Profile: Heikki Kovalainen

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• Date of Birth: 10/19/1981
• Place of Birth: Suomussalmi, Finland
• Residence: Suomussalmi, Finland
• Marital Status: no
• Children: 0
  
  
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• Current Team: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
• Car Number: 23
• Position: Race Driver
• F1 Starts: 22
• F1 Poles: 0
• F1 Fastest Laps: 1
• F1 Points: 44
• F1 Wins: 0
• F1 Titles: 0
  
  
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• 1999 : Finnish Formula A, second
  2000 : Finished third in the Karting World Championship, but won the Scandinavian series
  2001 : British Formula Renault, fourth; Named rookie of the year by the Finnish Automobile Sports Federation.
  2002 : British F3, third
  2003 : World Series by Nissan, second
  2004 : World Series by Nissan Champion;
  Race of Champions Champion of Champions
  2005 : GP2, second
  2006 : Renault Formula 1 test driver
  2007 : Formula 1 (Renault), 7th with 30 points.
  2008 : Formula 1 (McLaren)
  
  Updated to Turkey 2008