Kimi Räikkönen Fans (Twitter) Here's the Kimi interview from the Italian website in english. It's well worth a read - http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rma838 (thank you so much @iamanch)
ZitatWhat do you expect from Monza 2013? I will try to do better than the last year, and we’re improving a little. Last year we had a few problems, but we always tried to improve our weakest points. Our aim is, obviously, to keep fighting for winning races and the championship, but we understand we’re not as competitive as some other teams, and we have to be realistic. It’s frustrating for me and the team not being able to do better, not being able to win more races, but in general I don’t think we’re doing too bad, so all we can do is to keep concentrating on improving. We know we’re not the strongest on the track where aerodynamics don’t matter much, but we expect to be lower on the track to understand how we’re doing. I think it will be easier and we will be more competitive here than the last season. What conditions you want the least for this race? Probably the area where we are suffering the most is humid conditions, we don’t achieve the spead we want because of the lack of grip or aerodynamic pressure or anything like that. But I think our car doesn’t have any detected precise problems in any specific field, so all we have to do is to improve everything bit by bit to be faster.
Any particular strategy? No, it all depends on how the free practices will go. I can only aim to be on the podium, and we’ll see what happens. What do you think of the next year’s car? And is Lotus satisfied with it? (Laughs) It will be a difficult challenge for everyone. There are so many new technologies that interest the factories, and that’s why so many of them eagerly want to be in F1. I guess they will have to develop these technologies, and we will have to integrate them in the new car. After seven years without drastic changes in the technical rules we are at a turning point, and one of the most critical aspects is that the motorists have to balance the financial resources between this year and 2014. I believe that the new rules will be interesting and it’s a positive change for the factories and the sport. It’s a pity that it’s so pricy and we have to face consequences.
What do you think of the next year? Who will be the favorites? It’s difficult to say. Because of the rules change it’s impossible to predict who will be fact and who won’t. Of course it will be much easier to make a great car or to fail it completely. There will be more difference between some teams that are currently on the same level.
How much the motivation matters for an F1 driver? There are many talks about a driver in the battle for this year’s championship (Alonso) thinking of abandoning F1 for a pause. When you took a break from F1 in 2009, was it an issue of motivation? My break in 2009 wasn’t caused by lack of motivation. I never said that, it was a thing that was attributed to me but it wasn’t like that. So many things happened, and I just stopped being happy from other stuff. I’ve never stopped having fun and I never lost the passion for racing. Sadly, in Formula 1 there are so many aspects that don’t have anything to do with racing, and I stopped doing that. And I am happy. Speaking of other drivers you have to ask them about it all.
What did you feel in 2007 after winning the championship? Obviously I was happy. It was an aim I always dreamt of achieving, and in the last laps of the last race, when I understood that everything was going like it had to, I continued to keep pushing. I was so happy and everyone was so happy, I don’t really know how to express the feelings I had at that time.
Are you as hungry for winning as back then? Well, certainly things change. When you win a title the satisfaction doesn’t last long, and then you want to win another one, but the pressure is lower, you don’t feel obligated to do it. You work hard to win once again, the determination is the same, but you know that if you don’t achieve it it won’t be the thing that will follow you all your life. That’s why I enjoy everything maybe even more. It’s not so easy to do it at this level, but it’s psychologically easier.
You’re back in F1 and it created a new wave of adoration from your fans. Maybe even more than when you were in Ferrari. What do you think of that? It’s wonderful to have fans… " title="blink" /> arts" title="hearts" /> certainly better to have them than not to have them. I am always on the track to try to win a race, to do the best I can, and I think it’s what my fans like. Of course, it’s natural to have more fans when you’re doing okay, but I interpret racing and life in my own way, and I think my fans like this aspect of mine. I don’t try to please everyone, I am not here to make myself loved by the public, but it’s awesome to have so many fans that support me.
Zitat von JalumiBut Gro and Kimi had exact the same time after FP2.... one with long, one with short wheelbase. Maybe they have no benefit from the long wheelbase and take better, what they know.
You could see Kimi's steering around corners wasn't that good, the car was clearly very nervous. He had quite a few moments, and that doesn't normally happen with Kimi. Personally I dont think a longer wheelbase would suit Kimi's driving style. He drives with the front end, he wants a strong reaction from the front end. I think a longer wheelbase would be better for a driver who drives with understeer. The longer wheelbase is suppose to help with rear stability, that is not what Kimi needs.
Zitat von JalumiKimi Räikkönen Fans (Twitter) Here's the Kimi interview from the Italian website in english. It's well worth a read - http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rma838 (thank you so much @iamanch)
ZitatWhat do you expect from Monza 2013? I will try to do better than the last year, and we’re improving a little. Last year we had a few problems, but we always tried to improve our weakest points. Our aim is, obviously, to keep fighting for winning races and the championship, but we understand we’re not as competitive as some other teams, and we have to be realistic. It’s frustrating for me and the team not being able to do better, not being able to win more races, but in general I don’t think we’re doing too bad, so all we can do is to keep concentrating on improving. We know we’re not the strongest on the track where aerodynamics don’t matter much, but we expect to be lower on the track to understand how we’re doing. I think it will be easier and we will be more competitive here than the last season. What conditions you want the least for this race? Probably the area where we are suffering the most is humid conditions, we don’t achieve the spead we want because of the lack of grip or aerodynamic pressure or anything like that. But I think our car doesn’t have any detected precise problems in any specific field, so all we have to do is to improve everything bit by bit to be faster.
Any particular strategy? No, it all depends on how the free practices will go. I can only aim to be on the podium, and we’ll see what happens. What do you think of the next year’s car? And is Lotus satisfied with it? (Laughs) It will be a difficult challenge for everyone. There are so many new technologies that interest the factories, and that’s why so many of them eagerly want to be in F1. I guess they will have to develop these technologies, and we will have to integrate them in the new car. After seven years without drastic changes in the technical rules we are at a turning point, and one of the most critical aspects is that the motorists have to balance the financial resources between this year and 2014. I believe that the new rules will be interesting and it’s a positive change for the factories and the sport. It’s a pity that it’s so pricy and we have to face consequences.
What do you think of the next year? Who will be the favorites? It’s difficult to say. Because of the rules change it’s impossible to predict who will be fact and who won’t. Of course it will be much easier to make a great car or to fail it completely. There will be more difference between some teams that are currently on the same level.
How much the motivation matters for an F1 driver? There are many talks about a driver in the battle for this year’s championship (Alonso) thinking of abandoning F1 for a pause. When you took a break from F1 in 2009, was it an issue of motivation? My break in 2009 wasn’t caused by lack of motivation. I never said that, it was a thing that was attributed to me but it wasn’t like that. So many things happened, and I just stopped being happy from other stuff. I’ve never stopped having fun and I never lost the passion for racing. Sadly, in Formula 1 there are so many aspects that don’t have anything to do with racing, and I stopped doing that. And I am happy. Speaking of other drivers you have to ask them about it all.
What did you feel in 2007 after winning the championship? Obviously I was happy. It was an aim I always dreamt of achieving, and in the last laps of the last race, when I understood that everything was going like it had to, I continued to keep pushing. I was so happy and everyone was so happy, I don’t really know how to express the feelings I had at that time.
Are you as hungry for winning as back then? Well, certainly things change. When you win a title the satisfaction doesn’t last long, and then you want to win another one, but the pressure is lower, you don’t feel obligated to do it. You work hard to win once again, the determination is the same, but you know that if you don’t achieve it it won’t be the thing that will follow you all your life. That’s why I enjoy everything maybe even more. It’s not so easy to do it at this level, but it’s psychologically easier.
You’re back in F1 and it created a new wave of adoration from your fans. Maybe even more than when you were in Ferrari. What do you think of that? It’s wonderful to have fans… arts" title="hearts" /> certainly better to have them than not to have them. I am always on the track to try to win a race, to do the best I can, and I think it’s what my fans like. Of course, it’s natural to have more fans when you’re doing okay, but I interpret racing and life in my own way, and I think my fans like this aspect of mine. I don’t try to please everyone, I am not here to make myself loved by the public, but it’s awesome to have so many fans that support me.
Interesting interview. I ve never seen Kimi discuss fans in such detail.
Qualifying 11th is obviously not great, but I think it could be the best of a bad situation. Kimi can now choice whatever strategy he wants and he starts from the clean side for once. I dont think Lotus is fast enough for podiums and so on, but Kimi can still score good points tomorrow. In any event if it rains tomorrow then Lotus would just be doubly screwed over.
“@F1grid: Alonso to Ferrari: "You are stupid. You are all stupid. You ruined my qualifying." #F1” #DirtyTalk #LoL
Pretty strong words from Alonso, to Ferrari. But I dont understand why they tried the tow again, it failed last year as well, Alonso was properly just fustrated. Anyways I am pretty sure Massa and Alonso will blast past Hulkenberg tomorrow at the start, Red Bull is just unstoppable.
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Zitat von BoudicaKimi looks happy at Monza. In the pictures atleast.
Why was he posing with Botas?
the guy in the middle with the cap is Erkki Mustakari, it's his 412 and last race he will report. the other guy is a camera man, I guess also Finnish and celebrating his 200th race.
ZitatThe Final Cut – 2013 Italian Grand Prix, Saturday 7th September
Kimi Räikkönen qualified in eleventh and Romain Grosjean thirteenth after a disappointing qualifying session at Monza for tomorrow’s Italian Grand Prix. After demonstrating strong pace yesterday, the team was unable to unlock any more speed today as it faced the unique challenge of the low-downforce Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
Kimi Räikkönen, E21-03. Q: P11, 1:24.610. FP3: P10, 1:25.120 “We were just not fast enough today. We have been suffering a bit all weekend so far and it was the same today. It just isn’t our kind of circuit and layout where we have to run small wings. The car behaved pretty okay but we just didn’t have the downforce to go fast through the corners with our low drag package. Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit better but I’m not expecting any big surprises. In any case we will do the best we can.”
Romain Grosjean, E21-05. Q: P13, 1:24.848. FP3: P14, 1:25.499 “Today was difficult for us as we had no grip. I was quite surprised at how it went in free practice yesterday, but today was simply a different story. The aerodynamic configuration for Monza isn’t an easy one and it didn’t go the way we would have liked it to go. I hope that we find grip levels for tomorrow and are able to deliver as good a race as we can.”
Alan Permane, Trackside Operations Director: “Not a great day.”
How was qualifying for the team? It wasn’t great and there’s no secret that we couldn’t find the pace we needed from the car here at Monza. It was quite a hit not to make it into the top ten, but Monza is such a distinct challenge that there is often a shake-up in the order of which cars perform well here, which is what we’ve seen today. Eleventh and thirteenth is not where we want to be, and there’s no real solace in seeing another race winning car between us on the grid.
Why did we have pace yesterday but not today? Where you end on the timesheets on Friday does not mean you’ll end up in the same place on Saturday due to the different programmes being run by each team and a variety of other factors. We weren’t able to unlock more speed out of our car today whereas our rivals did. The lap times are very close here, even with it being a fast track. We simply weren’t fast enough.
What are the strategic permutations tomorrow? For a dry race we can start on whichever Pirelli compound we choose, as we are not constrained to those we used for our qualifying lap as those in the top ten are constrained. However, the weather forecast does highlight potential for rain which changes everything. We will be looking to the sky tomorrow as eagerly as our rivals.
Zitat von miezicatapparently Alonso stated he said "geni" instead of "sceni" which would mean "you are geniuses" and not "you are stupid". So maybe not that bad but I guess Luca won't like both
Scemi or geni, makes no difference. His sarcastic tone meant that sure they weren't intelligent.
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