Kovalainen Happy with McLaren-Mercedes

McLaren's team boss Ron Dennis stated that their recent driver Heikki Kovalainen has become a new man since he is driving for Mercedes this year. Kovalainen recently joined McLaren after his 2007 rookie season with Renault during which he showed extraordinary progress and remarkable skills.

At the very first race of the 2008 Formula One calendar in Australia; Kovalainen achieved a great fifth assign and at the Malaysian Grand Prix only a week ago he arrived in third position. Dennis is very decided with the new chauffeur and mentioned that if he keeps on working the way he has been doing it he will be pushing his team friend Lewis Hamilton for the rest of the year.

"Heikki is a guy who was systematically taken apart last year and we get systematically lay him back well-adjusted again," Dennis told The Daily Telegraph. Confer him three more races and he testament be giving Lewis a corporal laborious time. Lewis knows it and they are chipper and joking approximately it. I hope as and when it becomes competitive between the drivers that the harmony keeps on."

Hamilton's Formula One debut at the Australian Grand Prix brought him fame and a podium visit nevertheless it besides brought him a hard time regarding his ex faction mate and top driver Fernando Alonso due to the rumors of their contemporary rivalry both on track and off track which has been fired up by the media. In Kovalainen's case Australia was his mere own baptism and a good stop place for this one growth his first off future as factor of McLaren.

Kovalainen performance was described by the Renault's boss Flavio Briatore as "rubbish", but in a vehivle still more less competitive than the ones they had when they won the world titles in 2005 and 2006. On the other hand let's not forget Kovalainen gave Renault the best results for last year's competitions finishing in a useful moment place with Hamilton in Sept of ultimate year at the Japanese Grand Prix.

After Fernando Alonso transfer to the Renault team due to the dreadful relation with ex duo mate Lewis Hamilton as well as the rest of the team; it sole seemed the peak election as a replacement for the McLaren team was Kovalainen without a doubt.

When they started looking for a replacement, and after seeing the characteristics they were looking for in a driver coextensive who had the finest driving patterns and skills?, who was on the first team? That for trustworthy applied to Kovalainen in spite of just being a rookie.

During his duration with Renault Kovalainen absent his motivation and that was reflected in his driving but first off he is gaining his confidence back and the McLaren team is tool authoritative for such improvements as the driver continues to go to be physically and mentally ready for everyone race.

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