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Heikki Kovalainen

Kovalainen at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix
Born	19 October 1981 (1981-10-19)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Finnish
Entries	82 (81 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	1
Podiums	4
Career points	105
Pole positions	1
Fastest laps	2
First entry	2007 Australian Grand Prix
First win	2008 Hungarian Grand Prix
Last win	2008 Hungarian Grand Prix
Last entry	2019 Monaco Grand Prix
2010 position	20th (0 points)

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	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 SMR FEA 1 SMR SPR 3 ESP FEA 3 ESP SPR Ret MON FEA 5 EUR FEA 1 EUR SPR Ret FRA FEA 1 FRA SPR 3 GBR FEA 2 GBR SPR 3 GER FEA 5 GER SPR 6 HUN FEA 2 HUN SPR 5 TUR FEA 10 TUR SPR 1 ITA FEA 1 ITA SPR 5 BEL FEA 15 BEL SPR 9 BHR FEA 3 BHR SPR Ret 2nd 105 Complete Formula One results (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 10 MAL 8 BHR 9 ESP 7 MON 13 CAN 4 USA 5 FRA 15 GBR 7 EUR 8 HUN 8 TUR 6 ITA 7 BEL 8 JPN 2 CHN 9 BRA Ret 7th 30 2008 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-23 Mercedes FO 108V 2.4 V8 AUS 5 MAL 3 BHR 5 ESP Ret TUR 12 MON 8 CAN 9 FRA 4 GBR 5 GER 5 HUN 1 EUR 4 BEL 10 ITA 2 SIN 10 JPN Ret CHN Ret BRA 7 7th 53 2009 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-24 Mercedes FO 108W 2.4 V8 AUS Ret MAL Ret CHN 5 BHR 12 ESP Ret MON Ret TUR 14 GBR Ret GER 8 HUN 5 EUR 4 BEL 6 ITA 6 SIN 7 JPN 11 BRA 12 ABU 11 12th 22 2010 Lotus Racing Lotus T127 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 BHR 15 AUS 13 MAL Ret CHN 14 ESP DNS MON Ret TUR Ret CAN 16 EUR Ret GBR 17 GER Ret HUN 14 BEL 16 ITA 18 SIN 16 JPN 12 KOR 13 BRA 18 ABU 17 20th 0 2011 Team Lotus Lotus T128 Renault RS27-2011 2.4 V8 BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU BRA 23rd|bgcolor="#F3F3F3"| 0|} * Season in progress. Images for kids Kovalainen at the 2002 Macau Grand Prix Kovalainen testing for Renault F1 in 2006, at Valencia Kovalainen at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix, leading Nico Rosberg Kovalainen at the 2007 British Grand Prix Kovalainen driving the McLaren MP4-23 Kovalainen leading Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone Kovalainen testing the McLaren MP4-24 at Jerez Kovalainen driving for Lotus at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix Kovalainen driving for Lotus at the 2011 Italian Grand Prix Kovalainen, complete with his new Angry Birds-themed helmet design, driving for Caterham at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix. Kovalainen testing at the 2013 Italian Grand Prix Kovalainen and Michael Schumacher at the 2007 Race of Champions