"I enjoyed my stint. "[On Saturday] I felt a bit rusty but I felt good in the race.
"I think we have a good base and we can be as fast as the TOM’S guys, but we haven’t quite found the sweet spot yet with the Supra," he said. Heikki Kovalainen F1 race winner, Super GT500 Champion www.heikkikovalainen.com
Hopefully we can chip away step-by-step. Heikki Kovalainen has responded to his former manager Flavio Briatore, after the Italian claimed Lotus should not have signed him. "It’s an easier circuit to overtake than here. We still need to find a bit more speed, I'm not happy with where we are, but hopefully we can improve from now. British motorsport magazine confirmed late Wednesday that Heikki Kovalainen will be driving the Lotus-Renault E21 of his fellow countryman Kimi Raikkonen in ...When the FIA initially banned drivers from being managed by crashgate conspirator Flavio Briatore, Heikki Kovalainen elected not to replace the flamboyant It...Red Bull has decided against boosting Daniel Ricciardo's slim championship hopes by making departing Sebastian Vettel the team 'number 2'. Would you like to view the site in We have noticed that you are using the English version of our web site. "While Kovalainen said being a position to fight for a podium was more than he expected after he and Nakayama qualified ninth, he admits that SARD still has a lot of work to do to catch its fellow Bridgestone-shod Toyota teams, TOM'S and Cerumo.
And I’ll be in better shape in Motegi. "But in SUPER GT always many things happen and there was nothing Yuichi could do, it was a bit of an error from the Honda guy [Fukuzumi]. Heikki Kovalainen on vuonna 1981 syntynyt suomalainen kilpa-autoilija. Formula 1 -uransa vuonna 2007 Renault-tallissa aloittanut Kovalainen teki joulukuussa 2007 sopimuksen McLarenin kanssa. Kovalainen replaces Raikkonen at Lotus for last two races. His rookie season hadn’t been quite as stellar as Hamilton’s – few have – but, by the end of the year, a brilliant drive to second in torrential conditions at Fuji showcased the then-25-year-old’s growing assurance and ability.McLaren snatched up the youngster, and he joined Lewis behind the wheel of MP4-23, the aerodynamic masterpiece that Lewis drove to a memorable championship victory in 2008. His rookie season hadn’t been quite as stellar as Hamilton’s – few have – but, by the end of the year, a brilliant drive to second in torrential conditions at Fuji showcased the then-25-year-old’s growing assurance and ability. It’s difficult to fight for the championship right now. Favourite added temporarily. Of all the candidates available, one clearly stood out as the most capable, the most promising and the most likely to dovetail with the team’s incumbent, Lewis Hamilton.Like Lewis, Heikki had made his grand prix debut at the start of the ’07 season, for Renault. Matching the tyres to the conditions is also important, so hopefully we can select a good tyre and personally I feel back to normal pace. Heikki Kovalainen has described losing a possible podium finish on his SUPER GT return at Suzuka as "a bit annoying", but says his first weekend back with the SARD Toyota team was "positive". We can't get enough of these LGBTQ+ powerhouse pairs.Looking for something to watch? Kovalainen kilpaili Formula 1:ssä vuosina 2007-2013 Renaultin, McLarenin, Team Lotuksen ja Lotus F1 -talleissa. Tämän jälkeen hän on kilpaillut Japanin Super GT -sarjassa, jossa voitti maailmanmestaruuden vuonna 2016.
Heikki Kovalainen says he joined Lotus - now Caterham - in 2010 to re-establish a reputation that had been somewhat damaged by two seasons alongside Lewis Hamilton at McLaren. Change my city using a postal code: Heikki Kovalainen has described losing a possible podium finish on his SUPER GT return at Suzuka as "a bit annoying", but says his first weekend back with the SARD Toyota team was "positive". The guys that are ahead are faster, we need to find more pace.