Heikki Kovalainen

Heikki Kovalainen

Kovalainen at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix
Born	(1981-10-19) 19 October 1981
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Finnish
Entries	82 (81 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	1
Podiums	4
Career points	105
Pole positions	1
Fastest laps	2
First entry	2007 Australian Grand Prix
First win	2008 Hungarian Grand Prix
Last win	2008 Hungarian Grand Prix
Last entry	2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2010 position	20th (0 points)

Heikki Johannes Kovalainen (born October 19, 1981 in Suomussalmi, Finland) is a Finnish Formula One racing driver who spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons with British-based team Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. In 2010, he joined the new Lotus team.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	Formula Renault 2000 UK	Fortec Motorsport	13	2	2	3	5	243	4th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	Korea Super Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	25th
2002	British Formula Three	Fortec Motorsport	26	5	2	3	12	257	3rd
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	Korea Super Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2003	World Series by Nissan	Gabord Competición	18	1	3	1	4	134	2nd
2004	World Series by Nissan	Pons Racing	18	6	10	8	11	176	1st
2005	GP2 Series	Arden International	23	5	2	1	12	105	2nd
2006	Formula One	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Test driver
2007	Formula One	ING Renault F1 Team	17	0	0	0	1	30	7th
2008	Formula One	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	18	1	1	2	3	53	7th
2009	Formula One	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	17	0	0	0	0	22	12th
2010	Formula One	Lotus Racing	19	0	0	0	0	0	20th
2011	Formula One	Team Lotus	11	0	0	0	0	0*	23rd*

^* Season in progress.

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	DC	Points
2005	Arden International	SMR FEA 1	SMR SPR 3	ESP FEA 3	ESP SPR Ret	MON FEA 5	EUR FEA 1	EUR SPR Ret	FRA FEA 1	FRA SPR 3	GBR FEA 2	GBR SPR 3	GER FEA 5	GER SPR 6	HUN FEA 2	HUN SPR 5	TUR FEA 10	TUR SPR 1	ITA FEA 1	ITA SPR 5	BEL FEA 15	BEL SPR 9	BHR FEA 3	BHR SPR Ret	2nd	105

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	WDC	Points
2007	ING Renault F1 Team	Renault R27	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	AUS 10	MAL 8	BHR 9	ESP 7	MON 13†	CAN 4	USA 5	FRA 15	GBR 7	EUR 8	HUN 8	TUR 6	ITA 7	BEL 8	JPN 2	CHN 9	BRA Ret				7th	30
2008	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-23	Mercedes FO 108V 2.4 V8	AUS 5	MAL 3	BHR 5	ESP Ret	TUR 12	MON 8	CAN 9	FRA 4	GBR 5	GER 5	HUN 1	EUR 4	BEL 10†	ITA 2	SIN 10	JPN Ret	CHN Ret	BRA 7			7th	53
2009	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-24	Mercedes FO 108W 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	CHN 5	BHR 12	ESP Ret	MON Ret	TUR 14	GBR Ret	GER 8	HUN 5	EUR 4	BEL 6	ITA 6	SIN 7	JPN 11	BRA 12	ABU 11				12th	22
2010	Lotus Racing	Lotus T127	Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8	BHR 15	AUS 13	MAL NC	CHN 14	ESP DNS	MON Ret	TUR Ret	CAN 16	EUR Ret	GBR 17	GER Ret	HUN 14	BEL 16	ITA 18	SIN 16†	JPN 12	KOR 13	BRA 18	ABU 17		20th	0
2011	Team Lotus	Lotus T128	Renault RS27-2011 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL 15	CHN 16	TUR 19	ESP Ret	MON 14	CAN Ret	EUR 19	GBR Ret	GER 16	HUN Ret	BEL 15	ITA 13	SIN 16	JPN 18	KOR 14	IND 14	ABU 17	BRA 16		22nd	0
2012	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham CT01	Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL 18	CHN 23	BHR 17	ESP 16	MON 13	CAN 18	EUR 14	GBR 17	GER 19	HUN 17	BEL 17	ITA 14	SIN 15	JPN 15	KOR 17	IND 18	ABU 13	USA 18	BRA 14	22nd	0
2013	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham CT03	Renault RS27-2013 2.4 V8	AUS	MAL	CHN	BHR TD	ESP TD	MON	CAN	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL TD	ITA TD	SIN	KOR	JPN TD	IND	ABU TD				21st	0
	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E21																			USA 14	BRA 14

^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.