Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Johannes Kovalainen[1] (born October 19, 1981 in Suomussalmi, Finland) is a Finnish Formula One racing driver who spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons with British-based team Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. In 2010, he joined the new Lotus team.
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Formula One World Championship career | |
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Races | 82 (81 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 4 |
Career points | 105 |
Pole positions | 1 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
First race | 2007 Australian Grand Prix |
First win | 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix |
Last win | 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix |
Last race | 2012 British Grand Prix |
2010 position | 20th (0 points) |
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2001 | Formula Renault 2000 UK | Fortec Motorsport | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 243 | 4th |
Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th | ||
Korea Super Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 25th | ||
2002 | British Formula Three | Fortec Motorsport | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 257 | 3rd |
Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd | ||
Korea Super Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 14th | ||
Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | ||
2003 | World Series by Nissan | Gabord Competición | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 134 | 2nd |
2004 | World Series by Nissan | Pons Racing | 18 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 176 | 1st |
2005 | GP2 Series | Arden International | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 105 | 2nd |
2006 | Formula One | Mild Seven Renault F1 Team | Test driver | ||||||
2007 | Formula One | ING Renault F1 Team | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 7th |
2008 | Formula One | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 7th |
2009 | Formula One | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12th |
2010 | Formula One | Lotus Racing | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20th |
2011 | Formula One | Team Lotus | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 23rd* |
* Season in progress.
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
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2005 | Arden International | SMR FEA 1 |
SMR SPR 3 |
ESP FEA 3 |
ESP SPR Ret |
MON FEA 5 |
EUR FEA 1 |
EUR SPR Ret |
FRA FEA 1 |
FRA SPR 3 |
GBR FEA 2 |
GBR SPR 3 |
GER FEA 5 |
GER SPR 6 |
HUN FEA 2 |
HUN SPR 5 |
TUR FEA 10 |
TUR SPR 1 |
ITA FEA 1 |
ITA SPR 5 |
BEL FEA 15 |
BEL SPR 9 |
BHR FEA 3 |
BHR SPR Ret |
2nd | 105 |
Complete Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Heikki Kovalainen Media
Kovalainen at the 2002 Macau Grand Prix
Kovalainen testing for Renault F1 in 2006, at Valencia
Kovalainen at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix, leading Nico Rosberg
Kovalainen at the 2007 British Grand Prix
Kovalainen had time to watch the Template:F1 GP after his only retirement of the season.
Kovalainen at the Template:F1 GP
Kovalainen leading Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone
Kovalainen testing the McLaren MP4-24 at Jerez
Kovalainen at the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix
References
- ↑ "Urheilukoulussa saapumiserässä II / 2000 tulleet" (in Finnish). The Finnish Defense Forces. Archived from the original on 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
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