Kovalainen, Heikki (SF)
b 19/10/1981 (Suomussalmi)
1991 - Started karting.
1999 - Finnish Karting Formula A: 2nd
2000 - Karting Super A: Scandinavian Champion, 3rd in World Championship,
3rd in Monaco Kart Cup.
2001 - British F.Renault: 4th, 2 wins. Macau F3 GP (Fortec Motorsport Dallara-Renault
F301): 8th.
2002 - Silverstone F3 International Challenge (Fortec Motorsport Dallara-Renault
F302): 1st, 26m05.689. Marlboro Masters of F3: 4th. Macau F3 GP: 2nd.
Korea F3 Super Prix: 14th.
British F3 (Fortec Motorsport Dallara-Renault F302): 3rd, 256 pts, 5 wins.
Apr 1 Brands Hatch GP 8th, 20m16.460
Apr 1 Brands Hatch GP 10th, 29m47.442
Apr 14 Donington Park 7th, 22m05.288
Apr 14 Donington Park 6th, 21m58.501
May 5 Silverstone ret/8 laps/gearbox
May 5 Silverstone 2nd, 26m18.813
May 12 Knockhill 3rd, 24m35.175
May 12 Knockhill 13th, 24m41.388
May 26 Croft 4th, 35m54.581
Jun 3 Silverstone National 21st, 20m07.687
Jun 3 Silverstone National 8th, 26m00.860
Jun 23 Castle Combe 4th, 20m18.963
Jun 23 Castle Combe 17th, 20m54.020
Jun 30 Brands Hatch Indy 14th, 16m11.231
Jun 30 Brands Hatch Indy 5th, 20m11.660
Jul 21 Rockingham 2nd, 33m39.655
Jul 21 Rockingham 2nd, 23m47.028
Aug 18 Oulton Park Internat. 1st, 19m47.634
Aug 18 Oulton Park Internat. 3rd, 27m31.717
Sep 1 Snetterton 1st, 21m13.117
Sep 1 Snetterton 4th, 27m37.378
Sep 1 Snetterton 3rd, 21m04.325
Sep 15 Thruxton 1st, 10m07.548
Sep 15 Thruxton 1st, 26m38.710
Sep 22 Donington Park 1st, 23m52.633
Sep 22 Donington Park 2nd, 32m17.240
2003 - Dallara Nissan World Series (Gabord Competicion): 2nd, 131 pts
Mar 30 Jarama 4th, 34m23,239
Mar 30 Jarama 3rd, 45m06.182
Apr 27 Zolder ret/6 laps
Apr 27 Zolder 7th, 37m46.409
May 18 Magny-Cours 5th, 33m59.147
May 18 Magny-Cours 6th, 43m03.471
Jun 22 Monza ret/0 laps
Jun 22 Monza ret/10 laps
Jul 20 Lausitzring 2nd, 26m50.18
Jul 20 Lausitzring 1st, 40m02.82
Sep 21 A1-Ring 8th, 25m29.692
Sep 21 A1-Ring 6th, 36m57.366
Oct 5 Barcelona 6th, 27m23.286
Oct 5 Barcelona 8th, 39m31.633
Oct 18 Valencia 6th, 36m27.730
Oct 18 Valencia 4th, 38m08.128
Oct 19 Valencia 2nd, 32m19.297
Oct 19 Valencia 5th, 54m00.318
2004 - Dallara Nissan World Series (Pons Racing): Champion, 186 pts
Mar 28 Jarama 7th, 36m19.847
Mar 28 Jarama 4th, 49m56.480
Apr 25 Zolder 4th, 25m28.045
Apr 25 Zolder 2nd, 37m19.827
May 23 Magny-Cours 2nd, 25m46.437
May 23 Magny-Cours 1st, 38m21.246
Jun 20 Valencia 2nd, 25m55.870
Jun 20 Valencia 1st, 37m53.722
Aug 8 Lausitzring 1st, 29m25.198
Aug 8 Lausitzring 1st, 39m29.804
Sep 19 Estoril 13th, 26m34.934
Sep 19 Estoril 3rd, 39m33.557
Oct 3 Barcelona 2nd, 26m33.368
Oct 3 Barcelona 1st, 39m41.762
Oct 17 Valencia 10th, 26m02.097
Oct 17 Valencia 2nd, 37m44.098
Nov 7 Jerez 1st, 27m22.149
Nov 7 Jerez 14th, 23 laps
2005 - GP2 (Arden International): 2nd, 105 pts, 5 wins.
Apr 22 Imola 1st, 1h02m15.934
Apr 23 Imola 3rd, 28m38.029
May 7 Barcelona 3rd, 58m15.137
May 8 Barcelona ret/0 laps/transmission
May 21 Monte-Carlo 5th, 1h05m34.724
May 28 Nurburgring 1st, 1h01m43.066
May 28 Nurburgring ret/2 laps/accident
Jul 3 Magny Cours 1st, 1h02m55.458
Jul 4 Magny Cours 3rd, 41m55.973
Jul 9 Silverstone 2nd, 58m26.937
Jul 10 Silverstone 3rd, 40m11.153
Jul 23 Hockenheim 5th, 59m55.086
Jul 24 Hockenheim 6th, 40m12.497
Jul 30 Hungaroring 2nd, 1h11m11.683
Jul 31 Hungaroring 5th, 45m09.568
Aug 20 Istanbul Park 10th, 1h01m56.310
Aug 21 Istanbul Park 1st, 43m48.581
Sep 3 Monza 1st, 53m55.234
Sep 4 Monza 5th, 34m00.355
Sep 10 Spa-Francorchamps 15th, 25 laps/spin
Sep 10 Spa-Francorchamps 9th, 21m56.881
Sep 29 Bahrain 3rd, 1h03m53.095
Sep 30 Bahrain ret/1 lap/spin
2006 - Renault F1 test driver
2007 - F1 (Renault R27): 7th, 30 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
18/3 13 10 Australia -1 lap
8/4 11 8 Malaysia 1h33m26.945
15/4 12 9 Bahrain 1h34m56.926
13/5 8 7 Spain 1h32m38.358
25/5 15 13 Monaco -2 laps
10/6 22 4 Canada 1h44m18.021
17/6 6 5 USA 1h31m51.367
1/7 6 15 France -1 lap
8/7 7 7 Britain -1 lap
22/7 7 8 Europe -1 lap
5/8 11 8 Hungary 1h37m01.095
26/8 7 6 Turkey 1h27m28.330
9/9 7 7 Italy 1h19m44.557
16/9 9 8 Belgium 1h22m04.172
30/9 11 2 Japan 2h00m42.956
7/10 14 9 China 1h39m19.581
21/10 17 - Brazil ret/35 laps/accident
2008 - F1 (McLaren-Mercedes MP4-23): 7th, 53 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
16/3 3 5 Australia 1:35:08.630/FL 1m27.418
23/3 8 3 Malaysia 1:31:57.005
6/4 5 5 Bahrain 1:31:33.759/FL 1m33.193
27/4 6 - Spain ret/21 laps/accident
11/5 2 12 Turkey -1 lap
25/5 4 9 Monaco 2:01:15.933
8/6 7 9 Canada 1:37:18.880
22/6 4 4 France 1:32:19.174
6/7 1 5 Britain -1 lap
20/7 3 5 Germany 1:31:33.285
3/8 2 1 Hungary 1:37:27.067
24/8 5 4 Europe 1:36:12.042
7/9 3 10 Belgium ret/43 laps/gearbox
14/9 2 2 Italy 1:27:00.006
28/9 5 10 Singapore 1:57:43.206
12/10 3 - Japan ret/16 laps/engine
19/10 5 - China ret/49 laps/hydraulics
2/11 5 7 Brazil 1:35:06.509
2009 - F1 (McLaren-Mercedes MP4/24): 12th, 22 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
29/3 12 - Australia ret/0 laps/accident damage
5/4 14 - Malaysia ret/0 laps/accident
19/4 12 5 China 1:58:48.587
26/4 11 12 Bahrain 1:33:06.006
10/5 18 - Spain ret/7 laps/gearbox
24/5 7 - Monaco ret/51 laps/accident
7/6 14 14 Turkey -1 lap
21/6 13 - Britain ret/36 laps/accident damage
12/7 6 8 Germany 1:37:42.002
26/7 6 5 Hungary 1:38:58.268
23/8 2 4 Europe 1:36:11.321
7/9 15 6 Belgium 1:24:23.758
13/9 4 6 Italy 1:17:22.399
27/9 8 7 Singapore 1:56:42.494
4/10 11 11 Japan 1:28:34.178
18/10 16 12 Brazil 1:33:36.580
1/11 18 11 Abu Dhabi 1:34:56.212
2010 - F1 (Lotus-Cosworth T127): 20th, 0 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
14/3 21 15 Bahrain -2 laps
28/3 19 13 Australia -2 laps
4/4 15 18 Malaysia -10 laps
18/4 21 14 China -1 lap
9/5 20 NS Spain DNS/gearbox
16/5 18 - Monaco ret/58 laps/steering
30/5 20 - Turkey ret/33 laps/hydraulics
13/6 19 16 Canada -2 laps
27/6 20 - Europe ret/8 laps/accident damage
11/7 18 17 Britain -1 lap
25/7 18 - Germany ret/56 laps/accident
1/8 19 14 Hungary -3 laps
29/8 13 16 Belgium -1 lap
12/9 18 18 Italy -2 laps
26/9 19 16 Singapore ret/58 laps/fuel fire
10/10 20 12 Japan -1 lap
24/10 21 13 Korea -1 lap
7/11 20 18 Brazil -2 laps
14/11 20 17 Abu Dhabi -1 lap
2011 - F1 (Lotus-Renault T128): 22nd, 0 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
27/03 19 - Australia ret/19 laps/water leak
9/04 19 15 Malaysia -1 lap
16/04 19 16 China -1 lap
8/05 18 19 Turkey -2 laps
22/05 15 - Spain ret/48 laps/spun off
29/05 18 14 Monaco -2 laps
12/06 20 - Canada ret/28 laps/driveshaft
26/06 19 19 Valencia -2 laps
10/07 17 - Britain ret/2 laps/gearbox
24/07 18 16 Germany -2 laps
31/07 18 - Hungary ret/55 laps/water leak
28/08 16 15 Belgium -1 lap
11/09 20 13 Italy -2 laps
25/09 19 16 Singapore -2 laps
09/10 18 18 Japan 1:32:21.251
16/10 19 14 Korea -1 lap
30/10 18 14 India -2 laps
13/11 17 17 Abu Dhabi -1 lap
27/11 19 16 Brazil -2 laps
2012 - F1 (Caterham-Cosworth CT01): 22nd, 0 pts
Date Q R Race Time
18/3 19 - Australia ret/38 laps/suspension
25/3 24 18 Malaysia -1 lap
15/4 19 23 China -3 laps
22/4 16 17 Bahrain -1 lap
13/5 19 16 Spain -1 lap
27/5 17 13 Monaco -1 lap
10/6 17 18 Canada -1 lap
24/6 16 14 Europe 1:45:51.303
8/7 19 17 Britain -1 lap
22/7 16 19 Germany -2 laps
29/7 19 17 Hungary -1 lap
2/9 18 17 Belgium -1 lap
9/9 17 14 Italy -1 lap
23/9 20 15 Singapore 2:02:14.111
7/10 17 15 Japan -1 lap
14/10 19 17 Korea -1 lap
28/10 20 18 India -1 lap
4/11 18 13 Abu Dhabi 1:46:46.431
18/11 22 18 United States -1 lap
25/11 20 14 Brazil -1 lap
2013 - F1 (Lotus-Renault E21): 21st, 0 pts
17/11 8 14 United States 1:40:52.211
25/11 11 14 Brazil -1 lap
2015 – Japanese Super GT (Lexus Team Sard Lexus RC F): 13th, 23 pts, with K.Hirate
Apr 5 TI Aida 5th, 2h12m55.031
May 3 Fuji 5th, 2h56m24.818
Jun 21 Buriram 7th, 1h39m01.074
Aug 9 Fuji 9th, 1h44m37.932
Aug 30 Suzuka 11th, -9 laps (& with C.Klien)
Sep 20 Sugo ret/29 laps
Nov 1 Autopolis 13th, -1 lap
Nov 15 Motegi 6th, 1h43m15.062
2016 – Super GT (Lexus Team Sard Lexus RC F): Champion, 82 pts, with K.Hirate
Apr 10 TI Aida 7th, 1h57m29.710
May 4 Fuji 2nd, 2h59m01.096
Jul 24 Sugo 2nd, 1h42m09.245
Aug 7 Fuji 8th, 1h52m42.240
Aug 28 Suzuka 1000 km 8th, -1 lap
Oct 9 Buriram 7th, 1h38m34.508
Nov 12 Motegi 2nd, 1h40m10.354
Nov 13 Motegi 1st, 1h31m57.828
2017 – Japanese Super GT (Lexus Team Sard Lexus LC500): 8th, 44 pts, with K.Hirate
Apr 9 Okayama 3rd, 2h12m42.387
May 7 Fuji 7th, 2h53m20.301
May 21 Autopolis 40th, -15 laps
Jul 23 Sugo 1st, 2h09m13.878
Aug 6 Fuji 10th, 1h45m02.435
Aug 27 Suzuka 1000 km 13th, -3 laps
Oct 8 Buriram 6th, 1h44m01.703
Nov 12 Motegi 8th, 1h32m31.326
2018 – Japanese Super GT (Lexus Team Sard): 9th, 42 pts
Apr 8 Okayama 12th, 1h56m24.491 with K.Kobayashi
May 4 Fuji 2nd, 2h52m11.786 S.Tsubol
May 20 Suzuka ret/12 laps K.Kobayashi
Jul 1 Buriram 1st, 1h36m42.825 K.Kobayashi
Aug 5 Fuji 500 11th, -1 lap K.Kobayashi
Sep 16 Sugo 10th, 1h52m20.439 K.Kobayashi
Oct 21 Autopolis 8th, 1h56m47.758 K.Kobayashi
Nov 11 Motegi 8th, 1h31m49.983 K.Kobayashi
2019 – Japanese Super GT (Lexus Team Sard Lexus): 5th, 44 pts, with Y.Nakayama
Apr 14 Okayama 11th, 1h53m50.409
May 4 Fuji 4th, 3h41m32.167
May 26 Suzuka 5th, 1h47m55.946
Jun 30 Buriram 5th, 1h44m31.247
Aug 4 Fuji ret/82 laps
Sep 8 Autopolis 1st, 2h19m15.779
Sep 22 Sugo 7th, -1 lap
Nov 3 Motegi 11th, 1h32m55.829
Suzuka 10 Hrs (HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3): 32nd, -78 laps, with N.Cassidy, N.Foster
Super GT DTM Dream Race (Denso Kobelco Sard Lexus LC500):
Nov 24 Fuji 14th, 57m47.312
2020 – Japanese Super GT (TGR Team SARD Toyota): 11th, 31 pts, with Y.Nakayama
Aug 23 Suzuka 5th, 1h59m04.400
Sep 13 Motegi 9th, 2h03m39.365
Oct 4 Fuji 1st, 1h47m01.279
Oct 25 Suzuka 11th, 1h47m11.563
Nov 8 Motegi 8th, 1h57m35.707
Nov 29 Fuji 15th, -5 laps
2021 – Japanese Super GT (TGR Team Sard Toyota GR Supra): 13th, 34 pts, with Y.Nakayama
Apr 11 Okayama 4th, 2h07m25.567
Jul 18 Motegi 10th, 1h55m02.185
Aug 22 Suzuka 14th, 1h51m30.243
Sep 12 Sugo 5th, 1h56m53.697
Oct 24 Autopolis 5th,2h05m34.429
Nov 7 Motegi 11th, 1h51m43.840
Nov 28 Fuji 4th, 1h48m26.192
2022 – WRC (Skoda Fabia R5): with S.Kitagawa
Nov10-13 Rally Japan 10th, 2h52m52.2
2023 – Extreme E (JBXE Spark): with H.Hosas
Mar 12 Neom 8th
Mar 12 Neom 10th
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