u all wrong. heikki is a fantastic driver. he is just­ unlucky last season. stop complaning about heikki. i­ think that heikki can challange for the world title.

if heikki come to ferrari that is the best thing i have­ never seen. Heikki Kovalainen and Kimi raikkonen.­ fantastic lineup. i hope that heikki can challange for­ the title in 2009.

kovalainen hss better chances in bobsleigh
lots of­ walls to hit with no consequences ...!!!

he should­ realise how lucky he is to be with mclaren and shut­ up
bbboooooooooooooo

If Mclaren did what they did to Mr. Alonso, imagine­ what will be the "strategy" for Mr.­ Kovalainen...

so all that time people were slating Alonso about­ whinging about equality, he was probably telling the­ truth!!

kirstielundgaard all i am suggesting is you are a tit­ cant u write something different.

paul t: The simple answer is no. There are a whole­ raft of legal hurdles, including the following:

1) You­ need to prove the FIA is liable
2) It is arguably the­ teams that provide the entertainment, the FIA provide­ the forum
3) There is no promise or guarantee made to­ us of a certain level of entertainment
4) The­ 'unfair' administering of any rules is between­ the teams and FIA only

While it would be nice to force­ the FIA into acting in the best interests of the­ viewing public, there is no legal footing for us to­ force them to do so. It would be like trying to sue­ the FA for the relegation of Sheffield United from the­ Premiership or suing FIFA because your team didn't­ qualify for the World Cup because the referee gave a­ penalty after a foul outside the box.

clement l - you mean the same Vettel who OWNED Hamilton­ in Brazil?

At least Heikki is speaking out now,­ rather than saying it years later like Rubens seems to­ be doing. Heikki has only confirmed what most could­ already see - Lewis was the teams number one driver­ from his first day in F1, and Ron Dennis ALWAYS has­ favourties, as DC implied in an interview - never do­ both drivers have the full support of the team.

hah! equality!? he should drive in a manner to warrant­ such privileges. gret in quali, but not so in races . .­ . all show and no go

"double world champ A L O N S O" is the king­ of all douche bags

double world champ A L O N S O is by far the­ finest DRIVER ON THE CIRCUIT
just give him the right­ car next year & watch out

h .kovalinen should shut up and enjoy money he does not­ deserve in maclaren and should explain to us the mac­ fans why he was behind vettel for the whole race­ ................mazbe it was team orders­ too.............or was it to help hamilton

well eliramson
Ur basically saying that Heikki came­ all the way to F1 to be Hamilton's pet and u thank­ him for that!!!!!!! Well maybe that suits­ hamilton's fans but the guys seems to have enough­ (like all who will be hamilton's teammates) to play­ second role even in the sets of tires and the­ mechanical parts he gets on his car.
My advice to u­ Heikki will be to leave Mclaren cause for Ron Penis­ there will be only on driver

Thanks The Voice of Oxperience. We analyse things­ deeply

Well done Heikki, pretend at least the same equality­ given to Rubens Barrichello in Ferrari...signing-on­ fees I mean!

Eliramson No. 66 comment, what a super, balanced­ appraisal of the year that Heikki Kovalainen has had at­ Mclaren. Excellent, well said.

I am afraid that whoever reported this may have twisted­ whatever Heikki might have said. Surerly heiki is­ unlikely to be a top driver in F1 but believe me he is­ one of a heck of a driver, a perfect team mate for any­ driver and not just Hamilton. Without him I can tell­ you that Hamilton would not have won the championship­ although he can not win the championship for Hamilton.­ A single example, take the last race in Interlago­ Brazil, if Heikki hadn't covered for Hamilton its­ very likely that somebody would spun him out of the­ track and out of the race. REMEMBER THIS SINGLE­ INCIDENT HOW HE PROTECTED HIM. Very few team mates­ would have done that. Thanks Heikki, YOU ARE A­ BRILLIANT DRIVER AND PLAYS FOR THE TEAM RATHER THAN­ YOURSELF. And thats what a team need.

unfortunately it would be disregarded Paul. It was so­ obviously pro Ferrari this year that it really became a­ joke to supporters of every other team. Max and Bernie­ are just a couple of power happy old farts. It's­ almost like they want us to see how they can fix­ things, hand out unjust penalties and say they actively­ support one driver and will "help him all I­ can". Almost like a statement of "look how­ powerful I am". F1 is going down the toilet.

Hey ginger_gitt, re post number 46...

You're not­ such a git after all!

Surely the strategy options were not meat to hamper­ Heiki as this article leads us to believe. McLaren,­ just like all the other teams wanted to win the­ constructors championship. They wouldn't sacrifice­ that by doing something that they didn't believe­ would help the team. Heiki had chances this year and­ never came up to the mark in the end. To try and blame­ the team (which I don't think he is as it is just­ clever journalism here) makes him look like a bad­ loser. He wasn't that far off the pace in­ qualifying all year. It was his racing times that were­ very poor.