MANAMA, Bahrain - BMW-Sauber's Formula One season went from bad to worse in Bahrain on Sunday with their cars lapped and last.

The team who secured their first ever pole position at Sakhir last year through Poland's Robert Kubica were never in contention.

Kubica finished 18th and Nick Heidfeld was 19th out of 19 finishers.

In China last weekend they finished 13th and 12th respectively.

"My race was destroyed after corner one," said Kubica, who has yet to score a point after four races of what was supposed to be a championship-chasing year for the Munich manufacturer.

"I was between Nick and another car, we touched each other and I destroyed my front wing.

"Then, after the crash, there was a miscommunication with the pit crew. I asked to come in straight away but was only able to pit after the second lap...we were really nowhere with our pace."

Heidfeld, whose lucky second place in the rain-shortened Malaysian Grand Prix represents BMW-Sauber's only top-10 finish this season, described his race as a disaster.

"We knew it would be another difficult race weekend for us and it was also clear the danger of a collision would be higher the further down the grid we were," said team boss Mario Theissen.

"As we feared, both our drivers had early collisions and as a result the race was practically over."

The team, who have scored just four points this year, will have a new aerodynamic package for the next Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. -Reuters