Heikki Kovalainen vs Lewis Hamilton, 2008
Teammates at McLaren — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 2008 season, Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton competed as teammates at McLaren across 18 races. Hamilton outqualified Kovalainen 13 times and finished ahead of him 9 times, while Kovalainen outqualified Hamilton 5 times and finished ahead 5 times. Hamilton scored 98 championship points, won 5 races, and achieved 10 podium finishes, compared to Kovalainen's 53 points, 1 win, and 3 podiums, with both drivers having a best finish of 1.
Written automatically from the figures below.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.