Inveterate pig-foiling time-spender Angry Birds is taking a victory lap after something like a trillion sales by sponsoring Finnish driver Heikki Kovalainen in the world's premier racing series. What does Angry Birds get out of it? The greatest Formula 1 helmet in the history of helmets.

To mark its purchase of Caterham, Team Lotus turned loose Formula One driver Heikki Kovalainen in the special Lotus-liveried edition Caterham Seven — a car so light it doesn't need a LCD readout to tell the driver "do a skid, bro."

The 2010 Race of Champions is being held this weekend in Dusseldorf, Germany. Watch F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen wipe out in his Audi R8 after a suspension failure during today's first race. (Hat Tip to D-Fence)

Yeah, we’ve shown you Heikki Kovalainen’s crashed F1 Lotus yesterday—but have you noticed the fancy custom Adidas sneakers the team are wearing?

The bloom is officially off the new Lotus F1 effort — ex-McLaren F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen smacked his green and yellow T127 into a tire wall at Jerez during testing today. Lots Of Trouble, Usually... Scandanavian?

With the paintjob of its glory days in the ‘60s, a team with the name Lotus is back in Formula One.

We almost forgot to show you the hottest scene from the previous weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, which saw Jenson Button become Formula One’s world champion: Kimi Räikkönen on fire!

With the wacky 2009 championship down to its antepenultimate race at Suzuka Circuit, Jenson Button’s eroding cushion of points was looking increasingly fragile. Rubens Barrichello and Sebastian Vettel smelled blood. Spoilers, shmoilers!

Whispers of team orders clouds a brainy race in Barcelona, where most of the action happened in the pits and in the tactical computers. Warning: spoilers below.