Posted by ashleigh on
September 6, 2006
Heikki makes the big time
Heikki Kovalainen has been announced as the second driver alongside Giancarlo Fisichella at Renault next year.
The other news from the Renault team is that Flavio Briatore will also stay on as team boss.
Heikki is the second of the 'young guns' to come up from the GP2 series to F1, with Nico Rosberg being the first to make the leap.
The only team's that now need announce their 2007 line-up is the Ferrari and McLaren teams. The thought's and rumor is that Schumacher is to retire at the end of this season. This would make sense as it was believed that Kimi had a contract with both Renault and Ferrari with a clause in the Renault contract that allowed him to void it if the Ferrari drive came up. And with Renault now announcing their drivers, it looks like Kimi will be Ferrari bound to race alongside Filipe Massa.
