Heikki Kovalainen vs Jarno Trulli, 2011

Teammates at Lotus — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 2011 season, Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli were teammates at Lotus, competing in 18 races together. Kovalainen outqualified Trulli 16 times and finished ahead of him 8 times, while Trulli outqualified Kovalainen 2 times and finished ahead 3 times. Both drivers scored 0 championship points and had the same best finish of 13, with Kovalainen averaging a grid position of 18.1 and an average finish of 15.9 compared to Trulli's 19.2 and 16.9.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
162Qualifyingof 18 compared
83Race finishesof 11 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

2011 season
18
Races together
18
0
Points
0
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
0
P13
Best finish
P13
18.1
Average grid
19.2
15.9
Average finish
16.9
5
Did not finish
4
Other seasons together:2010200920082007