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Kovalainen: 2008 should be better

Heikki Kovalainen should be able to look back at his first season in Formula 1 with a positive feeling, but instead the Renault driver has said he is a bit disappointed with his results in the 2007 F1 season. He said he will need to do better next season.

Looking back at the 2007 Formula One season Kovalainen believes he mostly failed at the start of the season where he didn't manage to score any points. "I can't be happy about the start of the season," Kovalainen said in his BBC column. "We need to do better next year, both my team and myself. Regardless of where I am next year, we need to start better. Halfway through the year we got consistent results - around fifth, sixth, seventh in any conditions - so we can be quite happy about that. We had some really good races and strategies."

He continued saying: "My expectations were a lot higher. We expected to have a strong, competitive car and so clearly it was a disappointing season compared to that. I think we expected more from the races which is why it doesn't feel as successful as it possibly was.

"Next season I need to start better. I need to ensure that when an opportunity or possibility comes around I must take it straight away. We have to aim even higher."

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