Besides car problems Kimi also has to deal with his RE who is new in his role as RE. Kimi has to give instructions to RE even on the starting grid, which usually is the RE giving final advices to driver before the race.
In his latest news Heikki Kulta writes Kimi had his worst car at the first F1 weekend. There is nothing new in that news altho in the end Kimi says " I dont care if it takes a week or month but my car will be okay for me". Ferrari is doing the new parts for Kimis car.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen wasn't going to end up like Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and be stopped by security from entering the paddock at his own convenience. On Friday, Hamilton, in full race kit and returning after a breakdown, was stopped by a security official demanding to see his accreditation. But Raikkonen was having none of that. The forthright Finn approached the electronic turnstiles that keep the riff raff out of the teams' paddock and leapt over them in a single bound, leaving the security guard looking somewhat baffled.
quoteStefano Domenicali admitted that Ferrari had a 'very disappointing' Australian GP Team boss acknowledges Scuderia need to make improvements
Stefano Domenicali admitted that Ferrari had a "very disappointing" Australian GP and has also acknowledged that they need to make improvements to their F14 T car across the board.
Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen finished fifth and eighth respectively in Melbourne and although Daniel Ricciardo's subsequent disqualification allowed both to gain a position in the classification, it was still a fairly underwhelming weekend for the Scuderia.
A positive came with the knowledge that, during the first serious reliability test of their new hybrid technology, both cars finished in the points. However, with Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg dominating the race, Ferrari already have a clear performance deficit to overcome.
Mixed reactions for Ferrari
"We are behind, so what we have to do is make sure, in the days we have to work at home, to really concentrate and speed up the recovery that we need to have," Domenicali said.
"We have only done one race; there are still 18 to go and the margin is there and this is what I've asked my people to do.
"It was a very disappointing race and I can understand that we didn't really take away the maximum from our performance."
Ferrari might have ground to make up on Mercedes but Domenicali said that both Alonso and Raikkonen would have been able to push harder had electrical problems not intervened.
"I think realistically today we've seen a Mercedes that was strong, no doubt," he said. "With the others, without the problems we had maybe it would have been a different scenario but we had to take the result that came out.
"When I said we had some issues, it was related to the fact we couldn't use really the full power every lap. It's an issue we had to manage, so a good effort from the team to manage that.
"I really hope that we are ready to be at a certain level, to solve the issue that we had, at the next race in Malaysia."
Domenicali agreed that the performance of Ferrari's power unit was one area among many they need to work on.
"I think that area is an area we need to improve. I know it seems not logical but the more power that you have, the less you stay on full throttle so you also benefit on the fuel," he said.
"I don't want to focus only on that because the car has to be improved. It's a matter of everyone doing his job and being focused on what they have to do at home without saying it's your fault or my fault."
With Raikkonen in particular struggling with the handling of his car in Albert Park, Domenicali reckoned the Finn had made headway during the weekend.
"We need to help Kimi try to find the right balance with the car. We're helping him because he deserves that," he added.
"I think there was an improvement during the days and we're not still where we want because this is something that, as a team, we need to make sure that everything will be done in order to help his driving style.
"I'm sure for Malaysia that will also be much better."
so maybe they will have new parts ready for Malaysia
Didn't he also deserved to be called in first in the second pit stop after the double first stop and taking into account he was struggling with his tyres a lot more than Alonso? Why leave him there to lose 2 secs. A lap!
There, I said it, rant over... I move on now and hope Kimi makes sure he's heard this second time around.
A guy post this in facebook today. Good thoughts in my eyes....
quoteFERRARI & THE NEW KIMI! by Arvin Sharma
Four Years, between 2010 & 2013, of being badgered by Red Bull & being told by Alonso that the Ferrari Team is shit, along with catering to Massa who has generally been shit certainly has an effect.
Kimi has walked into a team that has, to put it mildly, lost the art of racing when even regular things like Setup is too difficult for them. As our fellow member Pablo A. Rossi wrote in the Kimi-Angry Video thread: "Ferrari doesnt know how to set up the car for Kimi.... this is unbelievable."
Yes, it is quite unbelievable. Kimi really wants to give Ferrari Racing Staff a kick up their backside, and tell them to wake up already! It seems like Kimi can sense that Ferrari have become lapse & the mentality of World Champions are missing from the team since he left Ferrari in 2009 after winning them 3 Championship in 3 Years (1 WDC & 2 WCC).
It's not natural to believe that Kimi suddenly has become 'staff angry' and frustrated in 2014, as can be seen over the whole Winter Test & Australia weekend. But there is a method to Kimi's madness as can been ascertained from his Mclaren & Lotus stint. The walking away to his Yatch after his Mclaren blew in Monoco; to him telling Lotus to keep off his face and let him get on with winning in Abu Dhabi.
Invariably, Kimi has quietly told the team what they lack, and to win, what they need to focus on. If the car blows or his salary doesn't get paid, then it's not really his fault anymore.
Now, Kimi comes into a team that has catered to Alonso's Development Program for 4 Years and appropriately ended up making bad cars. This is the 5th Ferrari car that has fundamental problems which Kimi has instantly recognized, but Alonso seems to think he has achieved 'Optimum Setup' already?
If that's the case, Kimi seems to be taking the bull by it's horn and aggressively telling Ferrari that the Setup Flaws needs to be fixed and have pushed Ferrari into developing minor parts & upgrades that will suit his need, and that's remarkably great to see. My personal view is that Kimi can unlock '2 Seconds' from his current Ferrari if James Allison & Fry can adhere to his requests. To think Ferrari wouldn't do it, is sacrilege in itself with all the development money being thrown around for nothing for 4 years.
Kimi wants to win again, and he knows Ferrari needs to win again. But, for that to happen... Kimi has told Ferrari 'what they need to do'. Unlike Alonso, who asks for 'other people's car', Kimi is simply asking for some basic Setup Changes. Now it's upto Ferrari to make the necessary changes, if they can't, then it's not really Kimi's fault anymore.
Ferrari got a new Kimi in their hands who is hell bent on telling Ferrari 'to get back their motivation'! Unlike 2009, the 'motivation' boot is on the other foot.
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depends if when they started to work on it, won't be done in a few days and has to be shipped.
so maybe they will have new parts ready for Malaysia
no chatting with Kimi when talking the photo 
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