Nick Heidfeld in Barcelona said he felt he was moving closer to the renewal of his contract to drive for the BMW-Sauber team beyond this year.
The German has been a surprise standout of the 2007 season so far, and on Thursday presented an ‘all smiles’ setting with his team boss Mario Theissen as he celebrated his thirtieth birthday in the BMW motor home by cutting a cake.
“I am very content with my current situation,” Heidfeld told the Cologne newspaper Express.
“Concerning the contract, I am confident that we are moving closer. From both sides, I do not think there are too many reasons to stop working with each other.”
Theissen, however – eager to press on the career of teenage test driver Sebastian Vettel – insists that a decision about the 2008 lineup will not be made until later.
Heidfeld, meanwhile, played down suggestions that BMW’s impressive rate of progress could deliver his first victory in 2007.
He said: “I do think expectations are a little too high at the moment. I say it again and again, but people seem to forget where we came from.”
