It has been confirmed that BMW WilliamsF1 driver Nick Heidfeld will miss the Brazilian Grand Prix. Heidfeld was recovering from injuries received in a testing crash. But the German was to injure himself in a bicycle accident at the weekend.

Heidfeld was to suffer a fractured right shoulder blade and other minor injuries.

Heidfeld spoke of his latest injury by saying: "It's such a mess. After I could not drive two races because of the consequences of an accident in testing at Monza, I must now also miss Brazil."

Heidfeld added: "I wanted to train at home a little in order to see whether, with a higher pulse, my headache would become apparent again.

"I took my racing cycle, because I wanted to avoid the impacts of going off-road on my mountain bike. At a junction I was unfortunately negligent and collided with a motorbike. I fell off but thought it was not so bad.

"But then I felt pain in my shoulder and I drove to hospital. They X-rayed the shoulder and did a CT scan, and found a fracture in my right shoulder blade. They also found a dislocation in my left ring finger and a few grazes – but they would not have been a problem for Brazil.

"It is only that the shoulder blade must heal completely before I can drive again. I am unbelievably annoyed that this happened to me – and that I cannot help the team this week in testing or in Brazil."

It is expected that the WilliamsF1 team will use team test driver Antonio Pizzonia for the Brazilian Grand Prix, what is Antonio's home Grand Prix.