Belgian GP: Sunday// Vasrnap
Hatalmas versenybalesettel indult a Belga Nagydj, melybl kimaradva Jenson Button vgig kezben tartva az irnytst, nyert. Mgtte a 10. helyrl rajtol Sebastian Vettel s Kimi Rikknen rt clba. Heikki szmra nem alakult jl a verseny, a csapat is s maga is hibzott gy sajnos csak a 17. helyen fejezte be a futamot.
Heikki Kovalainen: "Nagyon j volt a rajtom, sikerlt elkerlnm a rajtbalesetbl add trmelkeket is, gy 10. voltam, amikor a Safety Car bejtt. J nhny gyorsabb aut haladt mgttem ekkor, akiknek sikerlt is engem megelznik, amikor a Safety Car elhagyta a plyt. Ezutn az utols siknnl elkvettem egy hibt, ami miatt pr helyet mg vesztettem is, de gyorsan visszanyertem a sebessgemet, s utna mr j ritmust autztam Vitaly mgtt. Az els killsomnl gond volt a kiengedsemnl, szerencstlen mdon eltalltam az egyik HRT-t, gy vissza kellett llnom a boxba egy j els szrnyrt. Innentl kezdve csak prblkoztam, hogy visszaszerezzem a helyemet, de nhny krrel ksbb jra megprdltem. Az egyik HRT-t gy is sikerlt megelznm, de ezekkel a problmkkal a httrben az volt ma a maximum, hogy befejeztem a versenyt. Nem volt j htvgnk, de Olaszorszgban visszatrnk." //
"I had a really good start, avoided all the debris from the startline crash and was up to tenth when the safety car came out. There were a couple of quicker cars behind me who got past when the safety car went back in and then I made a small mistake at the last chicane which put me back a couple of places but I made them up quickly and was into a good rhythm just behind Vitaly. At my first stop we had a problem with the release from the box and unfortunately I clipped the HRT as I was heading out, bringing me back in for a new front wing. From that point all I could do was try and get back in front of the cars ahead but I had another spin with a couple of laps to go. I still managed to pass one of the HRTS but with the issues we had today that was pretty much the end of my race. It's not been a good weekend but we'll regroup and come back fighting in Italy at the next race."
Belgian GP: Saturday // Szombat
Heikki az idmrn a 19. helyen vgzett, de Rosberg bntetst kveten, a 18. helyrl rajtol a holnapi futamon.
Heikki Kovalainen: "Elgg trkks nap volt. A harmadik szabadedzsen az autm elg alulkormnyzott volt, de sikerlt kikszblnnk a problmt. Mire a harmadik szabadedzs vget rt, az aut jl mkdtt, de meggylt a bajunk a DRS-sel, ami egyrtelmen idbe kerlt. Az idmrn forgalomba kerltem az els krm sorn, s nem tudtam olyan gyors lenni, mint amennyire szerettem volna a kivezet krm utn. A gumik nem melegedtek fel a megfelel hmrskletre, ez pedig ahhoz vezetett, hogy csupn egy lehetsgem volt abban az etapban sszehozni egy j idt, s mivel az abroncsok nem gy mkdtek, ahogy akartuk, nem tudtam gyors krt futni. A msodik etapban a kivezet krm sokkal jobb volt, az egyetlen problma jra a DRS volt. A srcok kemnyen dolgoztak, hogy megjavtsk, de mg mindig nehz volt kinyitni, s ezrt reztem az autban. Mindig, amikor megnyomtam a gombot, gy reztem, hogy nem volt teljesen aktivlva, s ez egy ilyen plyn, mint Spa, rengeteg idbe kerl. Az utols krm ltal vgl abba a pozciba kerltnk, ahov szoktunk, s amely olyan j teljestmnyrl rulkodik, amelyet remlhettnk." //
“It’s been a bit of a tricky day. In FP3 the car had quite a lot of understeer early on but we managed to dial that out towards the end of the session. By the time FP3 finished the car felt ok but I was having issues with DRS and that was obviously costing me laptime. In qualifying I had traffic on the first run and couldn’t lap as fast as I wanted to on the outlap. The tyres weren’t quite up to temperature and that left me with one lap on that run to put in a time but with the tyres not where we wanted I wasn’t able to get in a quick time. On the second run my outlap was much better but the only problem was with the DRS again. The guys had worked hard to fix it but it was still struggling to open and I could feel that in the car. Whenever I hit the button it felt like it wasn’t fully activated and around a track like Spa that’s going to cost you time. In the end the last lap put me into our usual position and for where we are right now that’s about as good a performance as we could hope for.”
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