Quote: Spinster wrote in post #38I have never been so frustrated with kimi... Back in 2008 u could see he had the speed in races... Now there is nothing to be positive of! Being wiped by alonso even worse than massa and not a flash of his speed nor race pace!
(Unfortunately) I need to agree with you. I mean it´s okay that Kimi still struggles but he is too far off pace from Alonso. As you said I guess other drivers also struggle with the set-up and behaviour of their car but at least they aren´t as slow as Kimi is.
I don´t blame Ferrari! They are really trying their best to help Kimbo!
And that he hit the Kerb too hard today didn´t help Kimi either but it was his fault! He doesn´t help himself with his mistakes.
"Walk on, through the wind, Walk on, through the rain, Though your dreams be tossed and blown. Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart, And you'll never walk alone, YOU`LL NEVER WALK ALONE!!!"
We all feel like that, from quite a long time, for me it has been forever actually, because I started following Kimi on 2008! So if I believe in Kimi, why shouldn't everybody else?
He's using a car made for Alonso who drives very differently. Remember how he got even better in the second year at Lotus when he had the car more to his liking? I know it shouldn't be so tailor made, but maybe F1 is getting to technical, I don't know...
Please don't feel down, everybody chin up! And smile
I was always positive bcs u could see some things of genious speed, sometimes not combined in one lap but u saw kimi had it in his hands, some magic!!! What I see now is a driver driving like a rookie, making silly mistakes! We all know that kimi is the fastest but only when the car is 100 percent to his likings... Nowadays F1 is too complicated as teams dont understand the new cars n changes theirselves, this gives me the worst feeling as we know kimi is not the driver who can drives around problems like alonso, vettel, hamilton
This is an evening race so it's usual that he is longer in the paddock.
"Walk on, through the wind, Walk on, through the rain, Though your dreams be tossed and blown. Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart, And you'll never walk alone, YOU`LL NEVER WALK ALONE!!!"
quoteBahrain GP: F1 drivers told changes will be made to Turn 4 kerb By Jonathan Noble Friday, April 4th 2014, 20:52 GMT
Bahrain GP kerb, 2014Formula 1 drivers have been told that modifications will be made to Sakhir's Turn 4 kerbing after incidents involving Kimi Raikkonen and Pastor Maldonado during Bahrain Grand Prix free practice.
Both men suffered damage to their cars after they were launched into the air due to running wide across the exit kerb at Turn 4.
The incidents prompted discussion among drivers during their briefing with Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting on Friday evening.
With several drivers complaining about the situation, and Raikkonen making it clear he was not happy with the design, AUTOSPORT understands that it was agreed for changes to be made.
Maldonado said after his incident that it was clear drivers could not risk going anywhere near the kerb.
"I got a big bump," he said. "I broke the floor of the car and stopped for 10 or 15 minutes during the session.
"Maybe I was in the wrong place or the bump is quite high. We need to stay away from that."
Quote: Spinster wrote in post #49I was always positive bcs u could see some things of genious speed, sometimes not combined in one lap but u saw kimi had it in his hands, some magic!!! What I see now is a driver driving like a rookie, making silly mistakes! We all know that kimi is the fastest but only when the car is 100 percent to his likings... Nowadays F1 is too complicated as teams dont understand the new cars n changes theirselves, this gives me the worst feeling as we know kimi is not the driver who can drives around problems like alonso, vettel, hamilton
Ahem....Alonso is driving a car that is exactly made to his driving style. One fundamental error which I see now in Ferrari, is they have tried to make understeery car under the regulations which forces cars to be more oversteery by nature. This has led to very unstable , unbalanced and understeery and occasionally oversteery car that happens to suit better to Alonsos driving style and as such it seems he can drive around the problems because its his natural style. Kimi said he is not making any compromises this year regarding his driving style what I read, he has made them earlier but now he is demanding a car he can drive as he wants. Ferrari has sort of content with the car they know isnt fastest but they are relying on to that others unreability will even that game and give a chance to Alonso. Ferrari is the only car I see there being very understeery,(except Lotus who has also gone to the route of understeery way and look how good they are) on top of that its ugly. Kimi is now fighting for his life at Ferrari and still he is on top ten with the car that seems to be nothing but opponent to him. He has not lost his ability to drive but oh boy why he has to fight for his right to drive a car which is made to his hands? I am curiously waiting for Ferrari to really make the car to suit to him better. I dont count him out just after a two races, as the other one he didnt even finish, not because of himself.
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