Heikki Kovalainen

Reemz27 · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:02 pm Post subject: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

WHO do you think is a possible winner at Yas Marina?

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Spaniard · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:28 pm Post subject:

Long straights and slow corners mainly.

We have a powerful engine, we have KERS so I think we can win here.

Praying for 3rd position in WCC Razz

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LogicPro · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject:

I want two McLaren on the podium! Razz

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MiniMarshmallow · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:08 pm Post subject:

Lol at the fact we've all put the McLarens so far.
Who you think will win and who you want to win are different things Smile

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Wcqxvzj · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:40 am Post subject:

I think Mclaen will be in the lead we've seen hamilton heads at the first FP !!!!

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LogicPro · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:02 pm Post subject:

If only the race could end like the FP2... Rolling Eyes

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ellen777 · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject:

i voted the mclarens..they seem very strong throughout friday practice so yeah Laughing

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Wcqxvzj · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:49 am Post subject:

it's sure that mclaren will take a pole position with heikki or hamilton Very Happy

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LogicPro · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:35 pm Post subject:

It's impossible that Heikki has all kind of problems, while Lewis' McLaren is always perfectly reliable! Evil or Very Mad

I really hope Heikki can make into the points, but it won't be easy starting from 18th.
Lewis faces an easy win, and the Red Bulls will probably be on the podium with him.

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Spaniard · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject:

Yeah, bad luck again, anyway, I think he can aim for top-10, because his pace will be pretty fast.

With Heikki into Q3 and Kimi out of it, the 3rd position in WCC would have been almost done. But now... Lewis position is veeeery promising, but one mechanical failure or similar, Kimi gets 2 or 3 points and we lose.

Anyway, I don't think that will happen. I am very happy we have finished the season with such a superiority. The team has worked perfectly and with tests during the season maybe we could have fought for something else.

MiniMarshmallow · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject:

Well done to Lewis. He could make our forcasts come true.

Such a shame about Heikki. He was doing so well as well... it always seems to be him. I think one of the British commentators said 'he has the luck of Barrichello'. They both do seem to have had similar luch this season.
I think he can aim high tomorrow, I know 18th isn't the best place to be but when you think of the inexperienced drivers in front of him and the experienced ones with less pace than him and the KERS button on his car... as long as he can get some overtaking done he should make a point or two. As long as he makes it through the start.
Who knows what could happen tomorrow, we will have to wait and see.

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LogicPro · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:44 am Post subject:

I hope he can be sixth at the end of the race, so he will be P10 in the final staindings. Let's see...

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Spaniard · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:10 am Post subject:

At the end we had the problem! Evil or Very Mad

But Heikki protected his position against Kimi and the rest was history. With Heikki in front of Kimi everything was done.

Well deserved 3rd position for the team. And nice 5th position for Hamilton. Heikki at the end finished 12th, with some more points he could have been 9th or 10th, but that's pointless, there is not real difference between those middle positions.

Now we have to think about 2010. This 2009 should be a good starting point for us. It would be nice the announcement of the drivers as soon as possible.

MiniMarshmallow · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:53 am Post subject:

Spaniard wrote:

Now we have to think about 2010. This 2009 should be a good starting point for us. It would be nice the announcement of the drivers as soon as possible.

I really hope we hear some good driver news as soon as possible, I will be checking everyday to see what is going on.

Bad luck for Lewis and the team overall with Heikki's penalty yesterday, we looked set for a win. But we took third in the constructors from Ferrari so I suppose it could have been a lot worse.
Kobayashi did well as well. I'd like to be the team that gets my hands on him next season.
Also, I'm not happy with the stories that Jaime Alguersuari ran out of fuel, it was a mechanical problem. He was one stopping and had more fuel that a lot of guys on the grid. It's even on the official website that he came in to refuel and went to the wrong pit box... no, he came in to retire and his mechanics weren't there to park him up and he would have compromised Vettel's stop anyway had he been parked into the garage then - so he had to leave the pits again to avoid causing trouble, and then stopped on track.

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Spaniard · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

Oh great, Heikki's KERS had a problem and he raced all the 2nd stint without it Evil or Very Mad

. After all these 11 seasons I've watching F1, I can say something:

Finland + McLaren = Bad luck.