May 21 (GMM) Team driver Nick Heidfeld has added to expectations that BMW-Sauber could be set for a very competitive showing on the tight streets of Monaco this week.

Austrian legend Niki Lauda has tipped the Hinwil based team to achieve its maiden victory in the Principality, and Heidfeld's on-form teammate Robert Kubica said recently that he has a "chance" to win there because the 2008 car's strength is in slower corners.

31-year-old Heidfeld, meanwhile - despite struggling to keep up with Kubica so far in 2008 - won at Monaco on three occasions during his junior F3 and F3000 career.

In F1, he finished second for Williams in 2005.

"Theoretically, the chance that the F1.08 will be strong at Monaco is pretty good," the German is quoted as saying in an interview with Frankfurter Rundschau.

"The track should suit the car, and myself as well," Heidfeld added.

23-year-old Kubica told the Swiss newspaper 20 Minuten: "Before the season I was asked where we are most likely to do a really good result, and I said Monaco."