The Lesser Known… Heikki Kovalainen 31 Jan 2007
We catch up with Renault’s newest star and try to discover a little more about what makes the young Finn tick - rock classics and Hollywood stars included…
Q: What's in your garage at home?
HK: I don’t have a garage yet so everything is a mess inside the house…
Q: Tell us something we don't know about you?
HK: I’m a great cook, I do all the food at home. Italian is my speciality.
Q: Your favourite song for karaoke?
HK: Guns N’ Roses: ‘Sweet Child of Mine’!
Q: The last good deed you did?
HK: At New Year, when I organized a surprise hotel suite for a friend who had got married that day - we carried on partying while he and his new wife enjoyed the suite!
Q: If you were a superhero, what would your special powers be?
HK: Being able to charm Scarlett Johansson to go for a dinner with me without my girlfriend finding out…
Q: Your most prized possession?
HK: My laptop - I keep in touch with my friends with it when I travel.
Q: The person you most admire?
HK: At the moment Roger Federer, because he is doing whatever he wants on tennis courts…
Q: Do you have any bad habits?
HK: I get angry if I lose in anything so sometimes it's not nice to watch…
Q: What would you be if you weren’t a racing driver?
HK: Rally driver…
