Heidfeld Incident at Hungaroring

Nick Heidfeld suffered horrific incident when appearing at the Hungarian GP. Not because of collisions with high speed, but because he was nearly baked inside his own car. Although it was not until the hurt, the fire this time is very scary for Heidfeld.

Heidfeld Renault car mounts burst into flames shortly after he finished second pit stops. Renault team so far not been able to confirm the cause of the incident, although for a while allegedly because of overheating in gas discharge channel.

When realized there was fire in his car when out of the pits, Heidfeld could increase the speed of the jet its ground in the hope it could extinguish the fire. But the opposite is true because it looks more and more large fires.

Conditions that make Heidfeld pulled up and immediately decided to jump out. When trying to extinguish the fire marshal's race, the car sidepod flake pop and throw the car into the track.

"It was more horrible (compared to similar events in Barcelona). In Barcelona I look to the left, saw a small fire and have time to stop. This time, I look straight ahead, I saw fire and felt the heat," said Heidfeld at the Autosports.

The fire started when Heidfeld spattered into the second pit stops. Heidfeld still trying to get out of the pit stops and look forward speed of the car will put out the fire. However, even more blazing fire.

Heidfeld pulled up at the end of pit lane and had jumped out. When the marshals tried to extinguish the flames, the left side of his car exploded and left debris on the track.

No injuries experienced by the German in the incident. And until now the Renault team are still investigating the incident to find the cause.

"I really feel the temperature. That's a little bit terrifying - much more (horrible) than in Barcelona."

"They (teams) are still investigating. We stopped in the pit for a long time, so it may be one reason, but apparently it's not because of pit stops that are too long - it's not because I was stuck for 20 seconds. We're still investigating," complete racer 34 that year.

Heidfeld believes Renault cars have problems sewer air is too hot. Investigations carried out to find out why the airways that is too hot can burn the car body.