BMW not as good as it should be, thinks Heidfeld.

senna21 · Jan 23, 2008

Yesterday in a thread about testing at Valencia there were some comments about the Toyota having the most problems. I'd said it looked to me like the BMW was the one in trouble: http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=137400107&postcount=6

Today Nick H. has said he's concerned about the current development and pace of the car.

Autosport

Heidfeld unsure about BMW's form

By Jonathan Noble Wednesday, January 23rd 2008, 13:12 GMT

BMW Sauber are not where they should be with their new F1.08 and need to work hard to overcome the balance problems that have affected early testing.

That is the verdict of Nick Heidfeld who, despite feeling confident that the team can get things sorted before the Australian Grand Prix, admits that their new car has not yet delivered what he had hoped.

"Last year (at this stage) things seemed better to me," said Heidfeld during testing at Valencia in Spain. "Last year the balance was there quicker and we were more where we expected to be.

"But I cannot yet say this car is worse, because I think we know what areas we have to work on. We are quite confident that by Melbourne we will be able to be where we scheduled ourselves to be."

When asked by autosport.com to describe what the car's handling felt like, he said: "On the balance side we are not yet where we would like to be.

"We already saw that last week. We had some improvements here, and we know where we have to work. We have to get new parts on a daily basis and I think we will improve the car quite quickly to where we should be.

"There are some parts still in the wind tunnel which are not on the car yet. But even without those, we expected to have a car that had a nicer balance. "

Heidfeld claims that the main problem is that the car's handling is inconsistent over a lap.

"I don't want to go too much into detail but I would say the balance of the car is too wide - meaning it is not only understeer and not only oversteer depending where on the circuit it was

"We've made some set up changes and the aero adjustment is getting better, but it is still not where it should be."

BMW Sauber have set their sights on a maiden Formula One victory this year after finishing second in the constructors' championship last year.
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Ambassiatore · Jan 23, 2008

...good info from Heidfield, is rare to hear that much from a car behavior being this good or bad...they are not allowed to say a thing..let alone describing how is handling...he must be really pissed!... and was probably caught venting his frustration by the reporter.

...now he´s gonna have a lot of explaining to do when he gets back to the headquarters...

...although some use this as a way to put the pressure on the design team or the mechanics over at the factory, but for sure there is a lot to be done on the BMW car...cant wait for AUSSIE

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