Compare Heikki Kovalainen‘s performance against his team mate throughout the 2012 F1 season.
Race finishing positions
| AUS | MAL | CHI | BAH | SPA | MON | CAN | EUR | BRI | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JAP | KOR | IND | ABU | UNI | BRA | |
| Heikki Kovalainen | – | 18 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 14 |
| Team mate | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 11 |
Performance comparison
| Heikki Kovalainen | Vitaly Petrov | |
| Qualified ahead | 13 | 7 |
| Average qualifying gap | -0.212s | – |
| Finished race ahead | 7 | 10 |
| Laps spent ahead | 614 | 419 |
Qualifying gap
Gap in seconds between Heikki Kovalainen and his team mate in the last part of qualifying where both set a time, for each race.
A positive time means the driver was slower than his team mate, a negative time means they were faster:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2012drivercolours.csv
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
| Heikki Kovalainen | -0.339000000000013 | -0.26100000000001 | -0.214000000000027 | -0.971000000000004 | 0.230000000000032 | -0.866000000000014 | -0.218999999999994 | -0.370000000000005 | 0.449999999999989 | -0.911000000000001 | -0.590999999999994 | -0.227999999999994 | -0.50500000000001 | 0.291000000000011 | -0.774999999999991 | 0.125999999999991 | 0.744 | -0.195000000000007 | 0.357000000000014 | 0.012999999999991 |