| Heikki Kovalainen | All 2011 team mates | |
| Qualified ahead | 17 | 2 |
| Average qualifying gap | -0.465s | – |
| Finished race ahead | 9 | 3 |
| Laps spent ahead | 623 | 244 |
Qualifying gap
Gap in seconds between Heikki Kovalainen and his team mate in the last part of qualifying where both set a time, for each race.
A positive time means the driver was slower than his team mate, a negative time means they were faster:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2011drivercolours.csv
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
| Heikki Kovalainen | -0.0879999999999939 | -0.146000000000001 | -0.424000000000007 | -0.892999999999986 | -0.646999999999991 | -0.0379999999999825 | 0.0409999999999968 | -0.570000000000007 | -1.533 | -0.823000000000008 | -0.172000000000011 | -1.99299999999999 | 0.536999999999992 | -0.0640000000000072 | -0.0599999999999881 | -0.578999999999994 | -0.187000000000012 | -0.904999999999987 | -0.290000000000006 |