The Chinese Grand Prix was bad, and the Bahrain GP even worse. Thanks to starting from rather hopeless grid positions, the BMW Sauber F1 Team drivers found themselves at the back of the pack after being involved in first corner incidents.

Robert Kubica finished 18th and Nick Heidfeld 19^th in what can only be described as the team’s worst race in their Formula One history. The team now awaits the update of the F1.09 for the Spanish Grand Prix where hopefully their performances will return to normal.

“We knew it would be another difficult race weekend for us, and it was also clear the danger of a collision would be higher the further down the grid we were,” said Mario Theissen. “As we feared, both our drivers had early collisions and as a result the race was practically over.”

“During the pit stops we gave them a lot of fuel and sent them out with hard tyres, because the only chance of getting back into the race would have been during a safety-car period. But even if this had happened scoring a point would have been impossible. We are now concentrating on the next race in Barcelona, where we will compete with a new aero package.”