Heikki Kovalainen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Heikki Kovalainen
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Oct 19, 1981(1981-10-19)
Age	43
Country	Finland
Birth City	Suomussalmi
Horoscope	Libra

Heikki Kovalainen Biography

Heikki Kovalainen is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on October 19, 1981 in Suomussalmi, Finland. Driver of the Finish Formula One race car, who raced with Team Lotus between 2010 and 2011, before joining Caterham.

After racing with McLaren, he was partnered with During the 2008 season, he partnered with Lewis Hamilton after racing with McLaren. during the 2008 season.

Heikki Johannes Kovalainen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈheikki ˈkoʋɑlɑinen] ; born 19 October 1981) is a Finnish racing driver. He raced in Formula One between 2007 and 2013 for the Renault, McLaren, Team Lotus and Lotus F1 teams, scoring a single victory at the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix. Since then he has raced in the Japanese Super GT series, where he won the championship in 2016.

Born in Suomussalmi, Finland, Kovalainen’s career began in kart racing, much like that of many other Formula One drivers. He competed in karting from 1991 to 2000, during which time he finished runner-up in the Finnish Formula A championship in 1999 and 2000. In 2000 he won the Nordic championship and the Paris-Bercy Elf Masters event, as well as finished third in the World Formula Super A Championship, leading him to be elected as the Finnish Kart Driver of the Year.

He was born in Suomussalmi (Finland).

Heikki Kovalainen Net Worth

Heikki Kovalainen is one of the richest Race Car Driver from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Heikki Kovalainen 's net worth $55 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was not unlike other race car drivers. He became obsessed with the sport through kart-racing, which he started as a teenager.

His 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix win was one of his most memorable moments in his career.

At the Chinese Grand Prix on his 27th birthday, he qualified in fifth position despite leading the timesheets in the initial part of third qualifying. In the race, Kovalainen’s first set of front tyres had been marked incorrectly, so the left tyre was installed on the right-hand side of the car and vice versa, meaning the tyres were spinning in the wrong direction, causing understeer. He reported the understeer on the radio, and during his first pit stop the mechanics tried to improve the situation by raising the front-wing angle. Now that he also had correctly marked tyres, however, meant that the front-wing was now causing oversteer and making the front of the car heavier. This possibly caused the puncture to his front right tyre on lap 35, forcing him to pit and drop down to 17th, before he finally retired on lap 49 due to a hydraulics problem.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Heikki Kovalainen height 5 ft 7 in Heikki weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Heikki Kovalainen Dating?

According to our records, Heikki Kovalainen married to Catherine Hyde. As of December 1, 2023, Heikki Kovalainen’s is not dating anyone.

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Kovalainen competed in the 2004 Race of Champions at the Stade de France in Paris. In the first two rounds he defeated Formula One drivers David Coulthard and Jean Alesi, and then Ferrari Formula One star Michael Schumacher in a Ferrari 360 Modena in the semi-finals. He then beat World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb in the finals using the Ferrari and a Peugeot 307 WRC car, although Kovalainen had never even sat in a rally car before, to become the first non-rally driver to win the Henri Toivonen Memorial Trophy and earn the title “Champion of Champions”. He also participated in the Nations Cup alongside countryman Marcus Grönholm, but they finished in second place after Kovalainen’s Ferrari 360 Modena broke down in the finals, losing to the French team of Loeb and Alesi.

Facts & Trivia

Heikki Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Heikki Kovalainen celebrates birthday on October 19 of every year.

He returned to the Race of Champions in 2005, defeating Bernd Schneider and Felipe Massa, but was then knocked out in the semi-finals by Tom Kristensen. Kovalainen won the Nations Cup with Grönholm in 2006, but was eliminated in the individual event at the semi-final stage by Mattias Ekström by a mere 0.0002 seconds. In 2007, Kovalainen and Grönholm again made the Nations Cup final, where they lost to the German team of Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel. Kovalainen beat Vettel in the individual race, before crashing on the finish line in the next round against Andy Priaulx. He crossed the line out of control, and Priaulx pipped him.

Mitä Heikki Kovalainen tekee nykyään?

Muu. F1-miljonääri Heikki Kovalainen , 40, tekee maaliskuussa näyttävän paluun parrasvaloihin, kun uusi formulakausi käynnistyy Bahrainissa. Suomussalmen sulttaani nähdään F1-lähetysoikeudet napanneen Viaplayn formula- asiantuntijana. Uuden pestin myötä Heikkiä nähtäneen entistä useammin Suomessa.

Missä Heikki Kovalainen asuu?

Kovalainen asuu vaimonsa, englantilaisen Catherine Hyden kanssa Abu Dhabissa.