{"id":84228375,"date":"2025-02-09T21:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T20:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/?p=84228375"},"modified":"2025-02-11T09:21:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:21:30","slug":"tidigare-roc-mastare-gor-ovantad-comeback-med-bottas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/nyheter\/tidigare-roc-mastare-gor-ovantad-comeback-med-bottas\/","title":{"rendered":"Tidigare F1-segrare g\u00f6r ov\u00e4ntad comeback med Bottas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Den tidigare Formel 1-f\u00f6raren Heikki Kovalainen g\u00f6r comeback i Race of Champions 2025 i Sydney, d\u00e4r han kommer att t\u00e4vla tillsammans med Valtteri Bottas i Team Finland. <\/p>\n\n<p>Detta sker drygt ett \u00e5r efter att han tvingades till en akut hj\u00e4rtoperation f\u00f6r en \u00e5derbr\u00e5cksf\u00f6rstoring p\u00e5 aortan.<br><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Kovalainen, som vann Race of Champions 2004<\/strong> efter att ha besegrat bland andra Michael Schumacher och S\u00e9bastien Loeb, ser nu fram emot att \u00e5terv\u00e4nda till t\u00e4vlingen som spelade en avg\u00f6rande roll i hans karri\u00e4r.<br><br>\u2013 Jag var en ung kille med stora motorsportdr\u00f6mmar och pl\u00f6tsligt k\u00f6rde jag mot Michael Schumacher och S\u00e9bastien Loeb och lyckades besegra dem b\u00e5da! Det gav mig mycket erk\u00e4nnande och p\u00e5skyndade min v\u00e4g till Formel 1, s\u00e4ger Kovalainen i ett pressmeddelande.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Han ber\u00e4ttar att operationen gick bra<\/strong> och att han nu \u00e4r fullt \u00e5terh\u00e4mtad.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"dap-ad-format\" style=\"width:100%;display: flex;justify-content: space-between;overflow:hidden;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;\">\n        <div id='div-gpt-ad-dap-67b461331a17a'>\n            <script> \n                typeof addSlot === \"function\" && addSlot(\n                    { \n                        id: 'div-gpt-ad-dap-67b461331a17a', \n                        sizes: [[640, 360], [640, 480], [640, 320]], \n                        target: 'DAP_D', \n                        minSize: 1100, \n                        maxSize: Infinity \n                    }\n                )\n            <\/script>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>    <div class=\"dap-ad-format\" style=\"width:100%;display: flex;justify-content: space-between;overflow:hidden;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;\">\n        <div id='div-gpt-ad-dap-mobile-67b461331a1f5'>\n            <script> \n                typeof addSlot === \"function\" && addSlot(\n                    { \n                        id: 'div-gpt-ad-dap-mobile-67b461331a1f5', \n                        sizes: [[320, 50], [320, 320], [320, 480]], \n                        target: 'DAP_M', \n                        minSize: 0, \n                        maxSize: 1100 \n                    }\n                )\n            <\/script>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<p>\u2013 Jag ser verkligen fram emot att delta i ROC, 20 \u00e5r efter min f\u00f6rsta seger i Stade de France.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/heikki1.jpg\" alt=\"Heikki Kovalainen, kl\u00e4dd i sin rallyoverall fr\u00e5n Aicello Racing, st\u00e5r leende framf\u00f6r sin bil, redo att \u00e5terv\u00e4nda till t\u00e4vling ett \u00e5r efter en hj\u00e4rtoperation.\" class=\"wp-image-84228393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/heikki1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/heikki1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/heikki1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/heikki1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/heikki1-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heikki Kovalainen \u00e4r redo f\u00f6r race igen, ett \u00e5r efter sin akuta hj\u00e4rtoperation. Comebacken sker p\u00e5 Race of Champions 2025 i Sydney. Foto: Race Of Champions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bottas: \u201dEn av de snabbaste finska f\u00f6rarna\u201d<\/h2>\n\n<p>Valtteri Bottas, som sj\u00e4lv ser fram emot att representera Finland, \u00e4r glad \u00f6ver att ha Kovalainen vid sin sida:<\/p>\n\n<p>\u2013 Jag gjorde en lista \u00f6ver de snabbaste finska f\u00f6rarna jag kunde komma p\u00e5 \u2013 och Heikki var sj\u00e4lvklart en av dem. <\/p>\n\n<p>\u2013 Det \u00e4r fantastiskt att se honom helt \u00e5terh\u00e4mtad och jag \u00e4r v\u00e4ldigt glad \u00f6ver att ha honom som min teammate i ROC Sydney. Jag hoppas vi kan ta hem segern f\u00f6r Finland igen, f\u00f6rsta g\u00e5ngen p\u00e5 n\u00e4stan 20 \u00e5r.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>L\u00e4s ocks\u00e5:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/nyheter\/bottas-dyker-ned-i-en-mercedes-infor-f1-premiaren-i-mars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bottas dyker ned i en Mercedes inf\u00f6r F1-premi\u00e4ren i mars<\/a><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/valehakkinen.jpg\" alt=\"Valtteri Bottas och Mika H\u00e4kkinen poserar i vinterkl\u00e4der under Race of Champions Snow + Ice i Pite\u00e5. H\u00e4kkinen ers\u00e4tts av Heikki Kovalainen inf\u00f6r ROC 2025 i Sydney.\" class=\"wp-image-84228391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/valehakkinen.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/valehakkinen-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/valehakkinen-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/valehakkinen-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/valehakkinen-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Valtteri Bottas och Mika H\u00e4kkinen t\u00e4vlade tillsammans i Race of Champions 2022 och 2023. Inf\u00f6r 2025 ers\u00e4tts H\u00e4kkinen av Heikki Kovalainen som Bottas stallkamrat i Sydney. Foto: Race Of Champions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n    <div class=\"dap-ad-format\" style=\"width:100%;display: flex;justify-content: space-between;overflow:hidden;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;\">\n        <div id='div-gpt-ad-dap-67b461331a277'>\n            <script> \n                typeof addSlot === \"function\" && addSlot(\n                    { \n                        id: 'div-gpt-ad-dap-67b461331a277', \n                        sizes: [[640, 360], [640, 480]], \n                        target: 'DAP_D', \n                        minSize: 1100, \n                        maxSize: Infinity \n                    }\n                )\n            <\/script>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>    <div class=\"dap-ad-format\" style=\"width:100%;display: flex;justify-content: space-between;overflow:hidden;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;\">\n        <div id='div-gpt-ad-dap-mobile-67b461331a2df'>\n            <script> \n                typeof addSlot === \"function\" && addSlot(\n                    { \n                        id: 'div-gpt-ad-dap-mobile-67b461331a2df', \n                        sizes: [[320, 320], [320, 480]], \n                        target: 'DAP_M', \n                        minSize: 0, \n                        maxSize: 1100 \n                    }\n                )\n            <\/script>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">En stj\u00e4rnsp\u00e4ckad lineup<\/h2>\n\n<p>Race of Champions 2025 blir en t\u00e4vling fylld av motorsportens allra b\u00e4sta f\u00f6rare fr\u00e5n olika discipliner. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>F\u00f6rutom Kovalainen och Bottas<\/strong> kommer bland annat Sebastian Vettel, Mick Schumacher, David Coulthard och Travis Pastrana att delta.<\/p>\n\n<p>Tre svenskar finns ocks\u00e5 med i startlistan: fyrfaldige ROC-m\u00e4staren <a href=\"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/tagg\/mattias-ekstrom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mattias Ekstr\u00f6m<\/a>, sjufaldige rallycross-v\u00e4rldsm\u00e4staren Johan Kristoffersson och rallytalangen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/tagg\/oliver-solberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oliver Solberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Evenemanget h\u00e5lls den 7\u20138 mars p\u00e5 Accor Stadium i Sydney och banan v\u00e4ntas locka en publik p\u00e5 50 000 personer.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Eventet kommer lives\u00e4ndas i TV <\/strong>och vi kommer sj\u00e4lvklart h\u00e5lla er uppdaterade med de hetaste nyheterna fr\u00e5n Sydney. Missa inte n\u00e5got av dramatiken!<\/p>\n\n<p>Se lite sk\u00f6na flashbacks h\u00e4r:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former F1 ace Heikki Kovalainen joins Valtteri Bottas for Team Finland at ROC Sydney 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9-gsBdq_Uwk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efter en dramatisk h\u00e4lsokamp g\u00f6r en tidigare ROC-m\u00e4stare comeback i Race of Champions 2025 \u2013 med Bottas vid sin sida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5152,"featured_media":84228382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[577],"tags":[36,2592,77,2593,2023],"credited-editor":[2310],"class_list":["post-84228375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nyheter","tag-formel-1","tag-heikki-kovalainen","tag-motorsport","tag-race-of-champions","tag-valtteri-bottas","credited-editor-christoffer-linden"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84228375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84228375"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84228375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84228519,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84228375\/revisions\/84228519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84228382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84228375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84228375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84228375"},{"taxonomy":"credited-editor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/credited-editor?post=84228375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}