Heikki Kovalainen, F1 driver

personalia

nationality:	Finnish
date of birth:	19 October 1981 (41)

same birthday:

Enrique Bernoldi (19 October 1978)

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statistics

wins:	1 (0.9%)
podiums:	4 (3.6%)
pole positions:	1 ( British Grand Prix) (0.9%)
championships:	0 (0%)
best result:	1st (2008 Hungarian Grand Prix)
seasons:	7
events:	112
starts:	112
points:	105 (0.9 points per race avg)
laps raced:	5971
laps led:	42 (0.7%)
fastest laps:	2 (1.8%)
retirements:	21 (18.8%)

first event:	2007 Australian Grand Prix
last event:	2013 Brazilian Grand Prix
first victory:	2008 Hungarian Grand Prix

about Heikki Kovalainen

Heikki Johannes Kovalainen (Finnish pronunciation: [?heikki ?ko??l?inen]; born 19 October 1981) is a Finnish racing driver. He raced in Formula 1 between 2007 and 2013 for the Renault, McLaren, Team Lotus and Lotus F1 teams.

He was supported by the Renault Driver Development programme early in his racing career, during which he won the World Series by Nissan championship and finished runner-up in the GP2 series. Renault signed him on as a full-time Formula One test driver for 2006, and then promoted him to a race seat for 2007. He gained his first podium by finishing second in the Japanese Grand Prix that year.

He moved to McLaren for the 2008 season, where he partnered Lewis Hamilton. His second season saw him achieve his first pole position at Silverstone and his first victory at Hungaroring, becoming the 100th driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix. He remained with the team for the 2009 season.

In 2010, he moved to the newly created Team Lotus where he also remained for 2011 and 2012, with the team renamed Caterham F1 for 2012. 2012 was his last full season in Formula One. Kovalainen competed in the last two races of the 2013 season for Lotus F1 as a short-notice stand-in for regular driver Kimi Räikkönen.

In 2015, Kovalainen moved to Japan to compete in Super GT in the GT500 class with Lexus.

source: Wikipedia

seasons

2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,

finishing positions

grid positions

wins Heikki Kovalainen

#	event		constructor
1	2008 Hungarian Grand Prix	round 11	McLaren

pole positions Heikki Kovalainen

#	event		constructor
1	2008 British Grand Prix	round 9	McLaren

teams & teammates Heikki Kovalainen

season	teammate
2007	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	compare 2007
2008	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	compare 2008
2009	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	compare 2009
2010	Jarno Trulli	Lotus	compare 2010
2011	Jarno Trulli Karun Chandhok	Lotus	compare 2011
2012	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	compare 2012
2013	Kimi Räikkönen Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	compare 2013

news

2020-06-06 Hamilton Eau Rouge bet showed his class, says Kovalainen

Reflecting on his time as Hamilton?s teammate at McLaren in 2008 and 2009, Kovalainen says that he found himself always have to ?stretch? to try to match the British driver.
And he says there is no?better example of Hamilton?s belief in his own abilities than a wager he made with Kovalainen ahead of the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix.
Speaking in the latest Beyond the Grid official F1 ...

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