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Rogue Profile of Heikki Kovalainen

Overview
Heikki Kovalainen
Name Heikki Kovalainen
Country Finland Finland
Active 2007 – to date
Races 90
Wins 1
Poles 1
Championships 0
Fastest Laps 2
Rogue Points 128
All time ranking 27
Rogue Race Wins 0 wins
Rogue Championship Wins 0 wins

Rogue data from 2012 for Heikki Kovalainen

Who? What Points Action Lap
2012 – Australian Grand Prix
Race
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Suspension failure 10 pts Retired with suspension failure.



41
Practice
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Off the track 1 pts Had a high speed off in turn 1



 
2012 – Malaysia Grand Prix
Practice
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Off the track 1 pts A small run wide led to a bump and a damaged front wing end plate.



 
Other
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Lose of grid placeOvertaking behind the Safety Car 10 pts Having been judged to have overtaken behind the safety car, was docked 5 grid places for this race.

The Finn, who retired from the Australian Grand Prix after 41 of the 58 laps with a suspension problem, was punished by race stewards for passing two rivals.

 
2012 – Chinese Grand Prix
Race
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Wheel loose 5 pts Had problems with the right read wheel following his second stop. Repitting to fix the issue ruined his race. He finish 23rd and last.



32
Practice
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Off the track 1 pts Ran wide in FP2 exiting turn 10



 
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Spin off and recover 1 pts In the final corner, Kovalainen span his Caterham and recovered to rejoin.



 
2012 – Spanish Grand Prix
Practice
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Off the track 1 pts Ran wide and over the gravel in turn 7 throwing gravel on the track.



 
2012 – Monaco Grand Prix
Race
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Unsportsman like driving 3 pts Running into Mirabeau, side by side with Perez, Kovalainen did not give an inch.

Perez needed to take the escape road and Kovalainen damaged his front wing.

Kovalainen eventually pitted for a new nose on lap 75.

72
Practice
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Off the track 1 pts Locked up and cut across the chicane after the tunnel.



 
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Engine failureCausing a Red Flag 15 pts Had engine failure in the closing stages of FP1. The engine let go in the tunnel filling it with smoke.

As Kovalainen put the car into neutral the rear axel locked and stopped the car on the exit of the tunnel. The session was red flagged as it was a dangerous situation with smoke and a car stranded. The session was not restarted.

 
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Off the track 1 pts Ran off the track at Mirabeau in the rain of FP2.



 
2012 – Canadian Grand Prix
Practice
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Crash due to driver error level 4Causing a Red Flag 9 pts In the middle chicane on the track, Kovalainen lost control and slammed into the wall.

Clipping the wall with the right rear, the car rotated to hit the wall with the front right wheel. This put pay to FP1 for Kovalainen and brought out the red flags to clear up the mess

 
2012 – European Grand Prix
Practice
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Off the track 1 pts Ran wide in turn 12



 
2012 – British Grand Prix
Qualifying
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Off the track 1 pts Had a small off whilst trying to avoid his teammate, Petrov.



 
2012 – Hungarian Grand Prix
Practice
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Off the track 1 pts Just after rain fell in FP2, Kovalainen had a moment and cut across the gravel at the chicane



 
2012 – Belgian Grand Prix
Race
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Spin off and recover 1 pts Span at the end of the Kemmel straight and carried on.



7
Practice
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Spin off and recover 1 pts Span in Les Combes in FP2



 
2012 – Japanese Grand Prix
Practice
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Spin off and recover 1 pts Span in the Spoon curve as he started his FP2 session.



 
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Off the track 1 pts Went off the track in the second turn.



 
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Off the track 1 pts Ran wide in Degner



 
2012 – Indian Grand Prix
Qualifying
Kovalainen, Heikki (Caterham F1) Spin out of session / race 4 pts Span off the track and out of the session with snap oversteer