Heikki Kovalainen has been around Formula One long enough not to get excited about Friday's practice times but Lotus were singing his praises after their Finnish stand-in's impressive performance at the US Grand Prix. The veteran of 109 Formula One races, the last 60 without scoring a point, Kovalainen was fifth fastest at the end of the opening day and ahead of French teammate Romain Grosjean on the timesheets. "We feel he's done a brilliant job today, particularly with all the procedures and getting used to driving a new car," declared technical director Nick Chester. "We felt it might take a little bit of time. But actually straight away in P1 (first practice) he was...
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