Kovalainen: “Fired by Caterham with a text message”

Di Heikki Kovalainen the traces had been lost for some time now, but now the Finnish is speaking again. About oneself first and foremost and about the lost chances of keeping up with one Caterham hopeless.

“I remained loyal to the team for too long – he confided to Autosport – At the end of 2011, when I had regained my competitiveness, I should have left instead”.

“At that moment I was seeing the light and giving my partner a hard time – he explained – Even some important teams had called me. Then Tony Fernandes and the management assured me that they had the resources to make progress and I trusted them. I did badly, however it's a closed chapter now. These are the things of life."

“What regrets me most is that I never received a thank you – he continued – In fact, one day I received a text message saying that I no longer had to show up because a paying driver would take my place. I took it badly. It was certainly an episode that left a bad taste in my mouth, especially knowing that I had consistently given 100%. I really believed in the team's potential."

Chiara Rainis