Comments on: Heikki Kovalainen’s F1 career in video

By: Benalf

Benalf — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:13:30 +0000

I think Kovi should leave Macca if he wants an apportunity to show his true speed and craft. If it is true he’s being as competitive as Lewis but using unfavorable race strategies in most of the races then why he’s still wanting to race for Macca?
When Alonso landed back at Renault in 2008 and started testing using the lastest R26, he said he was surprised the car did not make podiums regularly at the end of the season, he even remarked that that R26 had better grip-balance on the rear than the ill-born R27.
So, if someone ask me how do I rate Kovi as a F1 driver, I would said; he has to prove he’s a real good driver yet; he relatively failed in Renault, he did not put a fight against Lewis…..he’s still a question mark…..he deserves a new team, a new try, a last one bacause the F1 driver market is getting pretty big, pretty wild, and question marks for sure will leave to give room to new “talent”.

By: Harv's

Harv's — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:15 +0000

no it wasnt, im sure its the R25!

im going to watch the top gear dvd to make sure

By: James_mc

James_mc — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:43:10 +0000

I worry about the levels of influence reputedly held by the Hamiltons in McLaren…

Personally I like Heikki, but it just doesn’t seem to have worked out for him. I’d love to see Kimi back at McLaren and Heikki gets a fresh start somewhere as he has done badly this past 18 months

By: James_mc

James_mc — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:38:25 +0000

Webber stuffed his chances of going into a McLaren a few years ago by saying (quite accurately!) that they frequently produce a great car one season then a dog the next!:D

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:03:50 +0000

Thanks for the correction on TG, Fer.

Can you correct it, Keith?

By: The Limit

The Limit — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:25:45 +0000

I have made no secret in the past eighteen months of my disappointment at the lack of progress Kovalainen has made at McLaren.
Maybe after witnessing the furore and pure excitement of Alonso’s season at McLaren, anything else would have always paled in comparison.
Here, in a nutshell, is why Kovalainen got the job in the first place. For years, McLaren had made bold driver pairings that had failed to deliver. On paper, Raikkonen/Montoya for 2005 had looked an almost unstoppable force. It proved anything but!
The Alonso/Hamilton fracturous relationship, proved more devastating to McLaren’s ambitions both on and off the track. Infact, its safe to say it cost both drivers the 2007 title in one way or another.
In Kovalainen, order was restored. McLaren’s main motivation, as widely rumoured since 2007, has been to keep the Hamilton family happy. No one, in my opinion, wanted another Hungary 2007!
This bears remembering now that Kimi Raikkonen is on the market, and rumours abound about a return to the Woking outfit. The question being, would bringing Raikkonen back into the fold reopen old wounds?
I am not suggesting that Raikkonen would cause problems, but he may stir up a rift with Lewis Hamilton and his family. What McLaren really needs, after the Ron Dennis era, is stability.
They avenged their defeat to Ferrari with the 2008 drivers title, but it is the constructors title they surely crave. It must not be lost on the boys at Woking that Mercedes are on the verge of winning their first title in eleven years with Brawn Gp, a team many thought to be backmarkers for 2009. The pressure is really on a team that cannot afford to make the same mistakes they have made in the last four years. It is simply to much of a risk.

By: wasiF1

wasiF1 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:02:57 +0000

Hope He finds a race sit next season.

By: Alex Bkk

Alex Bkk — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:54:24 +0000

Do you remember that Senna said that he would drive for Williams “for free”?

By: GeeMac

GeeMac — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:07:12 +0000

PK is testing a NASCAR truck sometime this week too. I couldn’t think of anything I’d like to race less than a NASCAR truck.

left, left, left. left, repeat 200 times, the end.

By: Gill

Gill — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:32:31 +0000

They rnt dropping Webber for Heikki, they are dropping Webber for Kimi and thats something. Ofcourse KImi is better than Webber