Heidfeld suffers grid penalty
BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld will start ninth instead of sixth in tomorrow’s Singapore Grand Prix after being hit with a penalty following qualifying.
Race stewards handed the German the three-place penalty after they deemed he had impeded Honda’s Rubens Barrichello during the first qualifying session.
Heidfeld was ruled to have entered the pit lane too slowly and was consequently caught by Barrichello on a flying lap.
Honda driver Barrichello, meanwhile, was fined £8,000 for failing to use the deceleration zone after being slowed down by Heidfeld on entering the pits.
