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Kovalainen expects equality in 2009
by Essential Sports
McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen has asked to have the same fuel strategy as team mate and World Champion Lewis Hamilton next season.
Kovalainen believes the reason he finished the season in seventh place is becuase his car was always given a heavier fuel load.The Finn said: "Only once was I lighter on fuel than Lewis, and that was at Silverstone, where I was on pole.
"In all other qualifying sessions, I was fuelled more heavily - often the heaviest guy in the top six or seven. If I had been at the front more often, then I would have won more frequently."
The 27-year-old added: "The team knew exactly what was taking place. It's something we have to look at for the coming year."
Kovalainen managed just three podium finishes in 2008.
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