The BMW F1 Roller Coaster

The roles were reversed this weekend for the boys of BMW as Robert Kubica stole Nick Heidfeld’s glory of finishing 4^th place in the 4^th round of the F1 race season.

On a beautiful sunny day in Barcelona, Nick Heidfeld had nothing but a black cloud over his head for most of his race. First with a pit stop error, which left his car with one of his wheels barely hanging on and having to complete an entire lap at a snails pace, to having stubborn transmission problems, which eventually made him throw in the towel.  

Though these little hiccups are annoying to the team, they still remain in third position in the constructor’s championship. Although BMW most likely will not pass this point, it seems like they are going to be the toughest team to beat other than Ferrari and Maclaren.

The next race finishing positions and points will be determined of how you place in qualifying. This Monaco race sees racers basically stay in their race spots for the best part of the whole race as there is essentially no room to pass on this tight course.

This will be a tough race indeed. Not only do Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica have to deal with the pressure of qualifying into Q3 to hopefully be in the points, they also have to deal with Darryl Budd and Carly sitting in the stands watching their every move.  

Tune in May 27th at 7:30am to catch all the action live on Speed TV.