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Heikki Kovalainen's bets with Hamilton, his sole F1 win and rollercoaster career

Heikki Kovalainen's bets with Hamilton, his sole F1 win and rollercoaster career

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 6 Jahren

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Tom welcomes one-time Grand Prix winner Heikki Kovalainen onto
the show to discuss the ups and downs of his Grand Prix career,
which began with Renault in 2007 and took in 111 starts, with
stops at McLaren, Caterham and Lotus. The amiable Finn discusses
the challenges of going up against an all-time great in Hamilton
– their sporting bets and what separated them on the race track –
and looks back on his only F1 win in Hungary in 2008. There are
also stories on his breakout defeat of Michael Schumacher at the
Race of Champions, that massive crash at Barcelona in 2008, the
struggles that saw him end up at the back of the grid and much,
much more…