Heikki Kovalainen 2020 Beyond the Grid interview
This week Tom welcomes one-time Grand Prix winner Heikki Kovalainen onto the show to discuss his rollercoaster Grand Prix career, which began with Renault in 2007 and took in 111..
Name | Heikki Kovalainen |
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Place of Birth | Suomussalmi |
Date of Birth | Oct 19th 1981 - 39 years old |
Season Entries | 7 |
First Race | 2007 Australian Grand Prix |
Last Race | 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix |
First Pole | 2008 British Grand Prix |
Last Pole | 2008 British Grand Prix |
First Win | 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix |
Last Win | 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix |
First Podium | 2007 Japanese Grand Prix |
Last Podium | 2008 Italian Grand Prix |
Heikki Kovalainen F1 Stats |
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Race Entries | 112 |
Race Starts | 111 |
Race Wins | 1 (0,9%) |
Pole Positions | 1 (0,9%) |
Fastest Laps | 2 (1,8%) |
Podiums | 4 (3,6%) |
Points Finishes | 29 (25,9%) |
Retirements | 25 (22,3%) |
Front Row Starts | 5 |
Total Points | 105 |
Total Laps | 5.839 |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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7th | 7th | 11th | 20th | 23th | 20th | 23th |
Year | Team | Engine | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | Laps | FL | Avg Pts | Points |
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2013 |
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Renault | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
2012 |
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Renault | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1018 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
2011 |
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Renault | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 947 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
2010 |
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Cosworth | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 926 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
2009 |
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Mercedes | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 788 | 0 | 1.29 | 22 |
2008 |
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Mercedes | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1011 | 2 | 2.94 | 53 |
2007 |
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Renault | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1023 | 0 | 1.76 | 30 |
1th | 1 Time |
2th | 2 Times |
3th | 1 Time |
4th | 4 Times |
5th | 7 Times |
6th | 3 Times |
7th | 5 Times |
8th | 6 Times |
9th | 3 Times |
10th | 3 Times |
11th | 2 Times |
12th | 4 Times |
13th | 6 Times |
14th | 11 Times |
15th | 6 Times |
16th | 8 Times |
17th | 8 Times |
18th | 7 Times |
19th | 3 Times |
23th | 1 Time |
DNF | 19 Times |
NC | 1 Time |
DNS | 1 Time |
Year | Race | No | Team | Engine | Grid | Pos | Retired | Pts | |
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4 | 2008 | 2008 Italian Grand Prix | 23 | McLaren | Mercedes | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
3 | 2008 | 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix | 23 | McLaren | Mercedes | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
2 | 2008 | 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix | 23 | McLaren | Mercedes | 8 | 3 | 6 | |
1 | 2007 | 2007 Japanese Grand Prix | 4 | Renault | Renault | 11 | 2 | 8 |
Year | Race | No | Team | Engine | Grid | Pos | Retired | Pts | |
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1 | 2008 | 2008 British Grand Prix | 23 | McLaren | Mercedes | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Season | Team | Team Mate | Best Pos | Points | Wins | Poles | Position | Qualifying | ||||||
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2007 | Renault | Giancarlo Fisichella | 2 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
2008 | McLaren | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 53 | 98 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 13 |
2009 | McLaren | Lewis Hamilton | 4 | 1 | 22 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 12 |
2010 | Caterham | Jarno Trulli | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
2011 | Caterham | Jarno Trulli | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 2 |
Karun Chandhok | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2012 | Caterham | Vitaly Petrov | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
2013 | Lotus F1 | Romain Grosjean | 14 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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