Sven Heidfeld

Sven Heidfeld (born October 25, 1978 in Mönchengladbach ) is a former German automobile racing driver and the younger brother of Formula 1 racing driver Nick Heidfeld . He is also a TV commentator and racing expert, mainly for the TV station Sky Deutschland .

Career

Heidfeld's career was marked by budget problems. He missed the last six races in the German Formula 3 Championship in 2000 and the last four races in the Formula Chrysler Euro Series in 2001 . In 2004 he couldn't get past two races in the Superfund Euro Formula 3000 . In Formula Renault, he won 6 out of 8 races.

In addition to his work as a test driver for the automotive industry, Heidfeld runs the motorsport event agency "Heidfeld-Racing.de".

Stations

In motorsport

• 1983-1987: Motocross
• 1987-1997: Kart ; Fourth fastest in the European Championship in Braga, second fastest in the World Cup in Ugento (both 1994)
• 1997: German Formula Renault ( champion with 5 wins in 8 races)
• 1998: Formula Renault 2000
• 1999: German Formula 3 , Opel Team BSR (11th place; 3rd place in the rookie classification )
• 2000: German Formula 3, Opel Team BSR (9th place; including pole position + starting position 2 and 4th + 2 place at the Norisring )
• 2001: Formula Chrysler Euro Series (3rd place)
• 2002: German Formula 3, Team Mücke Mercedes (16th place), year of development for Mercedes
• 2003: Euro Formula 3000 , Draco Junior Team , (4th place; 3rd place in the rookie classification)
• 2004: Superfund Euro Formula 3000
• 2005: Porsche Carrera Cup

As a motorsport TV commentator and presenter

• 2006–2009: Motorsport commentator at Premiere , moderator ( Premiere Speedtalk , 2008)
• 2009–: Motorsport commentator on Sky Deutschland and SSN TV , presenter

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norisring Speedweekend - 7th run DM ( PDF ; 28 kB) formel3guide.com
2. ↑ Sascha Roos & Sven Heidfeld: A portrait of the Speedtalk team spox.com

Web links

• Homepage of Sven Heidfeld