HEIKKI KOVALAINEN

Full circle

HeikkiKovalainen.net Support Team — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:32:38 +0200

The 2009 Formula 1 season is now concluded and frankly it is a shame that we had the 'guess the position' competition on our web-site and not 'guess what will go wrong with Heikki's weekend'. Every racing weekend we could be quite certain that something will go wrong. For the last race of the season the first problems were reserved for the qualification. Kovy’s speed gave us hope that he could actually make it to the front row – yes!, but it never went that far thanks to the gearbox issues. His car got stuck in second gear and with that all his chances to gain a good starting position were shot.

Mission control

HeikkiKovalainen.net Support Team — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:29:54 +0200

Team McLaren once again opened the doors to the fans to let us have a look around at the Team’s operational centre during the Grands Prix. Advanced technology and the choreographed team work are the driving forces behind success of the Team’s drivers – Heikki and Lewis. Click here to enter the secret world of Heikki’s team!

From dusk to dawn

HeikkiKovalainen.net Support Team — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:46:38 +0200

If you ever wondered what is going on behind the scenes with your favourite team between the Grands Prix here we have a fascinating new video showing the remarkable journey made by the team's F1 cars from Woking to the Italian Grand Prix in Monza.

Enjoy!!

Kovy with race action, but no points

HeikkiKovalainen.net Support Team — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:35:38 +0200

„While I'm really looking forward to race at a classic racetrack like Suzuka for the first time, I don't think the circuit will be ideal for our package“, stated Heikki Kovalainen when he and the team were heading towards Suzuka – and sadly he was right. After the good showing on both Friday and Saturday mornings every session that mattered went wrong. In the quali Kovy only managed P9 after hitting the barriers in Q2.

Running fast and saving tires

HeikkiKovalainen.net Support Team — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:09:57 +0200

Friday was a day of mixed emotions for Heikki in Suzuka. People who raced in Suzuka before, together with the rookies of the track (like Heikki) were wondering if weather would be kinder to them than it was in Fuji. Wrong!

Track surface during the morning session was still very damp and not so good for finding good balance. In these difficult conditions Heikki ran only 24 laps but was still able to manage the fastest time in the morning, the one no other driver could match.