F1 News: Kovalainen fires departing shot
Friday 9 November 2007
Heikki Kovalainen has admitted that he would like to be team-mates with Fernando Alonso at Renault, but only if they enjoyed equal status in the team.
In fact, what this means is that he doesn’t want to be team-mates with Alonso, as Flavio Briatore has already said that “if you hire a world champion, then you must give him the number one status”.
It is also a great display of bravado from the young Finn, telling the world before he gets sacked that he wouldn’t want the job anyway. Let’s hope that he is rewarded with a drive at McLaren instead.
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