Renault rookie Heikki Kovalainen is backing countryman Kimi Raikkonen, not Fernando Alonso, to win the world title next season. Although Alonso is the current holder of the title having won it in 2005 and again in 2006, Kovalainen believes the Spaniard's move to McLaren could cost him a third successive championship in 2007.
Instead, he says the honour will go to Raikkonen, who is in leaving McLaren and heading to Ferrari at the end of the year.
He told Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat: "Kimi is the biggest favourite.
"Alonso is also strong but only if McLaren will get their car working properly. Massa can also be good."
As for his own chances in 2007, his first year as a F1 driver, the 25-year-old Finn said: "At the moment I don't take stress about winning races.
"I want finish my first grand prix in Melbourne and I want get a good start this season."
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