Kimi Raikkonen: “The past two days have been difficult, because after yesterday’s technical problem, this morning I also only did a single run, but overall, I felt more comfortable in the car. Unfortunately, on my last run in Q2, when I was on my quick lap, I lost a lot of time in the final sector and that meant I didn’t make the cut to Q3. The car’s handling was inconsistent, as it was stable in some parts of the track and less so in others. I had some problems with the balance and this had an effect on my performance. It’s too early to say what happened, but the time lost yesterday definitely didn’t help. Now I want to concentrate on tomorrow’s race and try my best to end this weekend with a good result.”
Pat Fry: “The weather forecast for today proved to be right and a light but persistent rain had a significant effect on both sessions. In the morning, we chose to run as little as possible so as not to use up the rain tyres in order to have as many new sets as possible for qualifying and the race. Kimi unfortunately did not get past Q2. Yesterday he lost the first free practice session and today he was fighting with the balance of the car, especially in the slow corners. As for Fernando, he managed to get through the three parts of qualifying without any particular problems and fifth place on the grid tomorrow will mean he can be in the leading group. With him, we will try and exploit any opportunity to attack while with Kimi we will try and move him up the order to take as many points as he can. In both cases, the opening two laps will hold the key.”
yes Ja....his face in the interviews shows how down he is..almost speechless. and what can you say. its the 4th gp with ferrari and up to now it was a disaster. i dot even want to think of the position Kimi is right now..
so, whats happening? the man who came and was flying two years ago to lotus, after a two year gap, lost it? is he lazy, not caring? is he not trying? i simply cant believe any of this is happening..
i do think that ferrari has not done a good job and this shows in alonso's results as well. i don't think that they give consciously better treatment to alonso ( ok, except first pit stops perhaps) either. but..its fact the car is probably made to alonso's style, and probably alonso's team of engineers is much better than the one Kimi inherited from massa...and i dont know how good or experienced Spagnolo is, both as an engineer or as a person able to organize the work involved, how firm a leader he is in what he's expected to do..its no easy job
and what really bugs me about Kimi is this style we keep talking about...i mean, why is he so glued on this? does this happen to all drivers, or just to some, or just Kimi?
this is so frustrating! who would expect this to be happening!!! but too many unfavorable factors in the equation....
And about the problems on Kimi's car, only Finland talks about. In Italy and other countries almost nothing.
Here they do have Kimi's technical problems plus Kimi's different set-up needs on acount for the results compared to Alonso's. That has been in the team for several years in a row now.
But the European reporters aren't as nice as ours.
I was just watching our F1 show with analysis of the quali. And after they asked Kimi what happened today and he simply answered: "I don't know". Made me think how Italian fans would love to have our commentators. Because I previously saw the Italian media's reaction and they ate Kimi alive. On the contrary, our commentators (Yes, they also joke about Kimi's extra short answers), but they also say how Kimi has the right not to talk to much and that everybody should remember he's also a reserved person and a World Champion (so he knows what he's doing). And then they also said Kimi didn't want to say what was wrong with his Ferrari because they were so many, so "silence is consent". They agreed with Kimi that sometimes, is better not to talk.
PS.: I hate having to go to bed knowing the race is a couple of hours away. But I have things to do first thing in the morning, so another re-run race for me
Finland MTV Sport F1 commentator Oskari Saari asked Toto Wolff, could they work together in the future Valitteri Bottas, their Mercedes GP team. He said that anything is possible.
"Fernando Alonso has revealed that he would like to contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world’s oldest and most famous sports car race"
I had such a busy day yesterday.. There was no way I could make it up for the race.
I hope these issues Kimi continues to have on his side if the garage are rectified soon.. Or it's going to be one of the hardest years of Kimi's life in F1.
It was dead obvious this weekend was a disaster when Kimi didn't get anything done in FP1 and then didn't run in FP3.
Quote: jpp47 wrote in post #33Looks more and more, race after race as it gonna be the worst season for Kimi. And once more Alonso leads Kimi. Soon he will be Number 2 !!!!
It's amazing how you predicted this before the GP. But yes.. Everything was pointing in a bad direction.
The only thing I will disagree with is a number 2. Ferrari won't fight for a title this year so it's pointless to relegate someone to a number 2. But it's a disaster in side of the Ferrari garage and smooth sailing on the other. It's getting annoying.
Kimi Raikkonen: “This has been a really difficult weekend. Right from Friday morning, I suffered with problems that we didn’t manage to solve completely and today in the race, I couldn’t get the result I wanted. The start was good, I made up two places but then I couldn’t make up any more ground, as I just didn’t have the pace, nor much grip at the front or the back. In the final stint on new tyres, the car handled better, but then, as the tyres degraded the situation got complicated again. I think the difficulties I encountered here stem from a combination of various factors, from my driving style combined with the low temperatures and the characteristics of the track. Today, we brought home valuable points thanks to the intense efforts of the whole team and now we will continue to work ceaselessly to improve. Fernando’s result is very encouraging and proves we are moving in the right direction.”
Pat Fry: “Today’s result is a reward for the effort that all the team is putting into every area. Both drivers got away well, managing to make up two places immediately and, luckily the collision between Fernando and Felipe Massa’s Williams left the F14 T undamaged. In the first stint, with Kimi we lost a bit of time behind Grosjean and that prevented him from making up ground on his rivals, in a race where tyre degradation and graining played an important role. The choice made at Fernando’s first stop saw him take second place: from then on, we concentrated on managing the gap to the Red Bull and tried to keep Rosberg behind us for as long as possible. This weekend we made some progress and in general, the speed of the car has increased, both in the corners and on the straights, but we have to be realistic about our current potential and continue working, because the gap to Mercedes is still big and no one within our team has any intention of giving up.”
in last video you see Kimi talking with Spagnolo and then with Mattiacci too.
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yes Ja....his face in the interviews shows how down he is..almost speechless. and what can you say. its the 4th gp with ferrari and up to now it was a disaster. i dot even want to think of the position Kimi is right now..
this is so frustrating! who would expect this to be happening!!! but too many unfavorable factors in the equation....
