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7th Nov 09, 02:14
The cars and tyres have changed significantly over the past three years and in 2010 they will be even more so. These days ONE tyre company - and maybe in 2011 f1 will race on wooden ones  - makes control tyres and the driver and team have to adapt.Some drivers just have such fundamentally opposing styles - such as Sebastien Bourdais - that they cannot. Others such as Raikkonen eventually adapt to the tyres but if the team has a car suited better to understeer than oversteer - Kimi prefers oversteer like..... LEWIS! there is great difficulty. The two of them at Mclaren would be excellent for the team. The Ferrari F60 was better suited to Massa - who is an understeer driver like Jenson - and when he was out, the car began to be set up towards Raikkonen who still flattered the Ferrari to win at Spa. A team such as Renault just lost the plot entirely because their basic design was based on the Michelin and they just never caught up. I do not like the way f1 is that way - it makes finding another Schumacher very unlikely. I think Schumacher discovered that and is definitely a significant part why he did not return. The GP2 tyres and the car from 2007 - the first year of the 2007 - 2009 period - told him enough.
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7th Nov 09, 14:11
Interview with Kimi
- What is your ideal hour to wake up in the morning? (Laughs) Eleven. - Italians are rather open people. Has it been a problem for you in these three years? No, I have always had a good relationship. It’s true, they are passionate in many ways but I wouldn’t say it has never been a problem. - How many words have you learned in Italian, not the dirty words? Well, I say something, but not much (smiles and makes clear that he doesn’t intend to perform). - Being a F1 driver is great for what reasons? Because I’ve always loved sports and driving, but driving is the best thing for sure. - What is your worst nightmare? Don’t know, I sometimes have nightmares but when they are very bad I wake up. But it usually happens that shortly after you woke up you forget everything. - Can you tell us something about you that you think people have totally misunderstood? No, I don’t tell you. - Is there a category that you hate, journalists apart? No, there isn’t. And I don’t even hate the journalists, the fact is that I don’t like being with them, because of this job I love the sport, not talking. But I can say that many of them are also interesting people, but simply answering to the questions it’s not something I enjoy. - If you had to choose to have only one car in your garage, what would it be? I have one in my mind, but I think it would be a vintage car, maybe of the '60s. - What drives you crazy? Many things, but sometimes it depends on whether you're in a bad mood and someone just says the wrong thing and in the end you get angry. - You had many teammates. Who was the strongest one in your opinion? I can say that in the past I’ve had very strong ones, but if I have to do a choice I would say Felipe Massa without doubt. - Over the last two years you received various criticisms, maybe someone didn’t correspond to reality, so which one gave you most trouble? In Formula 1, people talk, criticize, but I don’t care. If they want to write bad things they do it, nothing changes for me, I mean ... It’s part of life. - What you will take away from this experience at Ferrari? The best memory: I won the World Championship. - What do you think that you will miss? I met some beautiful people, basically I will miss them. - Is there anything that scares you? Nothing. - What makes you nervous? Usually I’m always nervous at the start of races, but then it’s a feeling that goes away. In life there are a lot of things that make me nervous. - You can’t live without...? Many things ... even if it’s true that to live you really need very little, I mean once you have water and food you'll be ok. - What is your favorite food? Pasta (before arriving in Ferrari he was a fan of chicken). - Do you think Ferrari fans are different from others? I don’t think they are different, they only have a lot of passion. To have fans is a beautiful thing and however they are, it’s fine for me.
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7th Nov 09, 14:14
Kimi's column - Three years with Ferrari came and went. It was a fabulous time.
My dream came true the first time when we won the championship. We started well at the second time and were third in the final points. About this time there is a little in my toothole because we would have wanted to race for the championship but weren't able to do so at any point. At least there were a few races that made me happy. I will have only good memories of the team and got some friends forever from there. Thank you to all of them. Ciao Ferrari! The season and my job-time with the team ended in Abu Dhabi. It wasn't much of a race. We didn't get anywhere on the technical track with our car. And as a track it didn't really fire me up at all. These modern tracks don't seem to be my thing. I dig the old lanes. There's a good thing going on on those tracks. These new tracks just don't offer the same feeling to really really race. We already knew when going there that Yas Marina is going to be as tricky to us as Singapore was. The more curves, the more our car loses time. We were almost in Q3 in quali. 11th position was a good result. We lost one place in the start and stayed there too. The gang probably asks what we do next year. I think we can at some point tell what we have decided. I can say that much that the motivation hasn't gone anywhere. Racing interests me as much as it did when I was a kid. Racing is everything! But now I'm going on a short vacation. The season was hard and we knew it already before we started to race when we were so much behind the lead. Fortunately we at least won in Spa. That is the highlight of this season and the only thing that stays in my mind. F1 is going through a tough change. The regulations will change again. Let's hope that in the future they will be the same for everyone and in a way so that they can be understood as you want to. I'm preparing for the next season like before. First I take in a breath of fresh air and then I'll keep the touch alive. Let's wait and see where we will drive. Thank you to all the fans and mates who have supported me. The fight goes on! (Translation thanks to Nicole)
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7th Nov 09, 14:19
From this editorial he seems a really nice guy, and from te interview I get the same impression.
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7th Nov 09, 14:20
There is rumours that Kimi has signed a contract with Mclaren for $3 million plus $200 000 per point and $1 million bonus per win. Many people claim that an announcement will be made on Monday, lets wait and see.
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7th Nov 09, 14:23
Apparently he writes those Finnish reviews himself, and he is apparently quite clever with words sometimes, according to the Finnish fans.
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7th Nov 09, 20:10
Who told you that? To be honest, those reviews don't seem like they are written by him. He's got a vocational school background, so I'm sure he is not a poet.
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7th Nov 09, 23:50
I think someone asked him, the English ones was just written by Ferrari and he just give them guidelines about what to write. But the Finnish ones are apparently written by himself, it wasn't just fans who claimed he could be quite clever with words or the using of words, but his own family have also mentioned it. Apparently it a big part of his sense of humour, but people often dont get it. But it is not necessarily in the sense of being poetic or anything, if you understand what I mean.
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8th Nov 09, 01:19
Just because he had a vocational education does not mean he cannot string sentences together well.
I think Kimi liking cars from the 60's - he bought a classic American sportscar [don't remember the name] from acress Sharon Staone at a charity auction for a few hundred thousand as I recall, and not liking places like Yas Marina but preferring the old real racing tracks says a lot about him. In line with that he is the master of Spa and of course won this year!! Kimi is a driver that would have loved past era's. Probably would have been great pals with the likes of Steve Mcqueen, Paul Newman, AJ Foyt, Villeneuve and Mario Andretti! I know now why I have always like Kimi and indeed it will be a big loss for f1 if he is not on the grid in 2010.
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8th Nov 09, 01:26
Really? Do you know something or are only speaking b***s*** ? I can say that looks very much like Kimi "him self" - do you know some other who speaks like that? "I don't care style”.
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8th Nov 09, 05:04
What do you mean, I dont understand what exactly you are implying here? I said Kimi writes his Finnish column himself, do you agree with that or do you disagree with that statement? I am sorry, but I just cant quite figure out if you are lashing out because I said it was written by him, or because I said it wasn't written by him? 
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9th Nov 09, 09:24
Wow, I almost sensed an over reaction there
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12th Nov 09, 09:13
Still no news for Kimi?
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12th Nov 09, 10:10
Ongoing negotiations I hear.
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12th Nov 09, 11:24
Given the ridiculous testing ban and petulance from teams, no driver may drive until the new year. I think this drags negotiations out where you have drivers with questionable views of their value. Essentially teams have to decide what exactly they seek from their drivers too. Question: is Kimi a worthwhile hire? Prima donnas in all their manifestations are not welcome in f1 and this term is now coming to mind where Kimi is concerned. I consider Mclaren to have dropped the ball by not quickly reaching for Nico Hulkenberg. His racing pedigree is every bit equal to that of Hamiltons'. Instead he has been banished to a lower order team alongside an f1 geriatric. I admit that I have been less than correct about Nick Heidfeld and he has demonstrated this past season that he can deliver and his teammate was Kubica. He does not destroy cars and his experience is valuable - remember his rain tyre decision. There are more drivers than cars - advantage constructors. There is also no guarantee which Kimi will arrive at Mclaren. Again - it depends what Mclaren are seeking from their other driver. But given the apparent negotiation impasse - the Woking team should play hardball and declare sign as we want or I say - sign Heidfeld. They would definitely do no worse than Kovaleinen and the reaction from Heidfeld may be so powerful we will all be surprised. It is neccessary to stamp out the rising tide of prima donnas and Mclaren have experienced this - they must be looking on with great amusement and no regret the Alonso-Ferrari tie-up.
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12th Nov 09, 11:30
The driver market impasse isn't due to whether Kimi wants to go to McLaren, rather what Mercedes intends to do with BrawnGP. If Merc takes a stake they'll have Rosberg at Brackley, if the deal falls through then perhaps not. Until Haug signs on the dotted line McLaren and Brawn won't be able to fill their second seats and Kimi won't know if he's in at McLaren. I don't know what the holdup with Button is though.
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12th Nov 09, 11:53
OK! I'll bite! So what's your excuse?
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12th Nov 09, 12:23
As ever your posts make me laugh!
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12th Nov 09, 14:00
Mclaren are in no rush.
Besides which, Prima Donnas and people who don't like work are only worth employing when they get results.....or take a massive pay cut.
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12th Nov 09, 15:05
Wow so all this stuff about Fernando joining Ferrari was a smoke screen for a return to Mclaren? Crafty devils.. But no seriously though, Kimi has got the results but whether or not him and his management will accept a pay cut remains to be seen. The ball is in Kimi's court IMO, and I doubt Mclaren will be held over a barrel when theres plenty of cheaper options available. I'd still like to see him join, but am starting to get abit impatient over this drawn out negotiation. 
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