All Posts Tagged With: "Heikki Kovalainen"
Is 2009 A Crucial Year For Heikki Kovalainen’s Career?
After his first grand prix outing in a Formula One car, back in March 2007, Heikki Kovalainen found himself on the receiving end of a very public ear-bashing, the result of a disastrous race. A few months later though, and Heikki was giving his much more experienced team mate a run for his money, and [...]
Launches 2009: McLaren Present The MP4-24
Just 24 hours after the world saw the second 2009 Formula One car to be unveiled, today is the turn of McLaren. With the wraps being taken off at the team’s Woking factory, Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen were confident that the new car will enable the 2008 runners-up to continue winning and extend Hamilton’s [...]
Caption Contest: #62
The sixty-second photograph to feature in BlogF1’s caption contest. You know the drill, think of something funny and witty to say and leave it as a comment below. Apologies for being a little late this week, but here we have a press conference with Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren and Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing. [...]
Hungary 2008: Heikki Kovalainen Steals Victory From Felipe Massa
Heikki Kovalainen has taken his very first race win as the Hungarian Grand Prix threw up several surprises during the 70-lap grand prix. From the start it looked as though Felipe Massa would be the eventual winner having passed both McLaren’s into turn one on the first lap. However, with just three laps to go [...]
Hungary 2008: Race Result
Heikki Kovalainen has taken his maiden grand prix victory around the Hungaroring, leading Timo Glock and Kimi Raikkonen on to the podium. In a race that was led by Felipe Massa from the start, it wasn’t until the third lap from the end that the race took it’s final twist with the Ferrari engine expiring. [...]
Humble Heikki Blames Himself For British Grand Prix Blunder
In an act of quite unbelievable honesty, the likes that Formula One rarely sees (and probably promotes that statement above the necessary because of it) Heikki Kovalainen has laid the blame for his lack of winning at Silverstone on his own shoulders. Speaking after the rain-sodden grand prix, Kovalainen said that his rear tyres were [...]
Silverstone 2008: Heikki Kovalainen Takes Maiden Pole
Heikki Kovalainen has taken his maiden pole position ahead of tomorrow’s British Grand Prix. The Finnish driver looked very good in testing last week as he did yesterday during the free practice sessions. It was a close run qualifying session with a little rain thrown in for good measure, but on the last lap, Kovalainen [...]
Silverstone 2008: Qualifying Result
In a sensational qualifying session for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Heikki Kovalainen has taken his very first Formula One pole position. And perhaps even more surprising is the driver who will pull up in grid slot two: Mark Webber. The final session was incredible and for a few moments, the Australian was there [...]
