Nationality: Finland
Date of Birth: 1981
Drivers championships: None
Grand Prix victories: None
Teams Lotus 2010
McLaren 2008 - 2009
Renault 2007
Heikki Kovalainen raced in GP 2 in 2005 and in 2006 he was the full time test driver for Renault. When Alonso left Renault for McLaren at the end of 2006 the Kovalainen got the F1 drive in the Renault. With Alonso returning Renault in 2008, Kovalainen moved across to McLaren and won his first Grand Prix in Hungary in 2008, however he was consistently out performed byhis team mate, Hamilton. The 2009 season was a poor season for both Kovalainen and McLaren and at the end of the season he was replaced by Jenson Button and so for 2010 he moved to the new Lotus team.
Previous Seasons Results
Year Team PointsPosition
2011 Lotus
2010 Lotus
2009 McLaren 22 12
2008 McLaren 53 7
2007 Renault 30 7