Heikki Kovalainen finished the French Grand Prix in Magny-Cours in fourth place. After 70 laps, he came home 28.9sec behind winner Felipe Massa despite starting 10th on the grid following a five-place grid penalty. Team mate Lewis Hamilton ended up 10th; qualifying third, he was demoted to 13th due to the 10-place grid penalty he received [...]
Continue reading...9. June 2008
Here is a video of the accident between Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen. Lewis Hamilton retired on lap 20 after his pit stop during the Safety Car period, when he hit Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari at the pit lane exit who had stopped. While you can clearly see Nico Rossberg’s tail light flashing red (indicating that [...]
Continue reading...9. June 2008
A careless and stupid mistake from Lewis Hamilton caused him to retire in the 20th lap of the race, after hitting Kimi Räikkönen’s Ferrari at the pit lane exit who had stopped for a red light. Heikki Kovalainen finished the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in ninth place. After 70 laps, Heikki took the chequered [...]
Continue reading...25. May 2008
Lewis Hamilton won the Monaco Grand Prix and took the lead in the Formula One Drivers’ Championship. After two hours and 76 laps, he took the checkered flag 3.0sec ahead of Robert Kubica and 4.8sec ahead of Felipe Massa. Heikki Kovalainen came home eighth. He was not able to engage a gear at the beginning [...]
Continue reading...12. May 2008
McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finished the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul in second place. After 58 laps, he came home 3.7sec behind winner Felipe Massa (Ferrari). Lewis’s team mate Heikki Kovalainen had to make an unscheduled stop on lap two following an incident at the first corner which damaged his left rear tire. Heikki [...]
Continue reading...28. April 2008
Following his accident yesterday during the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Heikki Kovalainen was taken to the Hospital General de Catalunya in Sant Cugat del Valles in Spain. The team has established that Heikki’s speed was approximately 240km/h when the tyre deflated and about 130km/h when he hit the tyre barrier. He experienced [...]
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23. June 2008
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