Heidfeld Hopes for Points Finish

Jordan driver Nick Heidfeld is hoping to score some points at tomorrow's European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring circuit after qualifying in 13th place.

"I was quite happy with my qualifying lap, it was certainly better than first qualifying," said Heidfeld, who scored his first points of the season at last Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.

"We improved the car massively this morning compared to yesterday - thanks to the team, especially the engineers. It's nice to be in front of the Saubers â€" that is a good thing for us.

"Bridgestone have got a good tyre here but it's difficult to get it optimised for one lap so the race should be interesting. My hopes for points are always there, especially racing at home. Nevertheless we will give it our best shot and see what happens."

The German driver outqualified his Italian teammate Giorgio Pantano, who will start the race from 16th position.

"I'm disappointed that I didn't deliver my best on that lap," admitted Pantano. " I was not completely on the limit and although for the first two sectors I was just a few hundredths of a second off Nick's time, I messed up the last sector when I made a mistake on the last corner at the chicane.

"On the positive side, we improved quite a lot from this morning and yesterday, when it was not going so well. I believe we have a good consistent race car so let's see what happens tomorrow."