Heikki Kovalainen: „Nyilv�nval�an a tavalyi volt az els� verseny Kore�ban, �s m�g egy igen �rdekes futamunk volt, addig j� volt egy �j orsz�gban lenni, �s egy m�sik helyre is elvinni a sportot. Biztos vagyok benne, hogy ebben az �vben az eg�sz rendezv�ny feljebb l�p egy szinttel �s m�g jobb lesz, �s m�r nagyon v�rom, hogy visszat�rjek oda, az�rt, hogy l�ssam, mik�nt fejl�d�tt a p�lya, �s hogyan fogjuk v�gezni a dolgunkat egy olyan aut�val, mellyel imm�r k�pesek vagyunk versenyezni. A p�lya mag�ban �rdekes; rendelkezik a klasszikus �s hossz� egyenessel, melynek a v�g�n egy sz�k kanyar van, ami j� es�lyt ad az el�z�sre. A Pirelli abroncsai, a l�gy �s a szuper l�gy kever�kek, valamint a p�lya gumizab�l� jellege egy �rdekes strat�gi�t fog eredm�nyezni.”

Heikki a futamot a 18. helyen fejezte be.

“What a great race for the whole team! I made an incredible start, no wheelspin, the perfect clutch slip and was suddenly past a load of cars and up into 14^th. It looked like everyone else went into reverse and I even heard one of the engineers laugh and accidentally telling someone else how brilliant the start was, and I thought ‘no! Don’t mention it now, I need to get on with the rest of the race!’ After that the first couple of stints were great. The car was working really well on the soft tyres and the stops were mega, and then the safety car came out and bunched everyone up so from there it was a race to the flag with Jarno and I stayed ahead until the last lap. The car has felt balanced all weekend so on the harder compound I was still able to push all afternoon, and even though I was held up a bit by the Virgins and the HRTs when they were being shown blue flags, I was still able to keep ahead of Jarno and as he’s always been quick here that feels pretty good.

Heikki az id�m�r�n a 18. helyen v�gzett!

Heikki Kovalainen: "El�g boldog vagyok az el�rt eredm�nyemmel. Tulajdonk�ppen egy etap, egy k�r van arra, hogy megtal�ljuk a helyes ir�nyt, �s most siker�lt is elkapnom a ritmust r�gt�n a boxb�l kij�vet. A rizik�sabb gumistrat�gi�t v�lasztottuk, k�s�n j�tt�nk ki az edz�sen, �s azt hiszem, az els� szektorban benne is hagytam n�mi id�t, de ett�l f�ggetlen�l el�gedett vagyok. A 130R kanyaron nyitott h�ts� l�gterel�vel mentem kereszt�l, ami el�g kem�ny volt, de a b�tor gumihaszn�lat miatt j� poz�ci�b�l v�rhatjuk a holnapi versenyt. El�g sokat besz�ltek itt a gumikr�l, de nem vagyok benne biztos, hogy az abroncsok kop�sa olyan s�lyos probl�m�t okozna, amennyire azt az emberek gondolj�k. A hossz� etapon tegnap j�l m�k�dtek a l�gy gumik, szerintem 15 k�rt tudunk is vel�k teljes�teni, �s mivel maradt p�r �j szett gumink holnapra, szerintem �rdekes d�lut�n el� n�z�nk holnap." //

"I’m pretty happy with that, particularly as it was one run, one lap to get it right, and I nailed it straight out of the box. We took the riskier strategy with the tyres, went out late in the session and I think I may have even been able to find a bit more in the first sector, but overall I’m pleased. I went through 130R with the rear wing open which was pretty hardcore, but having been bold with the tyres we’re in a good position for the race tomorrow. There’s been quite a lot of talk about the tyre wear here but I’m not sure the degradation will be as big a problem as people thought. The long run on the soft tyres yesterday was good – I think we can get maybe up to 15 laps out of them, and as we have a few new sets ready to go tomorrow it’ll be an interesting afternoon.”