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Another addition to the list of complainers, this time it's Kovalainen. He says he's had to dodge Lewis a couple of times and has told him that he won't be doing that for much longer if Lewis keeps on driving over aggressively and eventually they will crash.

Well, if I was sat in Kovalainen's car at Fuji, I think I'd have the same opinion

Another addition to the list of complainers, this time it's Kovalainen. He says he's had to dodge Lewis a couple of times and has told him that he won't be doing that for much longer if Lewis keeps on driving over aggressively and eventually they will crash.

Where did you hear that?

Helsingin Sanomat, a Finnish newspaper. Headline reads: "Kovalainen:Lewis is an aggressive driver"

He also says he want's to be treated differently next season. This season, apart from 1 race, he's always had a heavier car in quali and he isn't too happy about that.

http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/artikkeli/Kova ... 5240321753

Well, if he has had his strategy dictated to him then he's got a right to complain. But whether or not that's the case is known only by him and the team. In that thread that was posted a while back, Kovalainen's qualifying pace has been, fuel-corrected, mostly equal to or better than Hamilton's, and sometimes he even matches his teammate with more fuel on-board. So yeah, I think lighter loads would be better for Heikki in terms of qualifying and, indeed, the race.

Edit: So, I asked someone Finnish on my contact list to translate that for me and he does indeed say that he's not going to move over when Lewis pushes him too many more times and that when that happens he does, indeed, expect there to be a crash. I wonder how that will go down..?

Im not convinced Heikki said that but if he did he needs to start driving faster before he lays down conditions. Still dont think he said it tho

It does seem very out of character, very poorly timed and only telling a fraction of the story. Still, I thought I would comment on it on the other thread lest people get ideas into their head.