Alonso and Heidfeld to Be Teammates at BMW

Drivers for BMW Sauber in 2009

On Friday, I speculated that Heidfeld and Alonso may end up driving for BMW next year. Despite Kubica performing better this year, I believe that Heidfeld's experience, and his German-ness, may force BMW to opt for the veteran over the promising upstart. Some in the F1 blogosphere today seem to have adopted this contrarian view.

I don't think BMW is prejudiced against Kubica in particular or Polish people in general, but it feels like they are passive-aggressively hinting to him that he is no longer welcome. Renault would love to have him and a simple switch of the seats between Alonso and Kubica would make everyone mildly happy.

With Alonso and Heidfeld together, BMW will be unstoppable next season.

CKY