Reporting from the Ragged Edge
Heikki Kovalainen will fill in for fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus for the final two races of 2013, the team confirmed today in a statement on the Lotus F1 Team website. Kovalainen has been released from his contract with Caterham for the remainder of the season so that he can compete for Lotus. He... Continue Reading →
At the end of 2009, Heikki Kovalainen left McLaren, where he had won a race and featured on the podium three times, to join the all-new Lotus team, and suddenly found himself at the back of the field in a car that was not capable of points. Fast forward to now, and the team has... Continue Reading →
Vitaly Petrov had his career saved by Caterham, after he lost his drive at Renault (this year's Lotus). Two seasons with Renault had yielded mixed results, and by the end the Russian had not quite proven himself at the top level. Now a race driver with Caterham, he has another chance to show what he... Continue Reading →
Michael Schumacher topped the time sheets on the second day of pre-season testing at Jerez, Spain. The seven-time World Champion completed 132 laps with a fastest time of 1m18.561s, more than a second faster than yesterday's quickest lap by Kimi Raikkonen. Heikki Kovalainen made up for Caterham's limited running yesterday by completing 139 laps today,... Continue Reading →
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