posted Jul 14, 2009

Kimi does not push as hard as Felipe. With Ferrari focusing on 2010, Felipe and Fernando should have a championship winning car. They better get it right-BMW

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posted Jul 14, 2009

It would be a shame to see Kimi leave F1. I think he has underachieved though and lacks the focus that other champions have had.
FA and FM in Ferrari for 2010? Possibly.
Good move for FA, not so good for FM.

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posted Jul 14, 2009

'To me this season he has just been going through the motions. Yes Ferrari have a cr@p car this year but contrast to Massa who is a live wire trying to push for every point. His decision to take part in the Finland Rally speaks volumes.... '

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This is a little harsh on Kimi - he has outqualified Massa 5-4 this year (only missing Q3 once, in Spain, wheras Massa has missed it 3 times), and gained a podium in Monaco - the track where everyone was pointing out driving skill was more important than the car.

In other races, he was subject to that awful strategy call in Malaysia, beat Massa in Bahrain (James Allen picked him as driver of the day), even in Spain where he had made that terrible call in qualifying he had made up 10 places in the race before the car blew up. I was at Silverstone, and he was much better in qualifying, and in the race they shared smilar fastest laps. Not to mention he made a fantastic start. Massa actually benefitted from qualifying poorly as he was able to run longer in clear air and avoid getting stuck in the Trulli train which wrecked Kimi's race. On the other hand he benefitted from Barricello holding up Rosberg allowing him to catch up that group allowing him to take 4th. In Germany he was on Massa's tail the whole race until the radiator damage caused him to stop and most likely would have scored good points.

Sorry, I didn't mean to make this so long winded, and yes I am a fan of Kimi and therefore biased (but I'm the first to admit he does make some terrible mistakes like crashing out in australia, sitting out qualifying in spain to name, crashing out in singapore last year) but I am sick of everyone jumping on the Kimi has lost motivation band wagon when this year (and most of last year)he really hasn't been driving so badly.

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posted Jul 14, 2009

You go on about alonso and how good he is but in the best car he wins titles now renault have a slow car which isnt the best he always finds himself in the mid field just like kimi

as for kimi i think this will be his lst year with Ferrari but maybe not in f1 could see him in 1 of the new teams if he would be willing to take a play cut? If i was him i would leave ferrari and go for a team lower down the field to see what hes made of

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posted Jul 14, 2009

Since he won in 2007, I'm not sure Kimi's heart has been truly been in F1. The rallys, the drinking, the snowmobile races straight before the season begins... he probably feels he's achieved what he wanted to in the sport and his happy to move on. Fair game to the guy, theres no reason he should be an F1 obsessive.

I would expect Alonso to take his seat next year and him to leave the sport. He would make a great rally driver!

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posted Jul 14, 2009

Good points littlekatkin, a good season is always relative to your car and, and in true Kimi at Mclaren style, his car blows up on him at all the wrong times. I don't think he isn't committed to F1, he just doesn't have the all encompassing dedication that Hamilton, Alonso and certain others have.

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posted Jul 14, 2009

i have always seen Kimi as a driver who likes a challenge, before he won the campionship he'd happily race from the back of the grid to win Grand Prix's. However i do get the feeling he has achieve all he wanted by becoming the world champion, and maybe he wants a new challenge, possibly in a differnt type of motorsport, cant blame him for that! though i may be wrong of course!

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posted Jul 15, 2009

KimiF1: I would take issue with the Alonso thing. He's been in a cr@p car for two seasons and busted his n*ts to do well. Look at the tail end of last year and also his fastest lap on Sunday. I love Kimi, he's an absolute dude. But you get the distinct impression he is happy with having won it once and he's earning the retirement cash just now. Only to an extent as TheamazingMrWhite points out though. He's an awesomely talented individual but probably not as motivated as Massa. More talented, not as motivated.

I agree with Alonso for 2010. I wonder though, can anyone see Seb in red for 2011? Depends on Red Bull's performance in relation to Ferrari next year but I reckon he has a date with destiny there. In any case, if Ferrari get even close to being in the running for podiums you can expect Alonso to be on it from the first corner next year. Would be well worth watching...

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posted Jul 15, 2009

He's probably got a lot on his mind - like picking the curtains for his new €24 million house to be bothered with trivia like racing...

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posted Jul 18, 2009

It all makes sense, does it not? A world class Team with world class driver Kimi and a wannabe World Champion Massa needs to focus on Next year coz' all they can do this year is 3rd in Constructor.

About Kimi: I can understand why he is not popular in a British based website's (inc. BBC and 606).

Kimi lost out to Michael by 2 points in 2004?
Hamilton lost to Kimi by 1 point in 2007?

Kimi had a fast car @ Mclaren for 2005.
Alonso had reliable car @ Renault for 2005.

McLaren car was slower then Force India in 2006.
Hamilton is going through the same process this year.

In 2007, Kimi replaces Michael. He didn't wanted to be Second Driver @ McLaren when Hamilton was going to debut.

2008, reliability again kept him out of contention.

2009, new rules saw under-performing car from Ferrari.

2010, Kimi's only hope is Ferrari geets him off F1 with a Super Car with which he can win yet another title.

2011, Kimi would probably go rally with Fiat (Ferrari).



There's no chance that Kimi's seat would be taken by You name it... coz' FIAT want's him to rally for them. FIAT run's Ferrari.

End of the story...

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