Lewis Hamilton scored his first world championship in the 2008 McLaren MP4-23, but the car is also held in high esteem by the Briton's team-mate that year. Here's why Heikki Kovalainen regards it as his favourite
For Heikki Kovalainen, the McLaren MP4-23 will forever be remembered as the car that guided him to his only Formula 1 victory at the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix. But that isn’t the only reason why it’s his favourite. Kovalainen’s career has had several chapters. He made 111 starts in F1 before tackling Japan’s Super GT scene and becoming champion in 2016. Now he’s back competing in rallying with a national title in Japan already under his belt.
It had plenty of front grip “and I have always liked a car that has a lot of front grip”. He explains: “Quite often in Formula 1 you are running maximum front wing and then you have to start shifting the mechanical balance. That takes something away from the rear, it gets unstable and it usually goes the wrong way.
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