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Heikki Kovalainen
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Finnish · KOV

Heikki Kovalainen

Born 19 Oct 1981

Races

112

debut 2007

Wins

1

1% of starts

Podiums

4

Poles

1

Fastest laps

2

Points

105

Best finish

P1

Finish rate

79%

classified finishes

First win at

26

2008 Hungarian GP

Teams

5

Caterham, Lotus F1

Career at a glanceBar height = championship position · colour = team
20072013

Season by season

Career

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsPos
2013Lotus F1200022
2012Caterham2000022
2011Lotus1900022
2010Lotus1900020
2009McLaren17002212
2008McLaren1813537
2007Renault1701307

Head to head

Teammates

Won 56 of 112 qualifying duels with a teammate (50%) and 39 of 75 race duels (52%).

TeammateTogetherRacesQualifyingRacePoints
Jarno TrulliLotus 2010–20113724–1314–40–0
Lewis HamiltonMcLaren 2008–2009359–268–1675–147
Vitaly PetrovCaterham 20122013–77–100–0
Giancarlo FisichellaRenault 2007179–89–530–21
Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 201320–20–10–18
Karun ChandhokLotus 201111–01–00–0

Kovalainen's score first. Only races in which both had a result for the same team count. Race: counted when both were classified. Points are gross race and sprint points. Every season page has the full teammate battles.

1 victories

Race wins