Birthday:198165438+10/9.

Place of birth: Somsami, Finland

Current residence: Oxford, England

Nationality: Finland

199 1 ~ 2000: go-karting.

Kouvalainen began to participate in various go-karting competitions at the age of 10. He quickly became famous and became a famous rookie in Finnish racing. 1999 and in 2000, kuvalainen won the national runner-up in Fomulai A in Finland for two consecutive years, during which he also became the Scandinavian champion and won the Belsey Elf Masters in 2000. In the same year, 19-year-old Kouvalainen was elected as the best driver of the year in Finland.

200 1: Renault Formula Competition

Kuvalainen's name was associated with Renault as early as 200 1. That year, a young Finn Kouvalainen became the champion of the British Renault Formula Competition. Finally, he won the fourth place in the finals of that year and was elected as the rookie of the year. His record is two victories, two pole positions and three fastest laps.

2002: F3 Competition

Kuvalainen won the third place in the British F3 race for the first time and was re-elected as the rookie driver of the year. His record for the whole year is 5 championships, 3 pole positions and 3 fastest laps. In addition, Kuvalainen also participated in the GP in Macau and won the second place this year, and won the fourth place in the Marlboro Masters in Derwald, the Netherlands. At the beginning of his career, Kuvalenin not only showed great potential, but also left a deep impression on his ability to adapt to various competitions.

2003 ~ 2004: Nissan World Series

Kuvalenin was the runner-up in the first year of this new competition, and he became the champion in the second year. Also in 2004, Renault began to notice the new star of Ran Ran and invited him to test drive for Renault many times.

2005: GP2 series

In 2005, GP2 attracted a large number of young racers, and Kouvalainen was no exception. On behalf of Ya Dun, he launched an attack on the annual championship. At the beginning of the season, Kuvalainen had a strong momentum, and he won several championships in a row. However, as other teams increase their investment, the competition becomes more and more fierce. Kuvalainen finally surrendered to German rookie Nikrosberg and only won the runner-up of the year. Now, Rosberg has appeared in F 1 this year, and Kuvalainen will also play for Renault next season. The "feud" between the two drivers will become a new attraction of F 1 next year.

2006: Renault F 1 third driver.

Kuvalainen officially became the third driver of Renault this year. His main task this season is to test the car for the team. During this period, Kuvalainen showed the increasingly mature technology and the potential to continue to improve his level, especially his good sense of car when driving a racing car at high speed. In 2006, Kuvalainen has run 65,438+08,000 kilometers on the track with Renault so far, which undoubtedly helps him to get familiar with various tracks of F 1 and accumulate experience. It is reported that flavio briatore, general manager of Renault Team, immediately became his biggest fan after watching the test run of Kuvalainen. Since Flavio Briatore once took a fancy to Alonso, Renault now hope that Kuvalenin, who will turn 25 soon, can repeat the "track" that Alonso once took.