What’s the deal with Heikki? You’re about to find out

We haven’t seen the best of Heikki Kovalainen, the Finnish driver says in a Q and A at the official Formula 1 site.
As is typical with the “official” interviews, it is relatively staid, but Heikki — now driving for Lotus after his up-and-down tenure with McLaren — does offer fans some insights:
Q: Have people underestimated [...]

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Op-Ed: Abu Dhabi’s most telling moment for 2010

A consistent theme of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend was that it was the “first race of 2010.” Mark Webber, we were told — at least those watching the race on American TV — was aiming to show he will have championship form next season.

His Red Bull teammate, Sebastian Vettel, also was intent on [...]

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McLaren: That was physics, that’s Heikki

I was just reading the Q&A at Autosport with Jonathan Neale and his comment about Heikki Kovalainen caught my eye. As we are usually the first to ask around F1B…what’s the deal with Heikki?
The Q&A is very good and the questions were insightful and prompted very interesting answers but I found the drum roll [...]

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Equality-corrected, Heikki could win at McLaren

This just in, Martin Whitmarsh has issued the following statement regarding the detractors of Heikki’s performance last weekend:
Heikki has no reason to feel disappointed,” he said. “The reality is that he didn’t put a foot wrong all weekend and he looked blindingly fast in dry, damp, and full-wet conditions. Fuel-corrected he would have been on [...]

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Ron Dennis defends ‘equality’…again

If you have followed our post about Fernando on Heikki’s role at McLaren here, then you will understand Ron Dennis’ defense of the criticism leveraged at two-time champion Fernando Alonso who drove for McLaren in 2007 and had a rather acrimonious departure.
While Ron cites the non-disclosure statement that Fernando and McLaren agreed to at the [...]

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