Wise old heads can sometimes take a battering, but today there was a certain feeling of karma for Nick Heidfeld as his controversial replacement Bruno Senna faced a difficult opening to his Renault racing career. With Heidfeld proceeding with a legal case against the loss of his drive, Senna had to "lead" the team in former number one Robert Kubica's continued absence. The events that preceded this choice were complex at best. Nick Heidfeld was never going to be the comfortable leader that Kubica was and Renault was naive to think so. However, he was certainly capable of having the advantage over his inexperienced team mate Vitaly Petrov. Whilst Heidfeld struggled in some Grand Prix the bigger picture showed he could edg...

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Wise old heads can sometimes take a battering, but today there was a certain feeling of karma for Nick Heidfeld as his controversial replacement Bruno Senna faced a difficult opening to his Renault racing career. With Heidfeld proceeding with a legal case against the loss of his drive, Senna had to "lead" the team in former number one Robert Kubica's continued absence. The events that preceded this choice were complex at best. Nick Heidfeld was never going to be the comfortable leader that Kubica was and Renault was naive to think so. However, he was certainly capable of having the advantage over his inexperienced team mate Vitaly Petrov. Whilst Heidfeld struggled in some Grand Prix the bigger picture showed he could edg...

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