Heikki Kovalainen has no memory of horror crash

Heikki Kovalainen has revealed he has no memory of his horror smash in yesterday's Spanish Grand Prix. The Finn remarkably escaped unhurt after ploughing nose first into a tyre wall at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, destroying the front end of his McLaren.

On the move: Heikki Kovalainen

You have to hand it to Ron Dennis. Not content with taking one talented but inexperienced driver under his wing, the boss of McLaren has decided this year to take two. When the drivers line up on the grid today for the first grand prix of 2008 in Melbourne, the Formula One team from Woking will boast one of the youngest driver lineups seen in the top flight of motor racing. Certainly they are the least battle hardened: both Lewis Hamilton and his new partner Heikki Kovalainen are in only their second full F1 season, having just 34 races between them.

McLaren driver Kovalainen takes maiden pole at British GP (AFP)

AFP - A delighted Heikki Kovalainen grabbed his maiden Formula One pole position on Saturday with a near-flawless qualifying display at the British Grand Prix.

Kovalainen leaps ahead of Hamilton to take first pole

As far as most of the fans are concerned, the wrong McLaren will start the British Grand Prix from pole position. The sell-out audience came to see their hero, Lewis Hamilton, do the business but he was upstaged by his team-mate, Heikki Kovalainen.

Kovalainen wins Hungarian Grand Prix

Heikki Kovalainen became the 100th winner in Formula One history with the first victory of his career to cap a surprising Hungarian Grand Prix.

McLaren's Kovalainen wins Hungarian GP

McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen won his first Formula One race Sunday after an engine problem forced Felipe Massa out of the Hungarian Grand Prix with three laps to go.