Kovalainen to follow Raikkonen’s step and try out rallying?

Posted by Harvinder

December 17, 2009

Former McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen made headlines this week when he was announced as one of Lotus F1’s drivers and now fresh from the announcement, rumors are circulating that the Finn is interested in trying out rallying and may take part in Arctic Rally with the Proton Satria Neo S2000 rally car. It all started when Jarno Trulli, Kovalainen and Fairuz Fauzy visited Proton’s Centre of Excellence (COE) in Malaysia this Tuesday.

You may ask why the Lotus drivers visited Proton, well thats because the Malaysian automaker is the parent company of Lotus. During the visit, Kovalainen looked interested in the Neo S2000 rally car that was parked in the centre. He even got on the driver’s seat and was very curious about the car. The car in question was used the day before for a rally experience event with Alister McRae. The Arctic Rally will take place next month and Kovalainen will join fellow Finn Kimi Raikonnen who will drive a Citroen C4, if Kovalainen decides to drive that is.

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