GP – Kovalainen remains clear-headed and sportsmanlike
Heikki Kovalainen remains philosophical after his underperformance at the Turkish Grand Prix since he still started from the front row thanks to very good qualifying sessions. The Finnish driver’s race was ruined because of another Finn, Räikkönen. Indeed, the two Scandinavians had a slight contact at the start, puncturing one of Kovalainen’s tires. A pit […]
Heikki Kovalainen remains philosophical after his underperformance at the Turkish Grand Prix since he still started from the front row thanks to very good qualifying sessions.
The Finnish driver’s race was ruined because of another Finn, Räikkönen. Indeed, the two Scandinavians had a slight contact at the start, puncturing one of Kovalainen’s tires. A pit stop was necessary…
The McLaren driver dropped to the back of the grid and ultimately had to settle for 12th place.
« It was unlucky, I started on the dirty side of the track. Then Kimi slightly touched me, which caused a slow puncture on my left rear tire, » said the former Renault driver.
« At first, I wasn’t sure if the tire was damaged, but while the safety car was on track, I realized I had to pit to change the tire. »
« The fact that I had a lot of fuel, combined with the traffic, made it extremely difficult to get back to the front of the grid. However, I did my best. »
« These things happen, but I know I had a good weekend. I was really enjoying driving the car after my accident in Spain. It’s very frustrating not to bring back points today, but I’m very optimistic for Monaco, » he concluded.
