Heikki Kovalainen

Heikki Johannes Kovalainen (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.

 Racing record 
Career summary
 Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 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 2005 Arden International SMRFEA1 SMRSPR3 ESPFEA3 ESPSPRRet MONFEA5 EURFEA1 EURSPRRet FRAFEA1 FRASPR3 GBRFEA2 GBRSPR3 GERFEA5 GERSPR6 HUNFEA2 HUNSPR5 TURFEA10 TURSPR1 ITAFEA1 ITASPR5 BELFEA15 BELSPR9 BHRFEA3 BHRSPRRet 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)
 Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WDC Points 2007 ING Renault F1 Team Renault R27 Renault RS27 2.4 V8 AUS MAL BHR ESP MON13 CAN USA FRA GBR EUR HUN TUR ITA BEL JPN CHN BRA 7th 30 2008 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-23 Mercedes FO 108V 2.4 V8 AUS MAL  BHR ESP TUR MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN EUR BEL10 ITA SIN JPN CHN BRA 7th 53 2009 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-24 Mercedes FO 108W 2.4 V8 AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA SIN JPN BRA ABU 12th 22  Lotus Racing Lotus T127 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 BHR AUS MAL CHN ESP MON TUR CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN16 JPN KOR BRA ABU 20th 0  Team Lotus Lotus T128 Renault RS27-2011 2.4 V8 AUS MAL CHN TUR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU BRA 22nd 0 2012 Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8 AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU USA BRA 22nd 0 2013 Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT03 Renault RS27-2013 2.4 V8 AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN KOR JPN IND ABU 21st 0 Lotus F1 Team Lotus E21 USA BRA
 Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

 References 

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Category:Finnish racecar drivers
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Category:GP2 Series drivers