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RACING DRIVER

Heikki Kovalainen

1981 - Today

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Heikki Johannes Kovalainen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhei̯kːi ˈkoʋɑlɑi̯nen]; born 19 October 1981) is a Finnish racing driver competing in the Japan Rally Championship for Rally Team AICELLO. He raced in Formula One between 2007 and 2013 for the Renault, McLaren, Team Lotus, Caterham and Lotus F1 teams, scoring a single victory at the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix. After leaving Formula One, he raced in the Japanese Super GT series between 2015 and 2021, where he won the championship in 2016. He was supported by the Renault Driver Development programme early in his racing career, during which he won the World Series by Nissan championship and finished runner-up in the GP2 series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heikki Kovalainen has received more than 872,381 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Heikki Kovalainen is the 230th most popular racing driver (up from 245th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Finland (up from 177th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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  • 2.91

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Heikki Kovalainen ranks 230 out of 888Before him are Kevin Schwantz, Philippe Streiff, Robert Manzon, Philippe Étancelin, Brett Lunger, and JJ Lehto. After him are Mick Doohan, Daniel Ricciardo, Jacques Villeneuve, Carlo Ubbiali, Bill Vukovich, and Jules Bianchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Heikki Kovalainen ranks 57Before him are Fan Bingbing, Pitbull, Roque Santa Cruz, Kim Jong-chul, Timo Boll, and Bruno Alves. After him are Toše Proeski, Patrick J. Adams, Jun Ji-hyun, Joseph Morgan, Nicky Hayden, and Júlio Baptista.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Heikki Kovalainen ranks 163 out of 642Before him are Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958), Leevi Madetoja (1887), Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870), Ilmari Salminen (1902), Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1894), and JJ Lehto (1966). After him are Erkki Aaltonen (1910), Alexi Laiho (1979), Aarre Merikanto (1893), Julius Skutnabb (1889), Kaarlo Castrén (1860), and Jari Kurri (1960).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Heikki Kovalainen ranks 17Before him are Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Valtteri Bottas (1989), Timo Salonen (1951), Marcus Grönholm (1968), Leo Kinnunen (1943), and JJ Lehto (1966). After him are Timo Mäkinen (1938), Harri Rovanperä (1966), Mikko Kozarowitzky (1948), Mikko Hirvonen (1980), Jari-Matti Latvala (1985), and Toni Gardemeister (1975).

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