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With Heikki Kovalainen having explained to GPUpdate.net that hydraulics is currently the 'weak link' of the Lotus car, fellow debutants Virgin Racing have been hampered to a greater extent in the same...

New car needs work...

Heikki Kovalainen admits that the new Lotus team is exceeding all expectations following its first winter testing. Now the only Finn in the field, the 28-year-old hopes to iron out niggling hydraulics...

That was what this day was all about for Lotus as well as the other Formula One teams. The British-Malaysian team finalized their preparations for the Bahrain Grand Prix in two weeks time, with Heikk...

Heikki Kovalainen completed another 65 laps in the warm temperatures at Barcelona. After some developmental mechanical and weight balance changes, the team were happy to see yet more improvement in th...

Heikki Kovalainen is the latest Formula One driver to express an interesting in trying his hand at the World Rally Championship....

Whilst acknowledging that the Lotus T127 is lacking downforce in relation to its F1 2010 rivals, Heikki Kovalainen insists the car has potential - as does the Cosworth engine in the back of it....

Heikki Kovalainen is confident Lotus's 2010 challenger has potential despite a few hiccups in their opening test....

So far the Lotus T127's first test has been going pretty well. The reliability seems to be there and it was only the enthusiasm of driver Heikki Kovalainen that cut short their Thursday session at Jer...

Finally the sun returned to Jerez after a torrential downpour last night left the local roads strewn with rocks, and the journey in and out of the circuit tricky for many. Heikki Kovalainen resumed dr...

Heikki Kovalainen admits that his Lotus car's main problem is the lack of downforce, but the Finn is hopeful the team will be able to make progress with time....

Heikki Kovalainen has admitted that Lotus' first Formula 1 car in sixteen years carries a fundamental downforce problem, as he completed his Jerez test slowest on the timesheets and 3.2 seconds down o...

Wet conditions in Jerez greeted Lotus Racing on Thursday as Heikki Kovalainen had his first taste of the car. Eager to get his day underway......

Early end for Lotus on day two at Jerez after Heikki Kovalainen goes off....

Wet conditions in Jerez greeted Lotus Racing as the team arrived on track with Heikki Kovalainen taking over driving duties for Thursday and Friday. First out on track at exactly 9am, Heikki completed...

Q and A with Heikki Kovalainen...

The Lotus team hopes that the weather will not cause as many problems in the air as on the ground tonight as several parts are flown into Jerez follow Heikki Kovalainen's accident on Thursday. Having...

Heikki Kovalainen believes the new Lotus T127 has fundamentally good potential, although he acknowledged that the team would take a while to get fully up to speed...

JEREZ, Spain, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Williams driver Rubens Barrichello was fastest in official Formula One testing on Thursday while Heikki Kovalainen crashed the new Lotus on its second day back on the...

Rubens Barrichello has confirmed that six teams have posted the fastest time in as many days at Jerez as its second test session continued on Thursday. The Brazilian Williams driver led the way from V...

Heikki Kovalainen crashes in his first outing for Lotus forcing the team to stop testing on day two of the third winter test in Jerez....

Heikki Kovalainen believes the reborn Lotus F1 effort has the right components to be succesful 'in the medium term'....