Kimi admits in MTV3 interview he has overweight in his car. But he doesnt say how much. He just says they have had problems to achieve ideal weight . He also says its not those kind of amounts said in newspaper. To TS he doesnt say anything new about his back. He just says it was really painfull last time in Singapore but now its good and he has no problems what so ever.
Quote: Appletree wrote in post #17Kimi admits in MTV3 interview he has overweight in his car. But he doesnt say how much. He just says they have had problems to achieve ideal weight . He also says its not those kind of amounts said in newspaper. To TS he doesnt say anything new about his back. He just says it was really painfull last time in Singapore but now its good and he has no problems what so ever.
but he says that's on his car only? or general Ferrari being overweight?
Quote: Appletree wrote in post #17Kimi admits in MTV3 interview he has overweight in his car. But he doesnt say how much. He just says they have had problems to achieve ideal weight . He also says its not those kind of amounts said in newspaper. To TS he doesnt say anything new about his back. He just says it was really painfull last time in Singapore but now its good and he has no problems what so ever.
but he says that's on his car only? or general Ferrari being overweight?
Actually he doesnt say a word about Ferrari in general ,the question was do you have overweight in your car as Autosprint says, even 15 kg? Kimi says very shortly, yeah, we have been heavier but not that much.
Did he lose a lot of time because of it? I didn't have much time to follow free practices, but had the idea Kimi had troubled free practices this time.
Kimi: "Overall this was a positive day, even if, as usual, there is room for improvement. In the first session we concentrated on looking at different set-up solutions and on my first set of Soft tyres I managed to do a good lap, then unfortunately some technical niggles prevented me from getting the most out of the second set. At the end of the session I had a problem with the brakes overheating, but the team managed to sort it out quickly and prepare the car for the second session. The changes we made to the set-up improved the handling of the car and with the Supersoft tyres there was plenty of grip."
I'm absolutely gutted for Kimi. It was very encouraging to see strong pace in Q1 and an improvement in his Q1 time during Q2. I'm led to believe that Kimi would have fought Fernando for P5. He may have had enough pace for P4. But it's all a guess because the car failed.
It's very exciting to hear Kimi say the car responded to the changes that were made. Maybe this is a step in the right direction with development and/or Kimi is finally finding a setup that works with his driving style. Which he hasn't really found to this point with the 2014 Ferrari. This circuit requires more downforce than any other circuit they'll race on for the rest of the calendar. I just hope his setup responds in the future races..
I'm hopeful for tomorrow's race! Maybe he can make a good start and undercut a person or two. He'll need some luck to finish on the podium.. But I don't think P4 or P5 is an unreasonable target.
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Nano P2 and Kimi P4 in FP2. Tomorrow they are again snails 
The burning brake was at the end of FP1, so they lost not much time. But the FPs were not trouble free 
