For BMW WilliamsF1's Nick Heidfeld his 2005 season has seen him secure a third place in Malaysia, a second place at Monaco, and now his first pole position in Formula One at the European Grand Prix. For a driver who had to fight it out with Antonio Pizzonia for his drive with the team in 2005 the results that he has achieved so far in 2005 have been just what the team asked for.

Now Nick sees himself that pole for the European Grand Prix and the possibility of his first race win. As for how he felt after knowing that he had secured pole Nick said it was just fantastic.

Nick spoke of his pole by saying: "It's fantastic. I thought after Monaco that it would be a bit more difficult for us here but luckily I was wrong. It went quite well this weekend. I had a bit of a problem yesterday on my car, I had to stop early which didn't make the tyre choice easy for us. I thought we could be on the front row but I was surprised to see us on pole position. It's fantastic, my first pole position in Formula One and my first pole position, obviously for a number of years now."

As for how his lap went Nick said that he was satisfied with it. He added: "I was satisfied with it. This morning I lost quite a lot of time, on my quickest lap I think I lost grip towards the end of the lap, so I changed my ‘out' lap today a bit. I probably lost a bit on the first sector but overall I think it was good."

As for achieving his first pole at a race in Germany Nick said that to achieve such a result in front of your home crowd was the best way to do it.

Nick said: "If you could chose a race where you want to have your first pole position I think this one would be it. It's my home Grand Prix and it's fantastic. The race is tomorrow, but obviously it's the best position to start."