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Kovalainen: I ‘ran out of energy' trying to match Hamilton
Heikki Kovalainen spent two seasons as Lewis Hamilton's team-mate at McLaren and admits trying to match the now six-time Formula 1 world champion took its toll. The Finnish racer was paired with Hamilton in his first title winning season after Fernando Alonso quit the team, and despite finishing the season with almost half Hamilton's points tally, believes he was only a 'tiny' but slower. But Kovalainen says finding that extra pace to match Hamilton eventually saw him run out of energy and believes it was detrimental to his F1 career falling apart. ADVERTISEMENT 'He was just that tiny bit faster all the time, and I had to stretch, every session,' the 38-year-old said in the latest episode...
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