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[Hanwombat]

To be honest, I'd like to see all four of those teams battling for first place. An eight-way WDC battle and four-way WCC battle would be immense!

Yeah can you imagine Hamilton v Kovalainen v Raikkonen v Massa v Heidfeld v Kubica v Rosberg and possibly Alonso. Would be a hell of a year!

one can only dream...

Take Kovalainen and Heidfeld outta that one.

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Hey Nick and Heikki are one of my most favoured drivers, maybe I am their bad luck

[EwanM]

BMW confirm Heidfeld, Kubica for 2009

By Pablo Elizalde Monday, October 6th 2008, 09:27 GMT


The BMW Sauber team will retain both Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld in the 2009 season, the German squad announced on Monday.

The team said Christian Klien will stay on as a test driver.

"We see Nick and Robert as a strong driver pairing and Christian as an experienced test driver," said BMW motorsport boss Mario Theissen.

"We are in no doubt that we will again achieve our ambitious aims with them in the team's fourth year."

The announcement ends weeks of speculation regarding the future of Heidfeld, who was yet to be confirmed at the team.

The confirmation also closes to door to Fernando Alonso, who had been linked with a move to BMW. Now the Spaniard has Renault and Honda as his only options for 2009.



http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/71185

[KyrosV]

stay with renault then mate

[EwanM]

stay with renault then mate

Amen to that

[Gaz]

There's always Honda.

[McLaren Fan]

Alonso should stay at Renault. With the change in regulations, leaving could be a risky proposition. In terms of BMW, I feel they've made a good decision. Tyres have been a bit of an issue for some drivers this season, and Heidfeld's race pace has been very good, he is experienced and is good at development work. There is also some truth to the rumours that this season's car suits Kubica's driving style more than it does Heidfelds - whether intentionally done by BMW or not - and perhaps next season's regulations will help him further to overcome the tyre issues that are affecting him at the moment.

[Hanwombat]

Stay with Renault for sure

[Ferrarista]

That's good news for Nick!
It also means FA will stay at Renault, that's 'for sure' yes...

[kerc]

Great news. I like Kubica a lot.

[f1maniac95]

He should stay with Renault and hopefully BMW get some more wins next year.

[scotty]

Smart move by BMW - i must admit i was expecting Heidfeld to be out on his arse.

[Denthúl]

Hurray. Now, Theissen, build a car that both of them can drive well in!

I'm tempted to put a bet on Nick finishing at least fourth in the WCC, although with three potentially wet races coming up, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets himself in to third ahead of Kubica. If he can pull off the kind of moves he did at Silverstone, I'll be enjoying my Sunday morning

[racechick]

Smart move by BMW - i must admit i was expecting Heidfeld to be out on his arse.

I agree. Glad he's in. I think he is under-rated by many.

[Denthúl]

To be honest, I'd like to see all four of those teams battling for first place. An eight-way WDC battle and four-way WCC battle would be immense!

Yeah can you imagine Hamilton v Kovalainen v Raikkonen v Massa v Heidfeld v Kubica v Rosberg and possibly Alonso. Would be a hell of a year!

one can only dream...

Take Kovalainen and Heidfeld outta that one.

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Hey Nick and Heikki are one of my most favoured drivers, maybe I am their bad luck

And here was me thinking each was a seperate being. Guess not, eh?

[7UpJordan]

And here was me thinking each was a seperate being. Guess not, eh?

Maybe she wants them as one entity so Kovvy can dance like Heidfeld can and she can go dancing with him and "do the Heikki".