Rally Features Heart surgery to stage success in six months: Kovalainen’s story Heikki Kovalainen had watched the best in the business hustle Group B cars as a young kid in Finland. He’d become a Formula 1 driver… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 24, 2024
Rally News Kovalainen provides positive update on heart surgery Formula 1 race winner and regular rally competitor Heikki Kovalainen has provided a positive update on recent open heart surgery, confirming that he has the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 6, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Tractors on ice… retirement Kankkunen style I’m sitting in a kitchen not far from the Russian border staring at snow. There’s a cassette player in the corner playing Arttu Wiskari’s rally… Read more by David Evans March 10, 2024 10 min +
WRC Features Kovalainen determined to rally again after heart surgery In a fascinating and insightful interview former Formula 1 winner turned rally driver Heikki Kovalainen has talked DirtFish through his plan to overcome the heart… Read more by Mark Paulson March 7, 2024 5 min
Rally News What Latvala learned by winning in Toyota’s Rally2 car Jari-Matti Latvala’s journey east for last weekend’s Rally Hokkaido was about evolution and the Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Concept. For the Finn, retribution came for… Read more by David Evans September 11, 2023 3 min
Extreme E News Kovalainen adds XE to his rallying programs Former Formula 1 driver Heikki Kovalainen has added another off-road challenge to his program as he joins Jenson Button’s Extreme E team for 2023. Kovalainen, a… Read more by Luke Barry March 3, 2023 2 min
Rally Features Top 10 Rally2 drivers of 2022 It’s that time of year once again. Following the successes of this feature in both 2020 and 2021, it’s back for another sequel in 2022…. Read more by Luke Barry December 23, 2022 5 min
Rally News Kovalainen and Räikkönen take on Finland with all-new team Heikki Kovalainen and the nephew of his former Formula 1 rival Kimi Räikkönen, Justus Räikkönen, are teaming up to take on next year’s Finnish Rally Championship. Competing… Read more by Luke Barry December 14, 2022 3 min
WRC Features How F1 perceives the WRC Formula 1 is often seen to be the pinnacle of motorsport. It’s the championship that consistently steals the mainstream headlines and provides household names. But… Read more by Rob Hansford December 10, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Top 5 WRC debuts by Formula 1 drivers The demands placed on a Formula 1 driver are very different to what’s expected of a frontline World Rally Championship pilot. The objective is the… Read more by Luke Barry December 1, 2022 5 min
WRC Features Kovalainen begins next stage of rally career Rally Japan is, for most of the World Rally Championship drivers, an occasion of last-times. The last rally of the season. The last event before… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 10, 2022 5 min
WRC Features Why Kovalainen is already so good at rallying Two wins from two, winning every stage. This, surely, is the form of a champion in the making, or someone at the apex of their… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 30, 2022 5 min
WRC News F1 winner Kovalainen plans WRC debut this year Formula 1 race winner Heikki Kovalainen is set to make his World Rally Championship debut in the WRC2 support category this year, with the season-ending… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 29, 2022 2 min
Rally News The latest F1 driver making a rallying career change Formula 1 grand prix-winner Heikki Kovalainen has become the latest high-speed Finn to try to establish a rallying career. Mika Häkkinen, the 1998 and ‘99… Read more by Ida Wood November 30, 2021 2 min
