Re: Kimi Räikkönen Fan Club

by **arizal_adl** on Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:03 am

there is light at the end of the tunnel..
merc gp...save us the agony, and sign him up..

by Invité on Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:19 am

arizal_adl wrote:there is light at the end of the tunnel..
merc gp...save us the agony, and sign him up..

Let's hope so!
We won't lost Kimi! Sad

by **Zonked** on Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:34 pm

Hirvonen: Raikkonen Extremely Talented in WRC But Needs More Experience
From Autosport.com

World Rally Championship runner-up Mikko Hirvonen doubts that Kimi Raikkonen would be an immediate success if he switched to the WRC next year.

Raikkonen is planning to take a sabbatical from Formula 1 for at least one season following the end of his negotiations with McLaren over a 2010 seat.

The Finn has long been interested in rallying and has hinted it would be his next step after F1. He contested this year's Rally Finland in a Super 2000 car and set an impressive pace before crashing.

But Raikkonen's compatriot Hirvonen thinks the regular WRC drivers' years of practice on the stages and with driving to pace notes gives them a huge advantage.

"Kimi is fast and with driving he doesn't have problems," Hirvonen told Finnish website Sportti.com. "But preparing to drive with pace notes is a difficult case for him.

"We WRC drivers have so much more experience, and almost all the rallies will be unknown to Kimi in advance. It's difficult to imagine that Kimi could succeed, at least in his first season."

Hirvonen's manager Timo Jouhki, who also brought Juha Kankkunen, Tommi Makinen, Toni Gardemeister and Jari-Matti Latvala to rallying's top level, agreed that Raikkonen would need time to get up to speed.

"Kimi is a really talented driver. No other F1 driver has been driving a rally at that level," said Jouhki. "Rallying, however, requires so much experience that I basically cannot see him having any chance in the first year. Rallying is such a difficult sport and experience counts."

Despite suspecting he might struggle initially, Hirvonen reckons the chances of Raikkonen appearing in next season's WRC are high.

"That man does not surprise me in anything," said Hirvonen. "I would not be surprised if Kimi took a year off, and did for example five World Championship rallies, or pushed for the whole season."

by Invité on Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:33 am

Thx Zonk!

Hehe...it's funny, how Mikko Hirvonen said: "That man does not surprise me in anything!"

I think, he said, what quite everyone would think about Kimi! LOL

by **Lynn-rex** on Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:55 am

Zonked wrote:Hirvonen: Raikkonen Extremely Talented in WRC But Needs More Experience
From Autosport.com

"That man does not surprise me in anything," said Hirvonen. "I would not be surprised if Kimi took a year off, and did for example five World Championship rallies, or pushed for the whole season."

Spot on Mikko! mrgreen

by **Lynn-rex** on Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:31 pm

Kimi close to signing a Citroen deal to race 13 rounds of WRC in 2010 funded by Red Bull.

www.wrc.com

by **Zonked** on Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:50 pm

oh boy,its not looking good for him:(well from one point of view.

by **Leopold** on Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:21 pm

Zonked wrote:oh boy,its not looking good for him:(well from one point of view.

I´m a fan of his.

by **Zonked** on Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:09 am

cool,welcome to the club.

by **Gary** on Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:29 pm

Monday tells lot. If it's silence, I bet he still negotiates with Merc.

by **Zonked** on Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:22 am

Yeah its just roumour after roumour,its just that one magical word norbie said,about it being a suprise,that dosent fit in with Kimi.

by **Gary** on Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:11 am

That is exactly the word that fits Kimi!

by **Zonked** on Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:32 am

how so?

by **Gary** on Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:09 am

Because nobody believes it.

by **Zonked** on Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:55 am

haha.

by **Lynn-rex** on Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:10 am

Its Monday......nervous. pale

Whatever will be will be. I love you

by **Zonked** on Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:24 am

Lol,You guys make as if you know for sure its this monday,while kimi sits at home and fornicates....you guys get all excited,this is just like last monday,it will only bring bad news

by **Lynn-rex** on Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:29 am

You could be right Zonked. mrgreen

by **Gary** on Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:08 am

Zonked? Right? Then all i can say is:

END IS NIGH!

by **MissFinn** on Mon Nov 30, 2009 6:42 am

Give me any Tuesday,
Mondays so unpredictable. Neutral

by Invité on Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:02 pm

by **lightmas** on Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:14 pm

zonky....your suppost to put f1 before the thread name...you did it for seb? Razz

by **Zonked** on Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:14 am

Why am I suppose to,and I didnt btw,who ever put f1 before it did it for I dnt know what reasons.

I think its preety silly cuz if you dont knw who is in f1,or not,you shouldent be on the site.

by **farseer** on Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:50 am

lightmas wrote:zonky....your suppost to put f1 before the thread name...you did it for seb?

But his not in F1

by **Zonked** on Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:54 am

and even if he was whats the point really.... study