GENEVA, Feb 16, 2008 (AFP) - Formula One driver Heikki Kovalainen will join McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton as well as former world champions Alain Prost and Michael Schumacher in moving to Switzerland to ease his tax bill, the Finn´s lawyer said on Saturday.

The Finn will move to Coppet to make the most of financial allowances under the Swiss tax system, lawyer Dominique Warluzel told the Swiss news agency ATS.

Schumacher, Prost, Fernando Alonso, Jacques Villeneuve and David Coulthard as well as world rally champion Sebastien Loeb live in the canton of Vaud.

Hamilton and former driver Jean Alesi live in Geneva while reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen and Germany´s Nick Heidfeld are based in Zurich.