Q&A with McLaren’s Hamilton and Kovalainen// 16 Jan 2009 |
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2011.10.20. 19:54 |
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Speaking at the launch of McLaren’s new challenger, the MP4-24, at the team's Woking factory on Friday, drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen were in high spirits ahead of the 2009 season. While Kovalainen gleaned a debut victory from 2008, Hamilton celebrated world championship-winning success, and it's clear both are hoping to emulate their ’08 achievements this year…
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A race weekend with… Heikki Kovalainen |
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2011.10.20. 19:53 |
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Last year, Heikki Kovalainen enjoyed his best result of the season at the Japanese Grand Prix. On Sunday, however, Kovalainen was unable to repeat his second-place 2007 finish, after an engine failure relegated him to the sidelines. Despite this disappointment, the Fuji Speedway remains a firm favourite with the McLaren driver and we caught up with him to find out about his Japanese event, and discover a little more about how he likes to spend his time ‘in the office’ over a race weekend…
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Exclusive interview with McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen// 08 Jan 2008 |
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2011.10.20. 19:51 |
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Even when Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr were confirmed at Renault, the French team’s former driver, Heikki Kovalainen, was all smiles, confident he would find a cockpit for 2008. And late last year Kovalainen was proved right when he was offered the seat left vacant by Alonso at McLaren.
On Monday, at the launch of the MP4-23 in Stuttgart, the Finn made his first public appearance for the British team. With new team mate Lewis Hamilton to contend with, the 26 year-old certainly won’t be in for an easy ride, but he already seems to be relishing the challenge. Here Kovalainen reveals his hopes for 2008 and discloses a little of his strategy for the season ahead…
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Q&A with McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen //14 Dec 2007 |
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2011.10.20. 19:49 |
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Back in March 2007 Heikki Kovalainen began his Formula One race career with reigning world champions Renault. Now he has landed one of the hottest seats on the grid for 2008, partnering Lewis Hamilton at McLaren. Here Kovalainen reveals how the move came about - and what he expects to achieve with his new team…
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Exclusive interview - Renault’s Heikki Kovalainen// 01 Oct 2007 |
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2011.10.20. 19:48 |
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Lewis Hamilton may have won Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, but the happiest man on the Fuji podium was undoubtedly Heikki Kovalainen. After an intense battle with compatriot Kimi Raikkonen in the closing laps, Kovalainen came home second for his maiden Formula One podium - and Renault’s first of 2007.
When he returned to the motorhome after the post-race press conference, all he wanted to do was check out his trophy. But when he was finally persuaded to talk, he left you in no doubt that he believes this is only the start of bigger things to come…
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Q&A with Renault’s Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen// 21 Aug 2007 |
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2011.10.20. 19:46 |
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Renault’s 2007 driver line-up was always going to be a battle between youth and experience - and a very close battle it is turning out to be. After a difficult start to his Formula One race career, Heikki Kovalainen has been making huge strides of late and has closed to within a point of veteran team mate Giancarlo Fisichella in the championship standings. Both men look ahead to this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix…
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Q&A with Renault’s Heikki Kovalainen 06 Sep 2006 |
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2011.10.20. 18:08 |
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After being confirmed as Giancarlo Fisichella’s 2007 team mate on Wednesday morning, Finland’s Heikki Kovalainen gives his feelings on the announcement…
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Exclusive interview with Heikki Kovalainen // 19 Sep 2006 |
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2011.10.20. 18:01 |
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At first glance Finland seems an unlikely birthplace for a Formula One driver. On the edge of the Arctic Circle, the Scandinavian state has no major tracks, no auto industry to speak of and temperatures not exactly conducive to motor racing. Yet still it continues to produce greats such as Keke Rosberg, Mika Hakkinen and Kimi Raikkonen.
How? Perhaps the explanation is ‘sisu’, a uniquely Finnish concept that defines a state of mind allowing one to override any obstacle. We asked Heikki Kovalainen, Finland’s latest hopeful, to explain his ascent to Formula One racing with Renault…
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