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05 | July | 2008
HEIKKI TAKES HIS FIRST POLE POSITION IN SILVERSTONE
DRAMATIC QUALIFYING SESSION FOR TOMORROW’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX CULMINATED ON HEIKKI KOVALAINEN TAKING HIS VERY FIRST POLE POSITION OF HIS FORMULA 1 CAREER.HEIKKI SHOT A WARNING AT HIS RIVALS TOPPING THE TIMESHEETS DURING Q1 AND BEING VERY QUICK IN Q2. BUT WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO THE LAST SECONDS OF THE ALL-IMPORTANT Q3 HEIKKI PUT TOGETHER AN ABSOLUETLY STUNNING LAP TO TAKE HIS FIRST POLE POSITION. HEIKKI WAS HALF A SECOND FASTER THAN A SURPRISE OF THE QUALI MARK WEBBER IN THE RED BULL.MANY MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO HEIKKI FOR THE GREAT PERFORMANCE AHEAD OF WHAT PROMISES TO BE A FANTASTIC BRITISH GRAND PRIX TOMORROW!!Don’t forget that our Guestbook is open for your messages for Heikki, lets support our champion on the eve of one of the most important days in his F1 career so far! -
05 | July | 2008
Kovy is fastest on Friday afternoon in Silverstone
The first day of the racing action in Silverstone saw Heikki Kovalainen emerging as the fastest driver in the afternoon session. The Finn was over half second faster than the rest of the field and proved that he will not give any favours to teammate Lewis Hamilton for his home Grand Prix. Heikki already had one successful session under his belt when he showed second fastest time during the morning session, only 0,012 seconds behind Ferrari driver Felipe Massa. -
28 | June | 2008
Factory error caused Heikki’s shunt
The memories of the huge shunt suffered by Heikki are still very fresh in the minds of all Heikki’s fans. It was suspected at the time of the crash that it was caused by a mechanical failure of Heikki’s McLaren. Today, after almost two months of meticulous tests and investigations Team Mclaren Mercedes has confirmed the cause of an incident which landed Heikki in a Barcelona hospital for two days. Martin Whitmarsh, one of the head figures of Team McLaren, has said in today’s statement: "We now thoroughly understand how the failure occurred; not, as was originally reported, as a result of a wheel failure but by the incorrect application of a lacquering process which was beyond the control of our wheel supplier, Enkei, with whom we have enjoyed a fantastic relationship for more than ten years". The Team now changed the processes in order to ensure that a shunt like this one will never happen again. -
23 | June | 2008
Heikki narrowly misses out on the podium
Despite getting the five place grid penalty on Saturday afternoon Heikki Kovalainen proved that he is always going to fight no matter from what position he starts.
Heikki made a decent start from 10th position but immediately got stuck behind Renault driver Piquet jr and spend his first stint trying to overtake young Brazilian. Team mate Lewis Hamilton, who was lighter on fuel, managed to pass Heikki, but had to serve a drive through penalty and fell back.
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22 | June | 2008
French Grand Prix, Saturday
The French Grand Prix weekend has continued its run at the rural circuit of Magny Cours today. The third and final practice gave an opportunity to Heikki and his team to check out how the car will behave with heavier fuel tanks. This affected Heikki’s position on the time sheets, as he finished his morning run on P13.
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20 | June | 2008
French Grand Prix, Friday
The first practice went underway at the rural circuit of Magny Cours earlier today. Ferrari's Felipe Massa has claimed the top spot with stunning time of 1:15.306. McLaren duo were right behind Felipe, with Lewis edging Heikki by the tiniest of margins. Kimi Raikkonen came close to beating Heikki's time but eventually settled for fourth.
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09 | June | 2008
"My worst race ever"
It was not a good weekend for either McLaren or for Heikki Kovalainen. The Finn was so frustrated after the race that he disappeared for a while before he came out for the press grilling. Heikki was angry about his own performance throughout the Canadian Grand Prix.
"Today wasn’t a great day for me. I started to experience quite a lot of graining on my first set of tyres.”
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09 | June | 2008
Heikki starts from forth row for the Canadian Grand Prix
McLaren star Heikki Kovalainen will start the Canadian Grand Prix from seventh place. The Finn admitted that he was very disappointed with his grid position.
“My grid position is mainly due to the fact that I couldn’t find a clear lap in the final session. The traffic meant I couldn’t get into a proper rhythm so I’m a bit annoyed with myself.”
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05 | June | 2008
Gallery Update No.14
Our web-site is very happy to give you, faithful Heikki’s supporters, an opportunity to share your experiences of meeting Heikki and also pictures you have taken of him with your fellow fans.
With sincere thanks we would like to present the unique Monaco GP gallery. These pictures were taken by our regular contributors Karine and Rywka, who are the members of the Renault F1 Club in France. The girls managed to track Heikki down during the recent Grand Prix and took a few pictures of our hero enjoying a boat ride in the famous Monaco harbour.
Thanks again for the pictures, which are now here for all of us to enjoy!
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05 | June | 2008
No number two status for Heikki
There have been a few articles in the world media recently as to Heikki’s status within his team following prolonged run of bad luck for the Finnish driver. To make matters absolutely clear Mercedes boss Norbert Haug has stated that there is no „number two“ status for Heikki after the Monaco Grand Prix.
