Heikki Kovalainen took advantage of troubles ahead to race to 13th in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix, therefore equalling Lotus’ best result of 2011 which was previously achieved by Jarno Trulli in Australia and Monaco. Today, both cars finished two laps down, with the second one place behind.
“I had a great start, passing Jarno and then seeing the HRT (Liuzzi) coming into T1 in a pretty hardcore style, so I avoided that and was then up into a good position early on,” Finn Kovalainen recalled. “I managed to hold that place for a good number of laps and found the tyre degradation pretty easy to manage.
“The pit-stops were really good today – the calls to come in were made at the right times and the whole crew did a great job to get me out so quickly, so thanks to them and the whole team for a good end to the weekend.”
“For once I didn’t have a great start but I managed to avoid the crash at the first corner and luckily Heikki and I were able to get through that and avoid damaging our cars,” added Trulli, one of two Italians in the field along with Liuzzi. “The team did a great job to bring me in, change the nose and then rethink the strategy, switching me to one-stop strategy pretty much straight away.”
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  S. Vettel | Red Bull | 1:20:46.172 |
| 2. | J. Button | McLaren | +9.590 |
| 3. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | +16.909 |
| 4. | L. Hamilton | McLaren | +17.417 |
| 5. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | +32.677 |
| 6. | F. Massa | Ferrari | +42.993 |
| 7. | J. Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | +1 Lap |
| 8. | P. di Resta | Force India | +1 Lap |
| 9. | B. Senna | Lotus Renault | +1 Lap |
| 10. | S. Buemi | Toro Rosso | +1 Lap |
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