McLaren Mercedes

  • Chassis: MP4-25
  • Engine: FO 108X
  • Tyres: Bridgestone
  • Base: Woking, Surrey, UK
  • Team Principal: Martin Whitmarsh
  • Championships Won: 8
  • Pole Positions: 145
  • Fastest Laps: 137
  • F1 Debut: Monaco GP 1966
  • Technical Director: Paddy Lowe
  • - Neil Oatley
  • Test Drivers: Gary Paffett
  • Competing in: Formula 1

Heikki Kovalainen

Heikki Kovalainen
  • DOB : 19th October 1981
  • Nationality : Finnish
  • 2009 team : McLaren-Mercedes
  • 2009 Car number : 2
  • 2010 team : TBA
  • Races : 52
  • Championships : 0
  • Wins : 1
  • Podiums : 4
  • Career points : 105
  • Pole positions : 1
  • Fastest laps : 2
  • First race : 2007 Australian GP
  • First win : 2008 Hungarian GP
  • Last race : 2009 Abu Dhabi GP

Kovalainen first tested for F1 at Barcelona in December 2003, and after this Renault made him second test driver alongside Montagny for 2004.  His first official testing session with McLaren was on January 9 2008 with Pedro de la Rosa at Jerez, and his team mate Lewis Hamilton. 

Career summary

Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing
1999 World Championship Formula A Tony Kart/Vortex/BS n/a 17th
Finnish Championship Formula A n/a 2nd
2000 World Championship Formula Super A Tony Kart/Vortex/BS n/a 3rd
European Championship Formula Super A 39 4th
Nordic Championship Formula A n/a 1st
Finnish Championship Formula A n/a 2nd
Paris-Bercy Elf Masters n/a 1st
2001 British Formula Renault Fortec Motorsport 13 2 2 243 4th
Formula Three Macau GP Fortec Motorsport 1 0 0 n/a 8th
2002 British Formula Three Fortec Motorsport 26 2 5 257 3rd
Formula Three Macau GP Fortec Motorsport 1 0 0 n/a 2nd
2003 World Series by Nissan Gabord Competicion 18 3 1 134 2nd
2004 World Series by Nissan Pons Racing 18 10 6 176 1st
2005 GP2 Series Arden International 23 2 5 105 2nd
2006 Formula 1 Mild Seven Renault F1 Team Test driver
2007 Formula 1 ING Renault F1 Team 17 0 0 30 7th
2008 Formula 1 McLaren Mercedes 18 1 1 53 7th
2009 Formula 1 McLaren Mercedes 17 0 0 22 12th

Heikki Kovalainen 2009 Season Stats

RaceDateStartFinishPointsTotal
Australian GP29 Mar 2009121900
Malaysian GP5 Apr 2009142000
Chinese GP19 Apr 200912544
Bahrain GP26 Apr 2009111204
Spanish GP10 May 2009181604
Monaco GP24 May 200971604
Turkish GP7 Jun 2009141404
British GP21 Jun 2009132004
German GP12 Jul 20096815
Hungarian GP26 Jul 20096549
European GP23 Aug 200924514
Belgian GP30 Aug 2009156317
Italian GP13 Sep 200946320
Singapore GP27 Sep 200987222
Japanese GP4 Oct 20091111022
Brazilian GP18 Oct 20091612022
Abu Dhabi GP1 Nov 20091811022

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