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Frustration for Valsecchi
Stepping in to Kimi Raikkonen's seat at Lotus for the weekend, Heikki Kovalainen wasted no time as opening practice got underway, leading a string of cars out on to the Austin circuit.Drafted in at the last moment, a fact which grated the nerves of the team’s official reserve driver Davide Valsecchi, it was Kovalainen's first chance to familiarise himself with the team he last drove for in 2007.'It was a pretty smooth landing,' he said of his opening day. 'All the procedures and routines are quite similar up and down the pit lane, plus I'm familiar with all the systems from driving with a Renault engine already this year.'It was that familiarity which tipped the scales in favour of...
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