Race | Result | Time | Grid | Fastest lap | Delta | Qualifying | Qualifying time | Pole position delta | Points | |
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1 | Australian Grand Prix | DNF | Collision damage | 12th | 12th | 1:25.726 (Q2) | 0 | |||
2 | Malaysian Grand Prix | DNF | Spun off | 14th | 14th | 1:34.924 (Q2) | 0 | |||
3 | Chinese Grand Prix | 5th | +1:05.102 | 12th | 1:54.516 | +1.924 | 12th | 1:36.032 (Q2) | 4 | |
4 | Bahrain Grand Prix | 12th | +1:17.824 | 11th | 1:35.520 | +0.964 | 11th | 1:33.242 (Q2) | 0 | |
5 | Spanish Grand Prix | DNF | Gearbox | 18th | 1:28.719 | +5.957 | 18th | 1:21.675 (Q1) | +1.148 | 0 |
6 | Monaco Grand Prix | DNF | Accident | 7th | 1:15.672 | +0.518 | 7th | 1:15.516 (Q3) | +0.614 | 0 |
7 | Turkish Grand Prix | 14th | +1 lap | 14th | 1:29.174 | +1.595 | 14th | 1:28.207 (Q2) | 0 | |
8 | British Grand Prix | DNF | Collision damage | 13th | 1:22.418 | +1.683 | 13th | 1:19.353 (Q2) | 0 | |
9 | German Grand Prix | 8th | +58.692 | 6th | 1:35.524 | +2.159 | 6th | 1:33.859 (Q3) | +1.629 | 1 |
10 | Hungarian Grand Prix | 5th | +34.392 | 6th | 1:22.958 | +1.027 | 6th | 1:22.095 (Q3) | +0.526 | 4 |
11 | European Grand Prix | 4th | +20.032 | 2nd | 1:39.341 | +0.658 | 2nd | 1:39.532 (Q3) | +0.034 | 5 |
12 | Belgian Grand Prix | 6th | +32.763 | 15th | 1:48.348 | +1.085 | 15th | 1:45.259 (Q2) | 3 | |
13 | Italian Grand Prix | 6th | +1:00.693 | 4th | 1:25.109 | +0.370 | 4th | 1:24.845 (Q3) | +0.779 | 3 |
14 | Singapore Grand Prix | 7th | +36.157 | 8th | 1:49.283 | +1.043 | 10th | 1:49.778 (Q3) | +1.887 | 2 |
15 | Japanese Grand Prix | 11th | +13.735 | 11th | 1:33.801 | +1.232 | 9th | 1:31.223 (Q2) | 0 | |
16 | Brazilian Grand Prix | 12th | +1:13.499 | 16th | 1:14.303 | +0.570 | 17th | 1:25.052 (Q1) | +5.476 | 0 |
17 | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | 11th | +52.798 | 18th | 1:41.316 | +1.037 | 13th | 1:40.983 (Q2) | +0.035 | 0 |
In the 2009 Formula 1 season Heikki Kovalainen drove a total of 17 races for McLaren. From the total of 17 races, Heikki managed to finish on a 4th place during the 2009 European Grand Prix. If we take a look at the races, where Kovalainen didn't finish, this happend in 5 occasions. The best result for Heikki during qualifying was at the 2009 European Grand Prix as 2nd fastest. Heikki Kovalainen finished the season on 12th place in the driver championship with a total of 22 points.