Nick Heidfeld seems to be taking advantage of his big chance to be on the F1 grid in 2011. Former Sauber, possible replacement for the injured Robert Kubica driver sits today in Renault R31 in Jerez de la Frontera for the first time.
To little more than half a day the German pilot is leaving very impressed that it is marking a rate exceeding the of future teammate Vitaly Petrov.
Petrov stopped the Cronus yesterday 1: 22.493 minutes, while Heidfeld to that of the noon already stopped the stopwatch in 1: 21.849 minutes, taking sixth place in the time table.
According to information from the team, so they baptized from the wall with "quick nick" that had gone doing laps and accumulating mileage to find a good balance in the Renault. In accordance with the programme planned by Team Lotus Renault GP, Heidfeld will begin to make batches long to use the KERS and the mobile rear spoiler in the afternoon.
The good performance of the German pilot is complicating the possibility of Pedro de la Rosa may have a session of testing with Renault…
At the moment, the best time is in the hands of the Spanish driver Fernando Alonso with a time of 1: 20.493 minutes.
