Heidfeld encouraged by his pace

Third in Malaysia, Nick Heidfeld hopes to get on the podium again in China. The Lotus-Renault seemed on the pace in the first session, but two off-track events prevented the German from confirming. “ This is obviously not the day we wanted today, after my off-track events in the first session then in the second which were each time my fault, he admits. I hope this bodes well because we also weren't able to do many laps in Malaysia and then we had a good result. Considering I only covered five laps in the first session, I'm surprised at my speed. We were both in the top 10. There is still a little bigger gap than we had hoped. As expected, we were faster on the soft tires than the hard ones. It's a good point to have been able to use them both. »