Heikki Kovalainen vs Lewis Hamilton, 2009
Teammates at McLaren — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 2009 season, Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton competed as teammates at McLaren over 17 races. Hamilton outqualified Kovalainen 12 times and finished ahead of him in 7 races, while Kovalainen finished ahead 3 times. Hamilton scored 49 championship points, won 2 races, and achieved 5 podium finishes, compared to Kovalainen's 22 points, 0 wins, and 0 podiums.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.5–12Qualifyingof 17 compared
3–7Race finishesof 10 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.
2009 season
1717
2249
02
05
P4P1
11.09.2
8.27.6
53