BMW-Sauber has admitted that it is at a loss to explain its poor performance in last weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix - a race in which the squad produced by some margin its worst showing of the 2008 season to-date.
S?bastien Bourdais has been demoted five grid positions for being deemed to have impeded BMW-Sauber rival Nick Heidfeld during the opening phase of qualifying in Budapest for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix.
For the first time this year, Dr Mario Theissen has suggested that BMW-Sauber will retain an unchanged driver line-up in Formula 1 in 2009 - seeming to quell speculation about Nick Heidfeld's future at the squad.
TV unilaterals Q: Lewis, you started the season with a win, you won the Monaco Grand Prix, but now the moment's yours. Let's savour the moment, describe your emotions on that slow-down lap, having won the British Grand Prix.
Questions from the floor: Q: (Bob McKenzie - The Daily Express ) Lewis, you mentioned that the last couple of weeks you've had troubles. Has that been tough and how much has today justified what you've been saying?
TV unilaterals Q: Lewis, you started the season with a win, you won the Monaco Grand Prix, but now the moment's yours. Let's savour the moment, describe your emotions on that slow-down lap, having won the British Grand Prix.
With some in the grand prix paddock suggesting he is embroiled in a battle to save his seat at BMW-Sauber beyond the end of the 2008 Formula 1 campaign, Nick Heidfeld has come out fighting, underlining his belief that his form over the early stages of the season has been portrayed as being worse
Questions from the floor: Q: (Daniel Bastien - Radio FM 103.3 ) Question for Robert and Nick, considering the standings in both championships, is BMW Sauber now a top team today?
In a performance reminiscent of that which delivered him his breakthrough Formula 1 victory in Montreal last year, Lewis Hamilton got his 2008 title bid off to the perfect start by triumphing in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne - never putting a foot wrong as the heat and lack of traction c
Nick Heidfeld refused to be drawn on the fact that his name has been mentioned in connection with a move to McLaren next season, insisting that he was bound to BMW.
Nick Heidfeld was given the thumbs up yesterday [Wednesday] following his test debut with the BMW WilliamsF1 at Jerez, in Spain. Williams' technical director, Sam Michael stated that he did a 'great job'.