Heikki Kovalainen
Finnish · 2007–2013
VS

Vitaly Petrov
Russian · 2010–2012
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
10
10
Qualifyingahead
12
8
Heikki Kovalainen · Vitaly Petrov
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.224s
Heikki Kovalainen faster by the median gap over 20 sessions
2012 −0.224s 20
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
21 — 37
58 shared
Qualifying H2H
14 — 44
58 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P7
Best championship
P10
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 3
2010 P13 2011 P10 2012 P19
Teammate battle by season
10
10
2012
Career totals
Heikki Kovalainen Vitaly Petrov
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
1
0
Podiums
4
1
Fastest laps
2
1
Career points
105
64
Starts
112
58
Rate-adjusted · per start
Heikki Kovalainen Vitaly Petrov
Win rate
0.9%
0%
Podium rate
3.6%
1.7%
Pole rate
0.9%
0%
Points / start
0.9
1.1
Avg grid
P13.7
P14.6
Avg finish
P13.3
P14.4
Finish rate
82.1%
82.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Heikki Kovalainen Vitaly Petrov
Overtakes
1,028
574
Overtakes / race
9.4
10.4
Places lost
952
506
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Heikki Kovalainen Vitaly Petrov
Mechanical retirements
10
4
Crash retirements
9
6
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 1 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
2007
Debut season
2010
2008 · aged 26
First win
—
2008
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P3
+0.5
Avg places gained
+0.2
Season points trajectory
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Heikki Kovalainen Vitaly Petrov
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Heikki Kovalainen Vitaly Petrov
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Hungaroring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P13
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P16
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P10
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P13
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P11
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P12
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P9
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P11
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P13
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P9
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P16
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P8
Korean International Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P16
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P10
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P10
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P11
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P17
Team history
Heikki Kovalainen
REN
MCL
LOT
CAT
LOT
Renault 2007McLaren 2008–2009Lotus 2010–2011Caterham 2012Lotus F1 2013
Vitaly Petrov
REN
CAT
Renault 2010–2011Caterham 2012
20072013
Heikki Kovalainen → Vitaly Petrov → Compare others
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).