Heikki Kovalainen

Spaniard · Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 1:09 pm Post subject: Spanish GP

Just if you want to comment something about Spanish GP. Cool

It's always a nice GP to check the improvements of each team. Then, the race tends to be boring.

LogicPro · Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 1:39 pm Post subject:

Lewis said that he wasn't satisfied with the improvements in the car, but Heikki is more confident he can get to Q3 for the first time this year! Smile

Also Martin Whitmarsh said that Q3 with both cars is the target...
I think we are more or less where we were in Bahrain (with Lewis). Now Heikki hopefully will be able to keep Lewis' pace.

BMW seems to have improved a lot...Renault and Ferrari small improvements.

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MiniMarshmallow · Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 10:43 am Post subject:

Martin Whitmarsh didn't hit his targets then.
That was terrible.

How did Ferrari have one car top and one car out in Q1? It just doesn't make sense.

Well done Jenson Smile

proud of my man.

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Spaniard · Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject:

What has happened in Finland this week?

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Well... Not a good day for us. That's it, let's see what happens tomorrow and if we are lucky and can reach the points.

Weights:

1. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 646kg
2. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 651.5
3. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 649.5
4. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 655
5. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 651.5
6. Timo Glock, Toyota, 646.5
7. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 655.5
8. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 645
9. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 668
10. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 660
11. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 676.6
12. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 677.4
13. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 676.3
14. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 683
15. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 678
16. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 673
17. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 669
18. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 657
19. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 675
20. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 656

A big step forward for Ferrari. The rest is more or less the same (Except us, it's everything so close that if you don't improve you go backwards fastly)

LogicPro · Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 2:21 pm Post subject:

Montmelò is definitely a bad track for McLaren...
at least tomorrow it could rain, and so let's hope in some points...

I think that by Monaco McLaren will improve...this is not the right track.
Ferrari improved a lot, but let's see if the race pace is good enough to keep the position for Massa (I think Red Bull and Brawn will stay ahead) and then if their reliability has improved Rolling Eyes

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Lady · Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:57 am Post subject:

Why is it always Heikki's car that breaks down all the time??? Evil or Very Mad

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LogicPro · Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 12:00 pm Post subject:

Lady wrote:

Why is it always Heikki's car that breaks down all the time??? Evil or Very Mad

Today he was also running well 11th...
Lewis came 9th, so maybe Heikki could have taken 1 point, since he was 5 places in front of Hamilton in the first laps...

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MiniMarshmallow · Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

Heikki is very unlucky.
At least he got a few laps though, didn't go out in the second corner crash like my dad said. We saw it and he just went 'Kovalainen'. Before we even had any information.
Bad luck McLaren, good job Brawn Smile

And as for Ferrari... Laughing

It could only have been funnier if Massa did actually run out of fuel before the race.

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LogicPro · Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 2:37 pm Post subject:

MiniMarshmallow wrote:

It could only have been funnier if Massa did actually run out of fuel before the race.

...and if he had to cross the line on foot pushing his car as Nigel Mansell Laughing

Today Heikki had a good start, he was 11th with more fuel than Kimi and I think he could race with Heidfeld and Rosberg and take at least 1 point.
at least I hope that Monaco will suit McLaren better than Montmelò...
Bringing both the cars in the points could be a good result...and let's hope Heikki doesn't have the same problem of last year at the start in Monaco. Confused

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Reemz27 · Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 2:58 pm Post subject:

Heikki had a Gearbox failure in Practice AND in the Sunday race - Let's just hope the best for him in Monaco.

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ellen777 · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 2:43 am Post subject:

Lady wrote:

Why is it always Heikki's car that breaks down all the time??? Evil or Very Mad

i know...how dodgy is it? Sad

hamilton's car like, never stuffs up

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MiniMarshmallow · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 4:26 am Post subject:

Did you hear Mark Webber swearing just before the podium ceremony?
'Massa f****d it up'
Then looks up at the camera and apologises.
My dad didn't hear it but I did Smile

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zebralea · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:38 am Post subject:

MiniMarshmallow wrote:

Did you hear Mark Webber swearing just before the podium ceremony?
'Massa f****d it up'
Then looks up at the camera and apologises.
My dad didn't hear it but I did Smile

hehe i heard it too, i laughed so much, i think he had forgot that the camera's still were around! lol

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palalabu · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:10 am Post subject:

LogicPro wrote:

Lady wrote:

Why is it always Heikki's car that breaks down all the time??? Evil or Very Mad

Today he was also running well 11th...
Lewis came 9th, so maybe Heikki could have taken 1 point, since he was 5 places in front of Hamilton in the first laps...

Heikki Kovalainen suffered his fourth race-ending mechanical failure in a McLaren in 23 starts for the team. Lewis Hamilton has had none in 40 starts

Evil or Very Mad

I really hate that team.

LogicPro · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:31 am Post subject:

palalabu wrote:

LogicPro wrote:

Lady wrote:

Why is it always Heikki's car that breaks down all the time??? Evil or Very Mad

Today he was also running well 11th...
Lewis came 9th, so maybe Heikki could have taken 1 point, since he was 5 places in front of Hamilton in the first laps...

Heikki Kovalainen suffered his fourth race-ending mechanical failure in a McLaren in 23 starts for the team. Lewis Hamilton has had none in 40 starts

Evil or Very Mad

I really hate that team.

I think they are five race-ending mechanical failures... last year: Spain, Belgium, Japan (he was 3rd Sad

) and China. And this year one...

Moreover he had different problems with strategies that favoured Lewis, and also he couldn't start in Monaco, where a podium was more than possible! Confused

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