“I am looking forward to hopefully a strong weekend and to getting back in the car,”
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Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Johannes Kovalainen is a Finnish racing and rally driver, who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2013. Kovalainen won the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix with McLaren. In sportscar racing, Kovalainen won Super GT in 2016 with SARD.
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sports · Finnish racing and rally driver (born 1981) · racing automobile driver · Formula One driver · also Heikki Kovalainen, Heikki Johannes Kovalainen, Kovalainen
Born 19 October 1981 · Q82891
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It is a serious accident I managed to walk away. I think I was a little bit lucky, but also must stress that all the safety standards that the FIA has been pushing for worked very well there. The chassis took the impact reasonably well as did the barriers.
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2026· 7 entries
“It is a serious accident I managed to walk away. I think I was a little bit lucky, but also must stress that all the safety standards that the FIA has been pushing for worked very well there. The chassis took the impact reasonably well as did the barriers.”
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“I think the helmet did its work,”
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“but luckily I had no injuries.”
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“It took the impact very well and I didn”
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“I was a bit confused what had happened so I asked my team doctor Mr. Hintsa,”
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2024· 2 entries
Sportskeeda: “My chestbone has healed and heart feels good also”: Lewis Hamilton’s former teammate Heikki Kovalainen shares health news after open heart surgery
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Sportskeeda: Lewis Hamilton’s former teammate Heikki Kovalainen to undergo life-saving open-heart surgery
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2023· 1 entry
Following a routine health check in November 2023, Kovalainen was diagnosed with an ascending aortic aneurysm.
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2022· 1 entry
Crash: Brazilian Grand Prix: Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus - Q&A
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2021· 1 entry
With Kitagawa in the JN2 class; Kovalainen dominated the championship, achieving a class victory in all six races and clinching the championship with a round to spare
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2020· 1 entry
But the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic halted these plans; he only competed in the Chūbu-Kinki Rally that year, winning the rally
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2018· 1 entry
With the same car and co-driver but now competing for Rally Team AICELLO on a part-time schedule, as well as the Japan Super Rally Series in 2019, also with the same car and co-driver
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2016· 1 entry
Entering four events of the Japan Rally Championship with co-driver Sae Kitagawa in a Toyota GT86 CS-R3 campaigned by SARD
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2015· 2 entries
Kovalainen moved to Japan to compete in Super GT in the GT500 class with Team SARD
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Kovalainen moved to Japan to compete in Super GT (GT500 class) with Lexus
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2014· 1 entry
Kovalainen married his English girlfriend Catherine Hyde, with whom he has been in a relationship since 2002
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2012· 1 entry
AutoGuide: Heikki Kovalainen Shows Off Angry Birds F1 Helmet
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2010· 2 entries
Where he withdrew after suffering a concussion in a crash after a heat race against Sébastien Loeb
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Kovalainen moved to the newly created Team Lotus where he also remained for 2011 and 2012, with the team renamed Caterham F1 for 2012, Kovalainen's last full season in Formula One
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2009· 1 entry
To contest the Arctic Rally after being released from his "restrictive" contract with McLaren in Formula One, with Kovalainen reportedly set to drive a Proton Satria Neo S2000 rally car in the 2010 Arctic Rally; this pla
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2008· 1 entry
“s switch means McLaren will be fielding the last two world champions in the same team, with Hamilton having won the drivers”
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2007· 1 entry
Kovalainen and Grönholm again made the Nations Cup final, where they lost to the German team of Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel
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2006· 1 entry
But was eliminated in the individual event at the semi-final stage by Mattias Ekström by a mere 0
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2005· 2 entries
Defeating Bernd Schneider and Felipe Massa, but was then knocked out in the semi-finals by Tom Kristensen
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Kovalainen entered the GP2 Series, the new 'feeder' series for F1 and the successor to Formula 3000
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2004· 1 entry
But moved to Pons Racing, where he won the championship ahead of Tiago Monteiro, with 192 points and six wins
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2003· 1 entry
– but faced a tough teammate at the Gabord team in Franck Montagny
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2002· 1 entry
Moved up to the British Formula 3 Championship with Fortec Motorsport who used Renault engines
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2000· 2 entries
Won the Nordic championship and the Paris-Bercy Elf Masters event, as well as finished third in the World Formula Super A Championship, leading him to be elected as the Finnish Kart Driver of the Year
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Before moving straight into Formula One with Sauber
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1981· 1 entry
Born 1981-10-19.
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