Nick Heidfeld, it has to be said, is a bit of a revelation. On the surface he may seem like just a goody two-shoes, shy, boring even. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s easy to underestimate the man from Mönchengladbach. After he roared into the limelight in 2005 with two secondplaced finishes and a pole position, he was hailed as the surprise of the season. Yet most observers have no idea that he is also a party animal who hits the dance floor clad in funky gear, is passionate about modern art, and regularly pushes engineers to the limits of their capacity. But it suits Heidfeld that this side of him is not very well known. In Formula One he wants to be judged by his performance alone. He values the stopwatch as an honest critic.He is self-confident. He knows what he is capable of. When it came to the weeks of competitive testing with Antonio Pizzonia in 2005 for a cockpit place in the BMW WilliamsF1 Team, he handled it all with aplomb and won out in the end. But he’s not one for interviews on the grid. "I still get nervous before the start of a race", he confesses - despite two decades of track experience. He turns 29 on 10th May 2006.Myspace Contact Tables , hosting by Imgdump.net
