obligatory pit stops

The pack squeezes into turn one

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of the water park's slide pipes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Paddock Club guests watch the busy pit lane (Kobayashi, Sauber) from above

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Peter Sauber and Monisha Kaltenborn introduce the Sauber F1 Team's driver line-up for the 2012 season: Esteban Gutierrez as third driver with Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi 's crashed race car after his crash in Friday morning practice

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi gets out of his damaged car after a slide and crash in Friday morning practice

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi hits the tyte barrier after slipping over a wet curb in Friday morning practice

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi ploughs through wet lawn after slipping over a wet curb in Friday morning practice

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi lifts off the ground after slipping over a wet curb in Friday morning practice

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi lifts off the ground after slipping over a wet curb in Friday morning practice

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sauber's Sergio Perez poses with a happy fan

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Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa with their physio Jo Leberer

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Sauber drivers Nick Heidfeld and Heinz-Harald Frentzen

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CHEZ NOLDI

Frentzen's Sauber C14 with a Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V8 was damaged in practice

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Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, enters the fast straight after the bridge

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Busy mechanics work in Sauber pits on Thursday afternoon

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali jokes around with Peter Sauber and chief executive Monisha Kaltenborn

Mexican Sauber driver Sergio Perez feels well again after an injury break

A Sauber C12, powered by an Illmor V10 engine, supported by Mercedes

McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa substitutes Segio Perez at Sauber. The Mexican rookie felt unwell following Friday morning practice.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa overtakes Kobayashi's Sauber-Ferrari within the last inches before the finish line

Pedro de la Rosa, Sauber F1 Team, awaits the end of the rain period in the car

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McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa substitutes the still injured Segio Perez at Sauber from Friday afternoon on

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Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, participates in the first practice session only, then hands over to de la Rosa for the remaining weekend

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Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team.

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team.

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team.

Sergio Perez' wreckage is removed from the track

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari, takes the last corner.

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari

An arty speed blur of Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber-Ferrari

Sergio Perez on his fourth stop at Sauber pits in lap 42

Sauber mechanics exchange the rear right wheel of Kamui Kabayashi on his 3. stop in lap 38

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, caught a flat tyre

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Team bosses meet in Pirelli motorhome - Ferrari's Stefano Domenicali, Pirelli COO Francesco Gori and Peter Sauber

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sauber's Kamui Kabayashi with Rubens Barrichello of Williams

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Webber

A Sauber F1 engineer expresses his joy about Kamui Kobayashi's ninth grid position

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber

Sauber Motorsport 40th Anniversary ad

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team, breaks in front of Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Green lights for Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kobayashi's damaged car is being removed after practice session

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1 Team, makes use of another safety car phase to change to intermediate tyres

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Handshake after the race between the German rivals Michael Schumacher (Mercedes GP, 6th) and Nick Heidfeld (Sauber, 8th)

Kamui Kobayashi waits in Sauber F1 Team pits for the qualifying to commence after it was interrupted by heavy rain

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team, gives an interview for the Japanese media on the grid before the race

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team, gives an interview for the Japanese media on the grid before the race

Tyre supplyer Pirelli's test driver Nick Heidfeld returns back to the roots as new 'old' driver to the Sauber team, switching with Pedro de la Rosa

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Mexikan Esteban Gutierrez, new Champion of the new GP3 series in 2010, poses in front of the Sauber motorhome for the international media

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

The Sauber motorhome, empty at night

Pedro de la Rosa's BMW Sauber F1 car with slick tyres lost traction on a wet track

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

The Sauber drivers present their new sponsor Mad-Crog, an energy drink

The Sauber team presents their new sponsor Mad-Crog, an energy drink

Sauber mechanics push Pedro de la Rosa to his grid position

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

The steering wheel of a Sauber-Ferrari car

The Sauber team celebrates the 300th Grand Prix anniversary

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, on 9th grid place

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, stops at his pits

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, stops at his pits

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, stops at his pits

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, stops at his pits

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, comes to pits

Robert Kubica on Renault in front of the two Mercedes with Schumacher and Rosberg, and Sauber's Kobayashi

A BMW Sauber-Ferrari on the grid

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Sauber's physiotherapist Jo Leberer

With only four laps to go, Kobajashi performs his only pit stop in lap 53 and loses his honourable 3rd race position

Sauber physio Jo Leberer signals a surprising 3rd race position for Kobayashi from the pitwall

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, pushes the field from behind

Sauber team boss Peter Sauber looks confident on the grid before the race

Kamui Kobayashi stalls the wheel of his Sauber-Ferrari

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, behind Glock

An extremely well shaped Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team, leads Petrov

Sauber's Kobayashi could not hesitate to engrave his mark into the 'wall of fame'

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

11th Pedro de la Rosa of Sauber speaks to the press after the race

Peter Sauber checks the weather conditions

Sauber physio Jo Leberer signals the first championship point to Kobayashi

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder and physio Jo Leberer joke around with their ace Kamui Kobayashi

Barrichello's physiotherapist Achim Hofstaetter chats with Sauber physio Jo Leberer about his project www.rennfahrerbiberle.com - absolutely worth a look!

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Sauber's Pedro de la Rosa sputters wood at tunnel exit

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Team principal Peter Sauber

Sauber Mercedes car #61 of Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson and Gianfranco Brancatelli yet in front of later winning #63 Sauber C9 driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Kamui Kobayashi's Sauber-Ferrari retires with engine problems

Kamui Kobayashi's Sauber-Ferrari on 9th grid place

Sauber mechanics return the Sauber-Ferrari car after a rainy Q3's scrutineering

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Team bosses Christian Horner (RBR), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren) and Bob Fernley (Force India), walk through the paddock in a good mood (together with Peter Sauber and Christian Danner at the back)

Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder chats with Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, 2007 still test driver to the BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team, has damaged his front wing

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Jean Alesi, Japanese Grand Prix 1998, Suzuka

Jean Alesi, Japanese Grand Prix 1998, Suzuka

Jean Alesi, Japanese Grand Prix 1998, Suzuka

Jean Alesi, Japanese Grand Prix 1998, Suzuka

Jean Alesi, Japanese Grand Prix 1998, Suzuka

Happy Sauber team boss Peter Sauber talks with swiss journalist Jacques Deschenaux

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro de la Rosa of BMW Sauber F1 Team

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, ploughs over Brazil's flooded pitlane

Pedro Diniz, Sauber

Jean Alesi, Sauber

1-2 BMW winners Kubica and Heidfeld spray champagne

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Sauber Mercedes drivers, f.l.t.r: Michael Schumacher, Karl Wendlinger (hidden), Fritz Kreutzpointner, Jochen Mass, Alain Ferte and Kurt Thiim.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes-Benz C11 of the Team Sauber Mercedes

Michael Schumacher watches the pitstops of his team's car no. 31 with Karl Wendlinger (A) and Fritz Kreutzpointner (D) on Mercedes-Benz C11 05 from under the star, becoming fifth placed overall

Michael Schumacher watches the pitstops of his luckless Team Sauber Mercedes team mates Jean-Louis Schlesser (F), Jochen Mass (D) and Alain Ferté (F) with car no. 1, the Mercedes-Benz C11 03, simultaneously stopping his drivers team's car no. 31 with Karl Wendlinger (A) and Fritz Kreutzpointner (D) on Mercedes-Benz C11 05

Michael Schumacher watches the pitstops of his luckless Team Sauber Mercedes team mates Jean-Louis Schlesser (F), Jochen Mass (D) and Alain Ferté (F) with car no. 1, the Mercedes-Benz C11 03, simultaneously stopping his drivers team's car no. 31 with Karl Wendlinger (A) and Fritz Kreutzpointner (D) on Mercedes-Benz C11 05

Michael Schumacher (D) on Mercedes-Benz C11 05 during the 1991 24h Le Mans

Michael Schumacher (D) on Mercedes-Benz C11 05 during the 1991 24h Le Mans

Michael Schumacher (D) on Mercedes-Benz C11 05 during the 1991 24h Le Mans

Michael Schumacher (D, left hand) during the 1991 24h Le Mans besides the senior drivers of the Team Sauber Mercedes Karl Wendlinger (A), Fritz Kreutzpointner (D), Jochen Mass (D), Alain Ferté (F) and Kurt Thiim (DK)

Mika Salo, Sauber

Pedro Diniz trapped in gravel

Nick Heidfeld in his Sauber

BMW Sauber conning bridge at pit wall

BMW Sauber pits, mechanics working on Kubicas car

Nick Heidfeld ends his service from the BMW Sauber pit crew

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld's last stop at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of the Yas Marina Hotel complex

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica in front of the Yas Marina Hotel complex

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with Peter Sauber on Yas Marina Circuit's grid

Bernie Ecclestone caresses Peter Sauber on the grid

BMW is pulling out of F1; 'Servus' means 'good bye' in bavarian and austrian linguistic usage

A BMW Sauber rear wing

On Sunday before the race, BMW Sauber mechanics push their car from scutineering to pits for the last time

The BMW Sauber farewell group photo with all team members, the key people in front: Nick Heidfeld, test driver Klien, Technical Director Rampf, BMW Motorsport Director Theissen and Robert Kubica

The BMW Sauber farewell group photo with all team members

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1 ,undergoes the new Yas Marina Hotel complex

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1, under the new Yas Marina Hotel complex

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kubica's race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara speaks in the pits with BMW Sauber's technical director Willy Rampf

BMW Sauber's physiotherapist Jo Leberer chats with technical director Willy Rampf

BMW's hospitality chef Joschi Walch with Toro Rosso's team boss (and former logistics & operations manager at BMW Sauber) Franz Tost

Dr.-Ing. Klaus Draeger, BMW Group and BMW member of the board, with BMW Sauber's logistics and operations manager Fritz Enzinger

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, passes the pitwall signal

Green lights for Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica ends a stop at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica stops at BMW Sauber F1 pits during qualifying

Dr. Mario Theissen at BMW Sauber pitwall during a rainy qualifying

Good mood in the still dry BMW Sauber pits - physiotherapist Jo Leberer and test driver Christian Klien

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, enters the pitlane

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, brakes on a wet track

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

On the grid before the race, BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica receives a secret asian plaster from his physiotherapist Jo Leberer

Pit stops during Q3 of Alonso and Kubica

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

The clean BMW Sauber F1 pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop ends for Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop ends for Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

... Nick Heidfeld coming to BMW Sauber pits

BMW sauber mechanics wait for ...

BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica retires with technical problems

BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica retires with technical problems

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica finishes his pit stop

Pit stop and nose cone replacement for BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

Pit stop and nose cone replacement for BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica arrives at pits with a damaged front wing, leaving Mark Webber shunted out of the race at the second chicane, on the opening lap.

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

After several race laps BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica passes the first chicane in front of Vettel, teammate Heidfeld and Fisichella

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica on the grid

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Formula One Management's Pasquale Lattuneddu speaks with Peter Sauber, who is trying hard to save his former team from worst consequences after BMW's withdrawal from Formula 1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Fourth and fifth placed BMW Sauber team mates Kubica and Heidfeld roll to parc ferme after the race

Fourth placed Robert Kubica takes the checquered flag in front of BMW Sauber team mate Nick Heidfeld

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

In the first lap after the start, Kubica and Raikkonen in front of the rest of the field rush through Eau Rouge

BMW Sauber's tyre manager guards the black gold on the grid

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica and Toyota's Timo Glock

The fastest three drivers pose for the media after qualifying in parc ferme: Third positioned Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber F1, Force India's surprising polesetter Giancarlo Fisichella and the second grid placed Jarno Trulli of Toyota

Robert Kubica exits the BMW Sauber car after qualifying session

Third grid placed Nick Heidfeld attaches the steering wheel to the BMW Sauber car in parc ferme

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leads Kubica's BMW Sauber through a green landscape

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Kubica's BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, brakes into Spa's first corner 'La Source'

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Behind Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix, Sutil tries to overtake Heidfeld's BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Silver coated fuel hoses

Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore jokes around with BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen discusses with his former team manager at Sauber Beat Zehnder

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, greets his faithful fans aside the track

BMW Sauber mechanics return the car to pits after scrutineering

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Blue sky and cotton balls above Kubica's BMW Sauber and his fans aside the track

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica celebrates his 50th Grand Prix with the help of BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen and a couple of hungry journalists

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1, passes photographers at pit lane exit

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

The suspension of a BMW Sauber car

Part of a BMW Sauber front wing

BMW Sauber F1 cars and parts wait for scrutineering in Budapest's pit lane on Friday evening

Nick Heidfeld can be seen together with his live TV image in BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica speaks with an engineer in BMW Sauber F1 pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

New spare front wings wait in front of BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica stops at BMW Sauber pits

Peter Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Fisichella and Alonso

Robert Kubica corners in front of a sliding Alonso

BMW Sauber's Kubica corners between Rosberg and Alonso

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber car on the grid

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Goodwood Festival of Speed 1999: Jochen Mass im Sauber-Mercedes C9, sein Siegerauto in Le Mans 1989

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica on BMW Sauber in front of Hamilton and Piquet

Nick Heidfeld mowes the lawn with the BMW Sauber car

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld ejects to pitline right behind Kovalainen's McLaren car

Robert Kubica in front of BMW Sauber F1 pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber trucks are reflected in the McLaren motorhome windows

Robert Kubica lifts off from BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica after pitting at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica in BMW Sauber pits

Nick Heidfeld briefly pauses at BMW Sauber pits

The start field passes turn one, Heidfeld in focus

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota, in front of Kubica's BMW Sauber

BMW Motorsport Director Prof. Dr. Mario Theissen telephones besides a team transporter

Nick Heidfeld accelerates after being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Nick Heidfeld leaves the BMW Sauber pits after a fast service during the Turkish GP

Nick Heidfeld is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Nick Heidfeld finishes his pit stop at BMW Sauber pits

Nick Heidfeld receives a fast service at BMW Sauber pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1, at pit lane exit

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

In the course of the Monaco GP, Robert Kubica fights with the brakes of his BMW Sauber car against Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes, the two Toyotas mark the back

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen telephones besides a team transporter

BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen telephones besides a team transporter

BMW Sauber's technical director Willy Rampf is being interviewed by TV presenter Peter Lauterbach besides Nick Heidfeld watching them from the livery on a team's truck

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica gives an interview to the Turkish media

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Lewis Hamilton

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1, at Beau Rivage turn

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica fights with the brakes of his BMW Sauber car against Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld in front of McLaren's Hamilton and team mate Kubica

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1, lifts a wheel at Mirabeau

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, at turn 06, the 'Ex-Loews' hairpin

Robert Kubica jumps with the BMW Sauber F1 car in front of the Hotel de Paris

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, at turn 13 before Piscine

Heidfeld passes the BMW Sauber F1 command center

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

A BMW Sauber car's rear, note the shiny diffuser

Heidfeld's BMW Sauber car waits for scrutineering during thursday pitlane walkabout

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Busy mechanics in BMW Sauber pits

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld answers media questions

Robert Kubica relaxes in front of BMW Sauber's motorhome

The suspension and exhaust end pipe of a BMW Sauber car

The BMW Sauber car's nose cone has a new shape

A BMW Sauber car waits for scrutineering during thursday pitlane walkabout

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

The brake disks of Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber F1 car are being cooled down whilst it is being reversed to pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop ends for Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop ends for Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, between his rivals at the start of the Chinese GP

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits, receiving a new nose cone after a collision with Trulli in lap 18

Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber car waits jacked up at pitlane exit, his starting position for the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica jumps over the curbs

Parc ferme after a wet race

Kubica's pit board is being prepared and signals 17th position

Kubica takes off from BMW Sauber pits after receiving a new nose cone

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits, receiving a new nose cone after a collision with Trulli in lap 18

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits, receiving a new nose cone after a collision with Trulli in lap 18

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits, receiving a new nose cone after a collision with Trulli in lap 18

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits, receiving a new nose cone after a collision with Trulli in lap 18

In lap 18 Kubica arrives at BMW Sauber pits with a loose nose cone after his unwanted rendezvous with Trulli

In lap 18 Kubica competes with a loose nose cone after his unwanted rendezvous with Trulli

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Toyota's Trulli

Kubica starts from pitlane

Kubica's BMW Sauber car starts from pitlane

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica on the main straight

Nick Heidfeld practises stops at BMW Sauber F1 pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

A BMW Sauber tyre manager cleans the ungrooved black gold

The nose cone tip of a BMW Sauber F1 car

Timo Glock sprays champagne towards the BMW Sauber team

Nick Heidfeld guides the BMW Sauber F1 car through heavy rain

Nick Heidfeld out of BMW Sauber F1 pits

Nick Heidfeld comes to BMW Sauber pits

Glock's Toyota and Heidfeld's BMW Sauber in parc ferme after the abandoned race, surrounded by their team crews during podium ceremony

Timo Glock and Nick Heidfeld spray champagne towards the BMW Sauber team

Sponsors watch out! In Malaysia the branding of umbrellas becomes an interesting business on the grid

Nick Heidfeld at BMW Sauber pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld in front of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen talks with Willy Rampf, the Technical Director of the BMW Sauber F1 Team

A true BMW fan

Robert Kubica shoots out of BMW Sauber F1 pits during Q3

Robert Kubica at BMW Sauber F1 pits during Q3

Robert Kubica comes to BMW Sauber F1 pits at qualifying's third part

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, ends his qualification pit stop

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen at BMW Sauber's pitwall command center

The annual season's start group photo of the whole BMW Sauber F1 team

Robert Kubica and a fan at BMW Sauber F1 pits :)

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica concentrates on a timing monitor

Peter Sauber, former owner of the Sauber team, now advisor to BMW Sauber F1

The BMW Sauber pit crew is well prepared for the pit stop

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica ejects from a brief service at BMW Sauber F1 pits

Robert Kubica at BMW Sauber F1 pits

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber F1 pits

Robert Kubica arrives for a brief service at BMW Sauber F1 pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Raikkonen and Barrichello

Whilst Kubica and Massa pass the chicane side by side, Heidfelds BMW Sauber spins out on the lawn

Third positioned Vettel in front of Rosbergs Williams, Kubicas BMW Sauber and both Ferraris, further behind follows Barrichello after a bad start

Having arrived at fourth grid position, Robert Kubica climbs out of the BMW Sauber car

Having arrived at his fourth grid position, Robert Kubica climbs out of the BMW Sauber car

Robert Kubica still in BMW Sauber F1 pits before the race

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica and Renaults Fernando Alonso chat with Kubicas manager Daniel Morelli

Heinz-Harald Frentzen tries his seat in the new Sauber-Cosworth C14

Jarno Trulli (Prost-Peugeot, without the rear wing) retires in the usual Montreal first corner smash

Pedro Diniz car is towed away after start accident, with the roll bar cut off

Pedro Diniz being rescued after start accident

Jean Alesi leaves last corner with a blown-up engine

Johnny Herbert celebrates his 100th Grand Prix in the Sauber pits

Heinz-Harald Frentzen becomes fourth in his Sauber-Cosworth C15 after running into a Ferrari's back in lap 18 and pitting with a damaged front wing

Sauber drivers Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Karl Wendlinger

Heinz-Harald Frentzen in the Sauber Mercedes pits

Car #62 Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jean-Louis Schlesser (F), Jean-Pierre Jabouille, (F) and Alain Cudini, (F)

The empty cockpit of a Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Car #63 Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Nick Heidfeld, Sauber Petronas

Kimi Raikkonen

Nick Heidfeld in his Sauber

Pedro Diniz

Mika Salo

Pedro Diniz and Mika Salo of the Sauber team receiving a new technically equipped bicycle as present

Pit stop and driver exchange at the Sauber pits, the Mercedes C9 #62 driven by Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Alain Cudini

Pit stop and driver exchange at the Sauber pits, the Mercedes C9 #62 driven by Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Alain Cudini

Pit stop and driver exchange at the Sauber pits, the Mercedes C9 #62 driven by Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Alain Cudini

Pit stop and driver exchange at car #61 Sauber Mercedes C9 of Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson and Gianfranco Brancatelli

The later winning #63 Sauber C9 driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S) still behind car #61 of Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson and Gianfranco Brancatelli

Pit stop and driver exchange at the Sauber pits, the Mercedes C9 #62 driven by Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Alain Cudini

The Sauber C9 #61 of Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson and Gianfranco Brancatelli starts from pole position in front of later fifth placed team mate car #62 driven by Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Alain Cudini

Car #63 Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Car #63 Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Car #63 Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Car #63 Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Car #63 Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Pit stop and driver exchange of car #63 Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Pit stop and driver exchange of car #63 Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Pit stop and driver exchange of car #63 Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Car #63 Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Car #63 Sauber C9 - Mercedes Benz driven by Jochen Mass (D), Manuel Reuter (D) and Stanley Dickens (S)

Pit stop of car #61 Sauber Mercedes C9 driven by Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson and Gianfranco Brancatelli

Pit stop and driver exchange at the Sauber pits, the Mercedes C9 #62 driven by Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Alain Cudini

Water from a heavy downpour floods the garages during Friday morning practice.

Water from a heavy downpour floods the garages during Friday morning practice.

The stickers in front of the BMW Sauber garage. Swiss, Bavarian, German and Polish flags, representing Sauber, BMW, Heidfeld and Kubica.

BMW Sauber F1 Team advisor Peter Sauber stands in front of BMW member of the board Dr. Klaus Draeger and technical director Willy Rampf (left)

BMW Sauber's technical director Willy Rampf admires Massa's Ferrari

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica accelerates from BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber mechanics and engineers prepare Heidfeld's car on the grid

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld leads a queue through a wet fenced channel

Pitstop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

A BMW Sauber car is being fetched from scrutineering at parc ferme

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, in front of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Raikkonen's Ferrari

Pitstop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pitstop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pitstop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pitstop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Piquet and Barrichello

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber in front of many cars

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica and physio Jo Leberer on the grid

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

A BMW Sauber car is being fetched from scrutineering during paddock club pitwalk

A BMW Sauber car is being fetched from scrutineering at parc ferme during drivers presentation and paddock club pitwalk

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica discusses setup with a mechanic

BMW Sauber mechanis watch the race in pits

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica leads the queue with Alonso, Kovalainen, Trulli et al

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica leads the queue with Alonso, Kovalainen, Trulli et al

A BMW Sauber car amongst others after qualifying in parc ferme

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Shortly before the race, Robert Kubica receives best wishes from BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Sauber mechanics on the pitwall, Budapest 2003

Robert Kubica gets out of his BMW at his grid position in Istanbul 2007

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Heidfeld in front of Trulli and Rosberg

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica in front of Kovalainen

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Polesitter Robert Kubica climbs into his cockpit

Robert Kubica stalls a front wheel

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber's physio Jo Leberer signs also responsible for the pitwall signal and carefully checks the lap times on his screen

Robert Kubica at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Heidfeld's BMW Sauber car on the grid

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica joyfully prepares for racing

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kazuki Nakajima on the way to his Williams pits whilst a Ferrari is in pits and Kubica approaches BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, rushes through pitlane

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1, leaves his pits

BMW Sauber pitwall command center

Kubica and his car are being prepared inside BMW Sauber pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1, crosses Anderson bridge

Nick Heidfeld in front of Glock

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber's Kubica in front of Hamilton

Nick Heidfeld behind Robert Kubica, both BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber's Kubica in front of Lewis Hamilton who just overtook Glock's Toyota

BMW sauber's Nick Heidfeld in front of Lewis Hamilton

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Clean dryness at BMW Sauber pit wall command center

Robert Kubice spins the wheels during a pit stop at glossy wet BMW Sauber pits in qualifying

Nick Heidfeld rushes to BMW Sauber pits during qualification part 2

BMW Sauber physio Jo Leberer takes care of Heidfeld's health and pitbard

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

A BMW Sauber mechanic fights against the floods in Monza's pitlane

A BMW Sauber mechanic fights against the floods

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Thoughtful Nick Heidfeld in BMW Sauber pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica takes the curbs surrounded by autumn leaves

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber drivers Kubica and Heidfeld walk to press conference

Third placed Nick Heidfeld

Last lap: Kubica keeps Kovalainen behind him whilst Hamilton can be seen on the screen in the back braking at Les Combes

In lap 42, Heidfeld is first to fetch rain tyres

In lap 42, Heidfeld is first to fetch rain tyres

In lap 42, Heidfeld is first to fetch rain tyres

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Kubica leads the queue of followers

Mechanics friendship across teams - BMW Sauber's Alex Baecker and Markus Buechel of Toyota give thumbs up for an exciting race

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

A BMW Sauber leads the two Ferraris

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Green lights for Robert Kubica

Robert Kubica watches the BMW Sauber mechanics preparing his car

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld discusses with his race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara in BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica ends his pit stop at BMW Sauber pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica in front of his BMW Sauber teammate Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Third placed Kubica and fourth Kovalainen approach finish line

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld

Robert Kubica leaves BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica is finishing service at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica is finishing service at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica is being serviced at BMW Sauber pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Third placed Kubica passes the pitboards

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kubica in front of Kovalainen

Kubica in front of Kovalainen

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber and crew on grid

F1 photography doyen Paul-Henry Cahier flashes at Kubica who exits the BMW Sauber car at his grid position

Kubica's car is being prepared on grid

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Belgian colleague Georges de Coster snaps Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, on the bridge

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld with helmet on

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Robert Kubica had the most of the fans on the grandstands

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Pit stop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica drifts with smoking tires

Robert Kubica drifts with smoking tires

Robert Kubica approaches turn 2 with smoking tires

Nick Heidfeld escapes a hard braking Button

Robert Kubica exits car at grid position

Robert Kubica at his grid position, BMW Sauber mechanics buzz around the car

Robert Kubica arrives at the fourth grid position with the help of the BMW Sauber mechanics

Local hero Robert Kubica gains fourth grid position

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, after being serviced in Q2

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, is being serviced during Q2

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, is being serviced during Q2

Robert Kubica through the BMW Sauber pits in Q2

Robert Kubica in a hurry during Q2

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

In 2008, nosecone winglets were first seen at BMW Sauber, ...

Zoom of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, hurries out of pits in front of Massa's red projectile

Zoom of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica rushes through pitlane

BMW Sauber's illuminated 'fairy castle' motorhome at dusk in Budapest's paddock

An evening view on the paddock's motorhome alley, the media 'block' of Ferrari in front of BMW Sauber's illuminated 'fairy castle'

Robert Kubica in the BMW Sauber pits

During the Thursday afternoon public pitwalk, the BMW Sauber team practices pitstops

A BMW Sauber mechanic makes adjustments at Kubica's cockpit

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Kubica in front of Kovalainen

Kubica pits early in lap 18

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with driver Robert Kubica, Member of the Board of BMW Dr. Klaus Draeger and team physio Jo Leberer

Nick Heidfeld rushes to grid formation

The BMW Sauber mechanics prepare Robert Kubica and his car for racing

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld prepares to lay some rubber on his pit place

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica in the pits

Nick Heidfeld in front of Alonso and Piquet

Podium group photo of BMW Sauber's second placed Nick Heidfeld, winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Rubens Barrichello

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld's pitboard signals second place

Nick Heidfeld pits out

Nick Heidfeld in pits during lap 38

BMW Sauber engineers perform last preparations at the car on the grid

Nick Heidfeld waits on his grid position in a jacked BMW Sauber car

Nick Heidfeld in conversation with his BMW Sauber race egineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

Whilst his car is being electronically checked, Nick Heidfeld speaks with his BMW Sauber race egineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

Nick Heidfeld pits during Q3

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica under a bavarian style blue sky

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Slightly customised digits on Kubica's steering wheel display

BMW Sauber mechanics push a car backwards into pits

Quick Nick Heidfeld's steering wheel displays useful information

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Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld in front of Alonso

Nick Heidfeld in front of Alonso

Nick Heidfeld overlooks the new front of the BMW Sauber, now without the distinctive winglets attached to the nose cone

Robert Kubica in front of Hamilton

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica out of pits

Robert Kubica is being serviced

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits in lap 21

Nick Heidfeld already sits in his comfortable tyre-warmed BMW Sauber F1 car

Reflection of Robert Kubica

Shortly before the race, Robert Kubica receives best wishes from BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica , BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld exits BMW Sauber pits in lap 48

Nick Heidfeld at BMW Sauber pits in lap 48

Nick Heidfeld at BMW Sauber pits in lap 48

Nick Heidfeld at BMW Sauber pits in lap 48

Robert Kubica at BMW Sauber pits in lap 46

Robert Kubica at BMW Sauber pits in lap 46

Robert Kubica at BMW Sauber pits in lap 46

Trulli leads the followers of the start queue, Alonso drops places from 3rd to 5th, Kubica between them fourth

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, squeezed into the safe cockpit of his car on the grid position

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, still out of car at his grid position

Bernard Ecclestone introduces BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica to a pleased VIP guest on the grid

BMW Sauber drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld in pit lane

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

'Quick' Nick Heidfeld jumps with a BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, in front of the new colourful grandstand seating

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld, as a reflection in a firemarshal's helmet visor

Blue warning lights at pit lane exit for Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber

The BMW Sauber pit crew practices a pit stop

A BMW Sauber's front wing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Champagne shower for BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

The BMW Sauber F1 Team cheers up for a group photoshooting, celebrating the 1-2 victory at the 2008 Canadian GP

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after Q3: Third grid placed Kimi Raikkonen (right hand) and polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes (middle) with grid's second positioned Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber

Podium group photo: Second placed Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber team principal Dr. Mario Theissen, race winner Robert Kubica and third placed David Coulthard celebrate on Montreal's podium

A bear hug for victorious Kubica in parc ferme

BMW Sauber cars lead 1-2 at the 2008 Canadian GP with Robert Kubica in front of his team mate Heidfeld

Robert Kubica takes the chequered flag, wins the Canadian Grand Prix 2008 and takes the lead of the World Championship

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica, winner of the Canadian Grand Prix and present Formula One World Championship leader

Proud BMW sauber drivers Heidfeld and Kubica pose for the media

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen and Nick Heidfeld

BMW Sauber team manager Beat Zehner congratulates Quick Nick

Physio Jo Loberer and technical director Willy Rampf celebrate the victory together

A crowded TV interview zone

Happy BMW Sauber F1 mechanics celebrate with Kubica's champagne bottle after the podium ceremony of the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix

Happy BMW Sauber mechanics celebrate with Kubica's champagne bottle

Race winner Robert Kubica shares his champagne bottle with the BMW Sauber team

Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen watches BMW Sauber drivers congratulating each other in parc ferme

BMW Motorsport director Mario Theissen congratulates winning driver Robert Kubica with overwhelming emotions

The BMW Sauber team celebrates besides parc ferme

BMW Sauber mechanics celebrate with Swiss flags

The two BMW Saubers arrive at parc ferme after the successful race

Nick Heidfeld becomes second placed and passes his cheering BMW Sauber team

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica far in front of Railkkonen

Robert Kubica exits the BMW Sauber car at his grid position

Busy BMW Sauber engineers under pressure on the grid before the race

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Nick Heidfeld pits in Q3

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Happy second placed Robert Kubica arrives at parc ferme

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica close to the boats at Tabac

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld at the flat Piscine curbs

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Yellow phase unter heavy rain at Piscine

A herd of cars squeezes through Ste. Devote chicane

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, shaves the Piscine curbs

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica in front of the terrace of L´Hôtel de Paris

Another safety car phase in lap 59, Sutil is being followed by Heidfeld around Grand Hotel hairpin

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Kubica in front of Raikkonen and Alonso

Robert Kubica rushes through pitlane during qualification part 3

Robert Kubica arrives at the BMW Sauber crew for service during qualification part 3

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber physio Jo Leberer signals Nick Heidfeld his position

Robert Kubica is being serviced by a quick BMW Sauber team

Robert Kubica still keeps his position in front of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari

BMW Sauber engineers work with notebooks at Kubica's car on the grid

Robert Kubica receives a brief service during qualification part 3

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, lifts a wheel

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Green lights for Robert Kubica

Robert Kubica waits at pitlane exit

BMW Sauper pit crew practices pit stops with Robert Kubica

Nick Heidfeld out of garage for practice

The steering wheel is laid out ready for Nick Heidfeld

Robert Kubica is being strapped into his BMW Sauber car's cockpit

Robert Kubica is being strapped into his BMW Sauber car's cockpit

Is it Robert Kubica staring at us from a BMW Sauber F1 Team truck?

Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso), Fernando Alonso (Renault), Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India) behind the three and Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica managed to gain pole position

The fenced parc fermé surrounded by cheering team members

Heidfeld ends his second stop at BMW Sauber pits in lap 41 of the Malaysaian GP 2008

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Kubica exits pits in lap 21 after his first stop

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

In a tidy BMW Sauber pits, Heidfeld waits for roll out to installation lap

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber F1 Team presentation

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica in front of Alonso's Renault

Race leader Lewis Hamilton not far ahead of BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Robert Kubica leads Hamiltons chasers

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen in front of BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

A happy BMW Sauber team rejoins after the race: BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen, Nicks manager Werner Heinz, Nick Heidfeld and team manager Beat Zehnder

A BMW Sauber cars in park ferme after the race

Robert Kubicas second pit stop in lap 41

Physio Jo Leberer informs Heidfeld about his position

Nick Heidfeld pits in lap 23

Kubica out of pits

Kubica out of pits

Pit stop of BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica in lap 17

Heidfeld overtakes Kovalainen in the inside of a corner

Kubica nearly overtakes Massa after a small mistake of the Ferrari driver

With the other Ferrari giving pressure in the neck, BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica nearly manages to overtake Massa in the inside of the corner

Polesitter Robert Kubica climbs into his cockpit

Robert Kubica arrives at his pole position on grid

Robert Kubicas BMW Sauber is already positioned on pole position

Bahrain 'grid stewardesses' guard Kubicas BMW Sauber at starting line

Ferraris Felipe Massa caresses BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld

Parc ferme after qualifying, the tree fastest drivers Kubica with Massa and Hamilton greet the audience

Polesetter Robert Kubica arrives at Bahrain's parc ferme

Robert Kubica leaves the pits in Q3 to gain pole position

Robert Kubica at his last Q3 pit stop before achiving pole position

Robert Kubica during Q3 executes a pit stop with his BMW Sauber mechanics

Robert Kubica at his last Q3 pit stop before achiving pole position

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber nose cone wings

A BMW Sauber nose cone tip

BMW Sauber mechanics work at the cars rear

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Heidfelds jacked-up BMW Sauber on its grid position

Robert Kubica enters BMW Sauber pits during Q3

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica brakes hard

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica leaves pits quickly

The rear end of a BMW Sauber car

BMW Sauber pit crew practices pit stops

BMW Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder jokes around with ex-F1 drivers and old comrades JJ Lehto and Johnny Herbert

The three winning cars of the Malaysian Grand Prix lined up in a very tidy parc fermé

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld steers his BMW Sauber to park ferme

Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber in pits, a former collision of Nakajima's Williams with his rear causes his retirement in lap 47 (formula1.com: 'at the end of the third safety car period Nakajima crashed into the rear of my car and I had to stop').

Brief inspection of Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber concludes with retirement in lap 47

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber is being well prepared

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld leaves to race track

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld leaves to race track

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld during a thoughtful moment in pits

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Since twenty years in F1, BMW Sauber's team manager Beat Zehnder is never 100% happy with any result.

BMW Sauber nose cone tip

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica firmly holds his new helmet during drivers presentation

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the media after Q3 in parc fermé: Third grid placed Heikki Kovalainen and polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes with grid's second positioned Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber.

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Max Welti, ex Sauber-man and current boss of Swiss A1 GP series team.

Former BMW mates Gerhard Berger of Scuderia Toro Rosso and BMW Sauber's Dr. Mario Theissen.

The BMW Sauber's Heidfeld, Kubica and Theissen at a team event organized for photographers.

The BMW Sauber's Heidfeld, Kubica and Theissen at a team event organized for photographers.

The BMW Sauber's Heidfeld, Kubica and Theissen at a team event organized for photographers.

Dr. Mario Theissen during a team event for photographers.

Dr. Mario Theissen during a team event for photographers.

Dr. Mario Theissen aiming it at his driver Nick Heidfeld, during a team event for photographers.

Nick Heidfeld in parc ferme with Rubens Barrichello.

BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica shooting the photographers during an event organized by team for the snappers.

BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica shooting the photographers during an event organized by team for the snappers.

BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica shooting the photographers during an event organized by team for the snappers.

BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica shooting the photographers during an event organized by team for the snappers.

BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld shot by Rainer von Schlegelmilch during an event organized by team for the snappers.

BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld shoots the photographers during an event organized by team for the snappers.

BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld shooting the photographers during an event organized by team for the snappers.

BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld shooting the photographers during an event organized by team for the snappers.

BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld shooting the photographers during an event organized by team for the snappers.

Photographer John Townsend lends his camera to BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld during an event organized by team for photographers.

Nick Heidfeld leaves his pit stop place

Nick Heidfeld gets his wet weather condition tires exchanged

Nick Heidfeld arrives for a pit stop in lap 28

A speedy Robert Kubica passes the BMW Sauber pit wall command center

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber mechanics wait at their car for the scrutineering

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica brakes into first corner

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica climbs out of his BMW Sauber car on its grid place before the Turkish GP 2007

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

The BMW Sauber crew cheers for Nick Heidfeld who achieves a third place at the Hungarian GP 2007

Robert Kubica rushes to a pitstop

The start, Nick Heidfeld still in second position

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Kubica being swiftly serviced in lap 39

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber goes qualifying

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber engineers check Heidfeld's car electronics

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld holds his steering wheel

BMW Sauber F1 nose cones in front of pits

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld

Second placed Nick Heidfeld is being rolled into parc fermÈ

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Quick Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, at Loews hairpin

Robert Kubica at tunnel exit

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica commences to race

Nick Heidfeld pits in

Pulsating Thursday night life in Bahrain paddock

Robert Kubica successfully returns to track from a second pit stop in lap 27 with an exchanged nose cone

Robert Kubica's second pit stop in lap 27

Nick Heidfeld needs a late first service in lap 22

BMW Sauber team group photo

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Jo Leberer signals 10th place to Nick Heidfeld in lap 33

The two BMW Saubers in front of umbrella-crowded grandstands

Nick Heidfeld changes from 'wets' to 'drys' in lap 32

Nick Heidfeld refuels

Robert Kubica ends his pit stop

Robert Kubica's pit stop

Robert Kubica arrives at his pit stop service crew

BMW Sauber mechanics fight against the crawling humidity and blow the tire marks dry

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld in front of Liuzzi and Webber

BMW Sauber engineers with notebooks on the grid

BMW Sauber's technical director Willy Rampf on the grid

A shiny on-board camera on top of a BMW Sauber car's airbox

A BMW Sauber car waits for FIA scrutineering in parc fermé

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Heidfeld had in both sessions an hydraulic leak which led to gearbox changes.

Long focal length misleads: Toyota pit team seems to wait for BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica starts his practice lap

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder

BMW Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder back to back with Dr. Mario Theissen

BMW Sauber pit crew practices pit stops

The BMW Sauber monocoque's right side

A streamlined BMW Sauber cooler chimney

BMW Sauber nose cone

Front right suspension of a BMW Sauber car

BMW Sauber steering wheel

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica answers curious questions

BMW Sauber pit crew awaits Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld receives a quick service

Nick Heidfeld receives a quick service

BMW Sauber pit crew awaits Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld's pit stop

BMW Sauber mechanics prepare for Heidfeld's service stop

Nick Heidfeld's pit stop

Nick Heidfeld out of pits

Nick Heidfeld's pit stop

Nick Heidfeld's tyres are being heated up in pits before he heads out to grid position

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld locks the right front wheel of his BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica hunts Kimi Raikkonen

The two BMW Saubers glide over the first curve

Yellow flags for the BMWs

Safety car deploys after Coulthard's accident right in front of the two BMWs on position four and five

Safety car deploys after Coulthard's accident

Handshake for BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica from BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen and BMW member of the board Dr. Klaus Draeger

Member of the Board of BMW Dr. Klaus Draeger and BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen on the grid

BMW Sauber engineers work with their notebooks

Heidfeld's BMW on grid position

Nick Heidfeld out of car at grid place

Robert Kubica arrives at his grid position

Robert Kubica rushes out to Q3

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld puts rubber on the pit ground

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld practices a pit stop

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld practices a pit stop

Robert Kubica exits pits

Zoom of BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Heidfeld becomes fourth and greets his cheering BMW Sauber team

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld passes the BMW Sauber pitwall signal

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld in front of Alonso

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, in front of Alonso

Heidfeld still leads Alonso at first corner

Heidfeld in front of Alonso

Robert Kubica gets out of his BMW at grid position

Robert Kubica arrives at grid position

Heidfeld awaits ending of Kubica's pitstop during qualifying

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica speeds over the hill

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Fixed fan cools Robert Kubica down in pits during a practice session

BMW Sauber technical director Willi Rampf proudly presents Nick Heidfeld's porcelain trophy after the podium ceremony

BMW Sauber race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara takes a deserved sip of champagne

And of course also a jet of champagne for the BMW Sauber mechanics and engineers

Robert Kubica pits out

Pit stop of Robert Kubica

Robert Kubica does a pit stop with his BMW Sauber mechanics

Whilst Ralf Schumacher pits out, BMW Sauber mechanics await Robert Kubica for a pit stop

Ralf Schumacher pits in close to the BMW Sauber crew

Nick Heidfeld finishes a pit stop

Nick Heidfeld on the way to a fast service

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica in center of start field

Parc fermé after qualifying, second-timed Hamilton and third Nick Heidfeld

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Beat Zehnder, BMW Sauber team manager

Nick Heidfeld relaxes in BMW Sauber pits

Felipe Massa in the Sauber pit

Felipe Massa, Sauber

Nick Heidfeld with BMW Sauber team mate Kubica in his neck

Heidfeld changes tyres in lap 53

More rain again makes the BMW Sauber team react promptly and change Kubica's tyres for intermediate weather conditions in lap 52

Heidfeld pits in lap 37

The two BMW Sauber cars of Kubica and Heidfeld

BMW driver Kubica leads Schumacher's Toyota and teammate Heidfeld

Kubica tries it on the outside of Schumacher

Hamilton jumps from position 10 to 4, Kubica spins after an approach by teammate Heidfeld

Robert Kubica arrives at grid position

Politician Kurt Beck (on the right) honours BMW bosses at BMW Sauber's grid position: Norbert Reithofer, Klaus Draeger, Joachim Milberg and Mario Theissen

Nick Heidfeld pits during qualifying

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica slows his BMW Sauber car down

Nick Heidfeld puts some rubber on launch ground

Swiss colleague Dani Reinhard pictures Quick Nick during a BMW Sauber pit stop practice

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld sprints away to third race stint

Jacks down and lift off for Nick Heidfeld's BMW

Nick Heidfeld receives a full service from his BMW Sauber pit crew

Nick Heidfeld's second pit stop in lap 42

BMW Sauber pit crew awaits Heidfeld

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld gives an interview to German TV

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica in front of Hamilton

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, in front of Liuzzi

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica lays rubber during a BMW Sauber pit stop practice

Robert Kubica puts rubber on the right spot during a BMW Sauber pit stop practice

Robert Kubica puts rubber on the right spot during a BMW Sauber pit stop practice

BMW Sauber pit stop practice

Robert Kubica practices a pit stop with his BMW Sauber mechanics

Robert Kubica practices a pit stop with his BMW Sauber mechanics

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber mechanic adjusts front wing setting for more or less downforce

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Silver-grey paddock view

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld lifts three wheels at straight entry

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld fights back Alonso and Rosberg

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica besides the grid with his manager Daniel Morelli and his life saver HANS

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld shouts at his physio Jo Leberer :)

BMW Sauber drivers Heidfeld and Kubica

Nick Heidfeld pits during qualifying session Q3

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, brakes into Adelaid hairpin

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld , BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld huddles into his comfortable cockpit during Friday morning practice

Nick Heidfeld watches his screen in pits during Friday morning practice

Robert Kubica exits his car in pits

View on Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber working place

A car's rear reflection in a shiny clean pit ground

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld being refueled

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber test driver Timo Glock

Former F1 and now IRL driver Robert Doornbos chats with the BMW Sauber drivers Timo Glock, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica announces to press that he will not attend the race because the FIA decided that the risk would be too high for him

Happy Nick Heidfeld crosses the finish line as deserved second placed

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Hamilton passed, closely followed by Heidfeld, Alonso already far outside and soon to leave line resulting in place loss

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, on his grid position

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, is being pushed to grid position

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld, being followed by press officer Heike Hientzsch

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, with visor shut

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, with visor shut

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Jo sometimes wonders why nobody believes him when he pretends to be evil ;)

... the disturbing snapper receives deserved black looks ...

BMW test driver Sebastian Vettel and Sauber physio Jo Leberer caught during an intimate discussion...

BMW Sauber's confident Robert Kubica

Happy test drivers: BMW Sauber's Sebastian Vettel with Williams' Kazuki Nakajima, son of ex-Grand Prix racer Satoru Nakajima

Setup preparations in BMW pits

Sauber mechanic works on breaks

Nick Heidfeld shows his powerful backside ;)

Nick Heidfeld makes Kimi Raikkonen keeping his distance

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber's rainy Friday driver Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel

Robert Kubica performing his first pit stop in lap 25

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica speeding through the rain

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen watching the screens at his pit wall command center

Robert Kubica finishes fifth

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica at Piscine

Nick Heidfeld

Group of cars at Ste. Devote, Heidfeld battling with Rosberg

Nick Heidfeld awaits the roll-out in pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, entering Metropole corner

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber lifts a wheel at Casino

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica lifts a wheel at Loews hairpin

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica points out his optimistic prediction

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld approaches pits to retire with gearbox problems in lap 46

Nick Heidfeld approaches pits to retire with gearbox problems in lap 46

Nick Heidfeld approaches pits to retire with gearbox problems in lap 46

Robert Kubica receives a fast service

Robert Kubica receives a fast service

Robert Kubica receives a fast service

Robert Kubica receives a fast service

Robert Kubica pits in to receive a fast service

Nick Heidfeld

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Cars in line on the long straight

Member of the Board of BMW Dr. Klaus Draeger visits BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen on the grid

Nick Heidfeld in his cockpit

Nick Heidfeld on his grid position

Nick Heidfeld on his grid position

Nick Heidfeld on his grid position

Three cars scramble in pit lane

Robert Kubica in pits

Robert Kubica on the jack

Nick Heidfeld tries standard tires

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Peter Sauber and Mario Theissen of BMW probably admire Ferrari's new media motorhome

Nick Heidfeld

Heidfeld at his pitstop

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BMW Sauber' Jo Leberer always holds the pitboard a bit stronger...

BMW Sauber crew watches the race on a large screen in the pits

BMW Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder

Robert Kubica receives a quick refill and new harder 'standard tyres'

Nick Heidfeld starts into his second stint with soft 'option tyres'

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld approaches pit crew

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica leads a Renault

Nick Heidfeld and physiotherapist Jo Leberer

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Jo Leberer signals to his driver Nick that he is in second qualifying place and should return to pits by the end of the lap

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber suspension

BMW Sauber rear with diffusor, rear wings and suspension

BMW Sauber nose cone with front wings

Our FOPA chairman John Townsend takes a deserved break from hard work (see www.fopa.net for more info on the Formula One Photographer's Association)

Classic violin action at a BMW Sauber evening event

Massa chases Heidfeld in final race stage

Robert Kubica's second pit stop in lap 27 nearly finished

Robert Kubica's second pit stop in lap 27, new nose nearly attached

Robert Kubica's second pit stop in lap 27, slight nose surgery recommended ;)

Nick Heidfeld rolls off from a late first service in lap 22

Nick Heidfeld needs a late first service in lap 22

Nick Heidfeld needs a late first service in lap 22

Final mechanical and electronical adjustments on the grid

Nick Heidfeld at his grid position

Nick Heidfeld shortly before rolling out to grid formation

Nick Heidfeld takes a seat

Robert Kubica sits in his BMW Sauber car

Robert Kubica is being prepared for the grid formation

Robert Kubica awaits his run-out

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld locks up his left front wheel

Zoom of BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

Peter Sauber closely watches a Ferrari

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber's stubbly Nick Heidfeld

Peter Sauber and his wife Christiane arrive in paddock on Friday morning

Pit lane marshal guards BMW Sauber's pit wall

Fourth placed Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld leads the field through first chicane after the start of the Australian GP 2007

Warm-up lap, Nick Heidfeld pictured

BMW Sauber team principal Dr. Mario Theissen

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

F1 cars lining up at pitlane exit, preparing to launch to last qualification session

Nick Heidfeld passing packed grandstands at the straight's end

New second BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

A BMW Sauber car waiting in line after qualifying session

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel leaving his pits for the first time on official command

Friday's fastest was BMW Sauber's test driver Sebastian Vettel, he is posing for the press with BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen

Nick Heidfeld as second in queue behind the Ferrari Finn

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld at his grid position

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld during Friday practice

BMW Sauber's Friday driver Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber rookie Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Heinz-Harald Frentzen's car being taken away after the race

Nick Heidfeld with fresh tyres for a dry track

Heidfeld's pit wall signal giving useful information

Jacques Villeneuve in front of Pedro de la Rosa

Jacques Villeneuve entering pit lane

Jacques Villeneuve as seen in a firemarshal's visor

The destroyed BMW Sauber F1 car of Nick Heidfeld after a rollover during the destructive start accident of the 2006 US GP, retiring with 6 further cars

Indianapolis wreckyard display - cars of Heidfeld, Speed and Montoya

Jacques Villeneuve gaining 6th grid place, 3/100 of a second behind Alonso

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber car rear

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

BMW engineers finishing the chip setup on the grid

Wide angle front view at Nick Heidfeld's grid position

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld

Flat view on a BMW Sauber's right rear side and exhaust

Swiss mechanics cheering for their football team (but finishing better ;)

Journalists watching an exciting FIFA football match in BMW Sauber team's hospitality

BMW Sauber test driver Robert Kubica

Heinz-Harald Frentzen with Peter Sauber

BMW Sauber driver Quick Nick Heidfeld

Damon Hill wins the French Grand Prix. Eddie Jordan's team found itself in the remarkable position of running 1-2 (Damon Hill followed by Ralf Schumacher) with Jean Alesi's Sauber third. Thanks for this caption to GrandPrix.com, the best database we ever needed!

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld in front of the famous Suzuka landmark, the theme park's giant wheel

Masses of Japanese spectators are convinced of Kubica's BMW Power

Nick Heidfeld leading his BMW Sauber team mate Robert Kubica

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica in front of the famous Suzaka landmark, the theme park's giant wheel

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Sebastian Vettel, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Willy Rampf, Sauber technical director

Leo Ress, formerly responsible for technical development at Sauber, since 2003 'consultant to the Honda F1 programme' [www.grandprix.com]

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel gives an interview to Japanese media

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica during an interview

Autograph session with Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica

Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber (leading Trulli)

Nick Heidfeld approaching the impressive circuit building

Robert Kubica performing his first pit stop in lap 25

Robert Kubica performing his first pit stop in lap 25

Robert Kubica performing his first pit stop in lap 25

Nick Heidfeld and Pedro de la Rosa fighting side-by-side through first chicane

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica on the grid with his race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber practices in dull weather

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve ending his pit stop, pic 4 of 4

Overwhelming feelings for the first polish driver who ever gained an F1 podium place - Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld during his second pit stop

Nick Heidfeld pitting in lap 40

Robert Kubica keeps fighting back Felipe Massa

BMW Sauber racer Nick Heidfeld prepaing his ear phones for the race

Robert Kubica on the grid, his car being prepared for the race by his BMW Sauber crew

Robert Kubica receiving congratulations from his teammate Nick Heidfeld for achieving grid position six and three for their BMW Sauber cars

Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber), Michael Schumacher with Felipe Massa (both Ferrari) and Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) after qualifying

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Sebastian Vettel, BMW Sauber test driver

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld

Friday's quickest (both sessions!) was rising star BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen during the race at the BMW Sauber conning bridge

Robert Kubica curbing at last corner in front of Fisichella and Webber

BMW Sauber F1 rookie Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber mechanics servicing Nick Heidfeld`s company car

BMW Sauber pit crew awaiting their driver

BMW Sauber mechanics clearing the pitlane

Robert Kubica finishing his service stop

Robert Kubica receiving a new set of Michelin tyres and a sip of fuel

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber F1 meeting on the grid - team advisor and former owner Peter Sauber with BMW board member Prof. Burkhard Goeschel

BMW Sauber driver 'Quick Nick' Heidfeld

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel at pitlane end

Green lights for BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld at pit lane exit

BMW's Robert Kubica setting up with technical director Willy Rampf

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel commenting on his fastest lap on Friday afternoon practice

Sebastian Vettel, BMW Sauber test driver, concentrating for his Friday encouragement

Nick Heidfeld gaining a nice third place

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld pits in lap 55 for a tyre exchange

BMW Sauber pit crew servicing Villeneuve's car

BMW Sauber pit crew servicing Villeneuve's car

Jacques Villeneuve during his first pit stop in lap 27

BMW Sauber pit crew servicing Villeneuve's car

Michael Schumacher falling further back

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica kept his intermediates until the end of the race

Robert Kubica being serviced

Robert Kubica approaching his service team in lap 44

BMW Sauber mechanics drying the launching ramp

Robert Kubica with a damaged car nose after a spin

Robert Kubica with Jo Leberer, TV presenter Kai Ebel already in waiting position

In order to prevent wet feet during the race, Robert Kubica wears some plastic bags

Robert Kubica trying out if his new BMW Sauber cockpit still fits

BMW Sauber front wing to be revealed

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, replacing Jacques Villeneuve

BMW Sauber mechanics presenting Kubica's car to the public on 'open pitlane' Thursday afternoon

Nick Heidfeld on his way to BMW Sauber pitwall command center after having put the comfortable suit on

Nick Heidfeld retires in pits with brake failure in lap 9 after a collision during first lap

Nick Heidfeld retires in pits with brake failure in lap 9 after a collision during first lap

BMW bosses together on the grid: Mario Theissen, Helmut Panke and Burkhard Goeschel

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber test driver Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber driver Jacques Villeneuve

start field leaves first corner

Nick Heidfeld with Willy Rampf and Jo Leberer on the grid

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber test driver

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld with Rampf and Theissen at BMW Sauber command centre on Friday morning

Nick Heidfeld jumping out of his cockpit

Nick Heidfeld in the pits during Friday morning practice

Nick Heidfeld rolling out for practice

Jacques Villeneuve watching Heidfeld's practice performance on the track

Jacques Villeneuve during last setup adjustments with his engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

BMW Sauber mechanics working at Heidfeld's car

Heinz Paschen, BMW technical director (engines)

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Right front suspension of a BMW Sauber car

Right rear mirror of a BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber car - nose cone

BMW Sauber car's front

BMW Sauber mechanics with their car on the way to the scrutineers

BMW Sauber engineer supporting the German football team

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

Nose cone of a BMW Sauber

Pit stop of Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber (image 2 of 4)

Heidfeld being pushed a bit

Heidfeld sticks to the pit crew

Nich Heidfeld on a relatively short stay at BMW Sauber pit

Mario Theissen and Willi Rampf of BMW Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber's Polish test driver Robert Kubica made best time on Friday's second free practice session

Jacques Villeneuve being pushed to a safe pit of marriage ;-)

Jacques Villeneuve

Pit stop of a Sauber Mercedes. Manuel Reuter out of the car, handing over a drink bottle to his teammate Jochen Mass.

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve at Nouvelle Chicane

Jacques Villeneuve at Tabac

Schumacher passing Massa at the end of the queue, followed by a lonely Midland

Nick Heidfeld and Jacques Villeneuve joking together on their way to drivers presentation

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauver

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld zoomy

Nick Heidfeld and Dr. Mario Theissen of BMW Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld getting a service

Nick Heidfeld during his next to last of first pitstop wave in lap 29

BMW Sauber pit crew ready for Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld pitting out

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber, soon having to take a 10-slot drop on the grid after engine exchange

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Outdoor cleaning of the (mocker call it "bouncy castle";) BMW Sauber motorhome, designed by Disney architects

Most of the teams send out only their test drivers on Friday practice, so Heidfeld is killing time at the BMW Sauber pit wall command center

Fans are able to practice and to perform a timed pitstop on a real F1 car

Visitors witness a seldomly seen "donut" making (performed by BMW Sauber F1 test driver Dirk Mueller), which is under F1 conditions seriously prohibited by the FIA

Jacques Villeneuve curbing through the NGK chicane

Heidfeld and Montoya close together

Willy Rampf in command under race contition with Mario Theissen and Beat Zehnder

Jacques Villeneuve

Heidfeld leading Montoya

Battle for many laps between Montoya and Heidfeld

Fisichella exiting pit lane after receiving his first service in lap 26 but sticks behind Jacques Villeneuve (like in the "qualifying incidence")

Note Liuzzi being nudged by Ralf Schumacher, suffering of a resulting tire damage in due course

BMW Sauber engineers at Villeneuve's car

Technical director Willy Rampf and Nick Heidfeld on the grid

Busy engineers executing last setup improvements

BMW Power on the grid

Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore discussing with heads of BMW management Helmut Panke, Mario Theissen and Burkhard Goeschel about the previous day incident of Villeneuve holding up Fisichella

Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore discussing with heads of BMW management Helmut Panke, Mario Theissen and Burkhard Goeschel about the previous day incident of Villeneuve holding up Fisichella

Nick Heidfeld cutting first corner

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber technical director Willy Rampf

Dr. Mario Theissen and Beat Zehnder behind Willy Rampf watching the pitwall screens

Dr. Mario Theissen at pitwall command centre wtaching the pit crew in practice

Happy fans with their rich booty

Even Ferrari fans can visit the unique BMW Sauber F1 experience park for free

Jacques Villeneuve

A former Sauber mechanic, now Honda, talkes to Felipe Massa and Nicolas Todt

A former Sauber mechanic, now Honda, talkes to Felipe Massa and Nicolas Todt

Peter Sauber

Team's engineers exchanging data at pitlane end

Nick Heidfeld passing the Malaysian landmark

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld and team boss Peter Sauber

Quick Nick Heidfeld approaches the new Mercedes Arena

Massa in his Sauber

Nick Heidfeld

Juergen Freund, Modulum, interviewing Peter Sauber

Nick Heidfeld in the dirt besides Ralf Schumacher

The herd passing the first corner

Peter Sauber sucking his cigar

Peter Sauber cool

Nick Heidfeld

Villeneuve's car being guarded by a Foster girl

BMW Sauber engineers preparing electronical setup at Jacques' car

Villeneuve's company car

Nick Heidfeld with Mario Theissen at the grid position

BMW Sauber's Jacques Villeneuve at "Aqua Minerale"

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW test driver Robert Kubica

BMW test driver Robert Kubica

Chef de cuisine "Joschi" takes good care of the guests in his new BMW Sauber motorhome

Flower power at BMW Sauber, Peter Sauber enjoying beauty of nature

Team consultant Peter Sauber carefully prepares his cigar in the new BMW Sauber motorhome

Jacques Villeneuve

BMW Sauber steering wheel

Cars beaded in the par ferme

Pit stop of Jacques Villeneuve, pic 3 of 4 ...

Pit stop of Jacques Villeneuve in lap 41, pic 1 of 4 ...

BMW-Sauber engineers executing last electronics checks

Nick Heidfeld entering his cockpit for grid presentation

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW-Sauber

The "first of the last" group, note the wrong way driver (Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber) in the background

Jacques Villeneuve

BMW Sauber rear wings saturday afternoon in parc ferme

Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber in action after a short morning shower

Quick Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld on the grid

Nick Heidfeld jumping into his cockpit

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber test driver Robert Kubica

Quick Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

A close sight into the rear of a BMW Sauber Formula 1 car

BMW Motorsport director Mario Theissen giving an informal interview

Nick Heidfeld, BMW-Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW-Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve on his way to grid

Dr. Mario Theissen and Peter Sauber hand the anniversary present over to Nick Heidfeld who celebrates his 100th F1 race

Peter Sauber with his wife and a pice of cake (baked to celebrate Heidfelds 100th race anniversary)

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber test driver Robert Kubica

Nick Heidfeld in the pitlane

Jacques Villeneuve in front of David Coulthard and Kimi Raikkonen

BMW-Sauber drivers Jacques Villeneuve, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica during a public autograph session

Jacques Villeneuve

Nick Heidfeld

Dr. Mario Theissen and Dr. Burkhard Goeschel of BMW

BMW-Sauber nose cones

Jacques Villeneuve of the new BMW-Sauber F1 team

The start at first corner: Mark Webber of BMW Williams wedged between David Coulthard's Red Bull-Cosworth and Jacques Villeneuve's Sauber-Petronas.

Jacques Villeneuve.

Massa on his Sauber gained one point

Jacques Villeneuve.

Tyre barrier.

BMW Sauber steering wheel.

Nick Heidfeld.

Jacques Villeneuve.

Nick Heidfeld.

Nick Heidfeld.

Jacques Villeneuve in the pits.

Nick Heidfeld.

Pitboard.

Tyre warmer.

Nick Heidfeld.

Nick Heidfeld.

Nick Heidfeld.

Jacques Villeneuve.

Nick Heidfeld.

Jacques Villeneuve in the pits.

Jacques Villeneuve.

Nick Heidfeld.

Nick Heidfeld in his car, looking at a data-sheet.

Nick Heidfeld.

Mario Theissen.

Jacques Villeneuve in the pits.

Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber.

Nick Heidfeld in his new BMW Sauber F1.06.

Dr. Mario Theissen of BMW.

1st rollout of the new BMW Sauber F1.06 with Nick Heidfeld at the wheel.

BMW Sauber launch

BMW Sauber launch, left to right: Designer Willi Rampf, driver Jacques Villeneuve, driver Nick Heidfeld, teammanager Dr. Mario Theissen from BMW and test-driver Robert Kubica.

BMW Sauber launch

BMW Sauber launch

Finally the very last annual group photo of the Sauber Team. In the front from left to right: driver Felipe Massa, team owner Peter Sauber and driver Jacques Villeneuve.

Felipe Massa.

Jacques Villeneuve of Sauber driving through Eau Rouge.

Jacques Villeneuve

Team Sauber Mercedes - Mauro Baldi / Kenny Acheson / Gianfranco Brancatelli

Felipe Massa, Sauber Petronas

Jacques Villeneuve

Austrian skyline 2002

Peter Sauber with critical eyes

Jacques Villeneuve, Sauber, 2005 Monaco Grand Prix

Felipe Massa of Sauber Petronas braking hard

Felipe Massa in front of the Hotel de Paris

Jacques Villeneuve of Sauber Petronas

Jacques Villeneuve, Sauber Petronas

Felipe Massa of Sauber Petronas

Felipe Massa, Sauber Petronas

Jacques Villeneuve, Sauber Petronas

Felipe Massa, Sauber Petronas

Jacques Villeneuve in his Sauber

Sauber driver Jacques Villeneuve with his manager Craig Pollock

A Toyota hunting a Sauber

A Toyota hunting a Sauber

active suspension detail

Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Sauber

Pedro Diniz

Pedro Diniz, Sauber Petronas

Pedro Diniz with engine failure

Pedro Diniz, Sauber

Pedro Diniz zoomy

Eddie Irvine (Jaguar) and Mika Salo (Sauber) take an unnecessary detour during the start of the 2000 Italian GP.

Pedro Diniz

Heidfeld

Heidfeld, pan-shot

Cars

Peter Sauber and Ecclestone

Raikkonen, pan-shot

Kimi, pan-shot

Kimi

Berger with Peter Sauber

Heidfeld

Kimi, pan-shot

Felipe Massa

Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella

Felipe Massa

Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella

Felipe Massa

Giancarlo Fisichella

Felipe Massa

Giancarlo Fisichella

Felipe Massa

Giancarlo Fisichella

Felipe Massa

Giancarlo Fisichella

Felipe Massa

Giancarlo Fisichella

Max Welti, Sauber F1 team manager

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Jean-Christophe Boullion

Jean-Christophe Boullion

Jean-Christophe Boullion

Max Welti, Sauber F1 team manager

Jean-Christophe Boullion

Jean Christophe Boullion

Jean Christophe Boullion

Jean Christophe Boullion

Johnny Herbert

Max Welti, Sauber F1 team manager

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Peter Sauber, Sauber F1 team principal

Johnny Herbert

Max Welti, Sauber F1 team manager

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Max Welti, Sauber F1 team manager

Max Welti, Sauber F1 team manager

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Max Welti, Sauber F1 team manager

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Norberto Fontana

Gianni Morbidelli

Nicola Larini

Gianni Morbidelli

Johnny Herbert

Norberto Fontana

Nicola Larini

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Gianni Morbidelli leads a queue of cars uphill

Nicola Larini

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Nicola Larini

Johnny Herbert

Sauber's Norberto Fontana reflects in a firemarshal's helmet visor

Gianni Morbidelli

Gianni Morbidelli

Gianni Morbidelli

Nicola Larini

Max Welti, Sauber F1 team manager

Nicola Larini

Gianni Morbidelli

Johnny Herbert celebrates his 100th Grand Prix

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Norberto Fontana

Johnny Herbert

Nicola Larini

Johnny Herbert

Norberto Fontana

Gianni Morbidelli

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Jean Alesi and Kumiko are good hosts to Eros Ramazzotti and Michelle Hunziker in the Sauber motorhome

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert on Sauber gives way to Ferrari's Eddie Irvine

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Pedro Diniz

Pedro Diniz

Pedro Diniz

Pedro Diniz

Mika Salo

Pedro Diniz

Pedro Diniz

Pedro Diniz

Pedro Diniz

Mika Salo

Mika Salo

Mika Salo

Mika Salo

Mika Salo

Mika Salo

Pedro Diniz

Kimi Raikkonen

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Kimi Raikkonen

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Felipe Massa

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Nick Heidfeld

Felipe Massa

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Nick Heidfeld

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Heinz-Harald Frentzen's car being taken away after the race

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Nick Heidfeld backs out of his BMW Sauber after parking it on its grid position

Mario Theissen of BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber exhaust

Nick Heidfeld being serviced

Pit stop of Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld receives a fast tyre service

BMW Sauber press officers Jörg Kottmeier and Heike Hientzsch cheer about the pleasant results of their drivers (4th & 6th), Heidfeld becomes the best German driver in the field in points.

Cool Quick Nick

A BMW Sauber F1 steering wheel

BMW Sauber rear with engine cover, exhaust, rear wings and suspension

BMW Sauber race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld arrives on the grid

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel replaces Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber pit crew watches the race carefully

BMW Sauber engineers perform last setup checks before race

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel takes a seat for his first F1 race

Compressed air containers for wheel exchange air guns

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel crosses the brick line

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel becomes fourth fastest on Friday's first practice

BMW Sauber pit crew watches the race on screens in pits

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld, the two Finns Kovalainen and Raikkonen fight in the background

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with his driver Nick Heidfeld

Ralf Schumacher gives hopefully good advice to BMW Sauber youngster Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel prepares to race

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld on his grid position

Happy grid girl guards Sebastian Vettel's BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel passes the old Speedway grandstands

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel in a green landscape

BMW Sauber pitwall command crew watches the race carefully: BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen, in front of him technical director Willy Rampf, in the background team manager Beat Zehnder

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel with BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Pitwall signals BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel still nineth position

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel rolls out to his first F1 challenge

BMW Sauber technical director Willy Rampf gives last words of wisdom to Nick Heidfeld

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel practices pit stops with his crew on Thursday afternoon

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

Nick Heidfeld's BMW eats dust between the two Ferraris

BMW pitwall executives watch their incoming car

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica practices a pit stop with his BMW Sauber mechanics

Robert Kubica practices a pit stop with his BMW Sauber mechanics

More rain again makes the BMW Sauber team react promptly and change Kubica's tyres for intermediate weather conditions in lap 52

Heidfeld pits in lap 53

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Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

A part of the front wing of a BMW Sauber car in pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber mechanics work on the body of the BMW Sauber car in pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Heidfeld executes his penalty stop in lap 33 (for refueling despite pitlane was closed)

The BMW Sauber F1 pit crew practises pit stops

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Rubber marbles on a BMW Sauber Bridgestone tyre after a hot 66 laps race

The BMW Sauber F1 car is being brought back from scrutineering

Robert Kubica practises pit stops with the BMW Sauber F1 pit crew

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

Careful attention and signaling at BMW Sauber pitwall command center in lap 18

Nick Heidfeld's service in qualification part 3

Heidfeld pits in lap 45

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Klaus Draeger, BMW member of the board, on the grid with BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen, casts a suspicious glance at the curious snapper :)

A BMW Sauber is being scrutineered by FIA officials

Team manager Beat Zehnder and BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen watch the pitlane scenery from the BMW Sauber pitwall command center

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Heidfeld out of pits in lap 45

Nick Heidfeld huns through the fan-filled grandstands

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld in the reflection of the windows above pitlane

Kubica pits in lap 47

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Klaus Draeger, BMW member of the board, talks to technical director Willy Rampf and to Peter Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Raikkonen

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara keeps himself fit by jogging on the track on Wednesday evening

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

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