Before the Spanish Grand Prix, Finnish journalist Heikki Kulta allowed readers to submits questions they wanted to ask Kimi Raikkonen. Well, here are those eagerly awaited answers for the fans. Thanks Heikki and Kimi!
Ye from China asked: Do you see F1 more as “work” or ’’enjoyment”?
KR: If I would not enjoy it, I would be somewhere else. But, obviously, there is pretty much of work, as well. Any way, it has always been like this. It’s fifty-fifty and as long as it feels fun, I like to do it.
Ingrid K asked: Is it likely that you will be able to do fewer pitstops than Vettel/Alonso as season goes on?
KR: It depends on the race. Obviously, everybody learns more and more of the tyres. But if there is a race, while we have certain compounds in a certain track, we could do it. But beforehand it’s impossible to say.
Plsanswermyquestion asked: It seems that the E21 is very sensitive to setup – especially in qualifying?
KR: I would say, that E21 does not differ from my previous cars. More or less they have all been like this. It’s not that different, you need a perfect balance to go fast. Some cars react to setup very precisly, but with some it’s tricky to get it right to go fast.
Sakae, a Sebastian Vettel -fan from Japan, asked: Has contract with RBR been offered to you, and are you accepting it?
KR: No, I haven’t been offered a contract from Red Bull.
Tina asked: When was the last time you felt being under pressure in the race?
KR: Of course, there is always some pressure. But it’s myself, who puts that pressure on me. That is not anything special. While there is a race, I know the tyres wear heavily and, the end of the stint, it will he rough, I feel a little bit distressed, but it’s not that hard pressure.
Daniel asked: What do you think of James Allison’s departure from Lotus?
KR: For sure, I would rather keep all the people with us instead of letting them go, but this is F1. You never know, what happens tomorrow. They still have good people at Enstone. It’s impossible to say, if there will be any affect with his departure next week, next year or will there be any affect at all.
Bogi asked: How about, are yo moving to Ferrari next year, to race next to Fernando?
KR: In theory I would not mind that, but obviously, I never decide with whom I race in any team.
WHATEVER asked: In which ways do you feel your driving or approach to F1 has changed over the years based on your experience? Do you feel wiser now?
KR: I think the experience helps me in certain areas of racing. For example you know some ideas how to setup the car in a certain circuit with some basic details and which things you have to look more precis.
Peter asked: You’ve had plenty of cool helmet designs over the years. Which design has been your favourite so far, purely from an aesthetics point of view and excluding any emotional ties to achievements gained with the design?
KR: There is not a certain design, I would call my number one favourite. They have been some what different, some have been very nice, but for me none of them is better than than the rest. Hopefully you like the next one.
Peter asked again: What sort of things do you try to achieve during a safety car restart and can you tell a little about the strategies you choose and why, ie. keeping the drivers behind bunched up, staying right behind the guy in front or creating a buffer behind you etc?
KR: I focus on getting the tyres and the breaks working properly straight after the re-start. That’s the main issue. Of course I want to be as close as possible behind the safety car.
And more Peter asked: The gearboxes have seen some tremendous development during your career, from the double clutch McLaren to the current seamless gearboxes. How much of a difference do you see as a driver from that development when you’re driving?
KR: It was different with the gearboxes in smaller Formulae, but, for me, since 2005 they haven’t change that much. It doesn’t make a difference with the driver, I would say.
Denis asked: Why are you always wearing Oakley sunglasses when you don’t wear helmet? Is it a matter of style only or do you really care about eyesight protection so much?
KR: I have a deal with Oakley, but, for sure, I like to use sunglasses any way. My eyes are quite sensitive.
40 Jahre nach Formel-1-Debüt in Monaco: Endlich eine offizielle Internetseite für den englischen Rennfahrer.
Kimi Räikkönen hat sich selber als Muffel der sozialen Netzwerke geoutet (Siehe HIER). Aber für diese Seite wird wohl auch der Finne auf die Daten-Autobahn auffahren: Tom Hunt, Sohn des unvergessenen Rennfahrers James Hunt, hat die offizielle Internet-Seite online gestellt. 2013 ist das Jahr des englischen Formel-1-Champions von 1976: Vor ziemlich genau 40 Jahren gab James hier in Monaco sein Formel-1-Debüt, im kommenden September kommt der Kinofilm über das legendäre Duell zwischen Hunt und Niki Lauda um den Formel-1-WM-Titel in die Kinos.
Tom Hunt sagt: «Wir werden im Laufe der kommenden Wochen und Monate die Webpage laufend bereichern, auch mit zuvor nie gezeigten Fotos aus dem Familien-Archiv. Wir haben ferner verschiedene Fan-Artikel in Auftrag gegeben, es wird Bekleidung geben und auch tolle Gemälde. Aber die Page soll nicht nur das Internet-Zuhause für meinen Vater sein, sondern auch Geld für die James-Hunt-Stiftung sammeln helfen.»
Eine der Arbeiten von Künstler Nicolas Hunziker trägt Kimi Räikkönen dieses Wochenende auf dem Helm (siehe HIER).
Alonso? I couldn´t care less what that man thinks.
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nee oda??? Starschnitt mal anders... Ich will nicht wissen wieviele Mädels rund um den Globus schon den Drucker angeworfen haben... Oh Mann, oh mann....
Kimi Räikkönen, social media and the power of talking less/ Posted on May 29, 2013
Ask any F1 fan for their top five current drivers and there’s one name you’re sure to hear.
Kimi Räikkönen.
Some like him because he’s a pure racing driver.
Obsessed with speed and nothing else.
Others will tell you it’s because he’s a maverick.
A throwback to F1’s golden era of carefree, party-loving playboys.
Most, however, will say something like this:
He doesn’t talk much. But when he does, you always want to listen.
Räikkönen – in public, at least – is the archetypal Man of Few Words.
Direct, honest, and deadpan almost to the point of deadness.
Averse to buzzwords, PR soundbites and post-race platitudes.
He’s a man who does nearly all his talking on the racetrack.
But on the rare occasion he does open his mouth, gold always comes out.
And people always want to hear it.
One of his most memorable quotes came in last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
On lap 23, after sitting mute through a barrage of tactical instructions on the Lotus team radio, Räikkönen cracked.
“Just leave me alone!” he snapped in his icy monotone.
“I know what I’m doing.”
So they did. And he won the race.
After the grand prix, Räikkönen’s retort was quoted and requoted everywhere.
It was so brilliant, so well-timed, that it went down as one of the most memorable sporting moments of 2012.
The phrase is now even being used as a t-shirt slogan.
Had the words come from one of his more talkative, media-facing rivals, they wouldn’t have had half the impact.
But because Räikkönen so rarely breaks his silence, everything he does say is an event.
For those of us involved in the social media side of business, there’s probably a lesson in there.
Digital marketing gurus would have us believe that we need to be constantly engaging with our customers.
Constantly tweeting, blogging, sharing and updating.
Constantly talking – even when there’s nothing to say.
Quantity over quality.
What they forget is that customers are real people.
And real people get annoyed by other people who talk too much.
Especially when they have nothing useful or interesting to say.
Worse still when all they do is talk about themselves.
That’s precisely the problem when we force ourselves to publish online all the time.
We end up annoying people.
Lazy list posts. Inane, self-aggrandising social media updates. Recycled wisdom passed off as fresh thinking.
We fill space but we don’t really help anyone.
We convince ourselves it’s better to say something than nothing.
The more we talk, the more people will listen.
But will they, really?
Kimi Räikkönen proves you can talk less but still say more than everyone else.
Perhaps all of us in business should try following his lead.
Blogging, tweeting and updating when we’ve got something genuinely useful to share.
Rather than simply because we have to.
Our friends, followers and customers might start looking forward to hearing from us.
And they might just start listening more.
Hakuna matata, to besnærende ord, en skjønn metafor. Du glemmer sorger som du møter på jord, det er en problemfri Filosofi. Snipp snapp snute, så er eventyret ute.
Last time we spoke about Kimi Raikkonen, we had a great chat with his race engineer during his first Formula 1 season with Sauber, Jacky Eeckelaert. This time, we wanted to know more about how things progressed from the first test through to his first race. So we knocked on Jacky’s door again.
“After the first test with Kimi, we had another test,” explains Jacky. “At that time, Red Bull was sponsor to Sauber and Dietrich Mateschitz pushed the team to sign Enrique Bernoldi. Bernoldi was a very fast driver but I saw in Kimi not only speed but also determination. I thought Kimi would be a better addition that Bernoldi. So we did another test at Mugello with Kimi and Bernoldi. Although there were similar in lap times, I asked from them to do some stints of 10 timed laps and you could there some difference already. Enrique started to be inconsistent after some laps while with Kimi, it was not the case. He was running like a clock. After that it was clear which driver to pick up.”
After the team decided to pick up Kimi, the plan was to get him in the car for plenty of mileage.
“In order to win in F1, it’s not about driving for 20 or 30 mins,” explains Eeckelaert. “It’s not like karting or Formula Renault, an F1 race last an hour-and-a-half at least. At that time, we had refueling so the idea was to have him prepared to do 20 or so laps until the pitstop. That’s where we had to focus on during the winter. To keep working on this 20 laps idea.”
So during the winter, Kimi undertook an intensive training programme in order to reach the fitness level of an F1 driver. During that period, he once again showed his determination. The team gave him a programme and in the evaluation it was obvious that he had made at least the double that was required from him.
During testing in January, Kimi impressed the team once again, as Jacky explains.
“The testing days were completely at 5 o’clock in the afternoon and there were times when we completed the schedule 45 mins earlier than that,” he says. “The vast majority of the drivers returned to the motorhomes doing other activities, but it wasn’t the same with Kimi. He came and asked ‘can I do another long run?’ Physically, he became strong in a very small time. He learned a lot of things and all he was interested in winning.”
Kimi Raikkonen’s first F1 race was the 2001 Australian GP in Melbourne. In his first qualifying session he managed to take 13th spot, with his teammate Nick Heidfeld starting only three places further up. It was a good start.
The pitlane was about to open for the race and teams had 15 mins to send the cars out to take their positions to the grid. Barely 5 mins before this, the team looked for Kimi who wasn’t to be found in the garage.
“It was 5 mins to go until the pitlane went green and Kimi wasn’t in the garage,” says Eeckelaert. “He was nowhere to be found! So we went looking for him in the motorhome and we found him sleeping. That was his way of relaxing, even in his first even F1 race! ‘What? Is it now already? I’m coming, I’m coming’, I remember were his words. He had everything completely under control.”
“Before the race, I advised him to keep pushing up to the last lap. Even if you are out of the points, it’s very important to keep pushing. Because after the race we take the car apart and we are doing the checks, so that we know what part has problems or which needs a redesign. We have to keep the car under constant pressure to ensure all goes smooth for the next race. Because if it breaks with couple of laps left, then parts have to be redesigned”
In his first race, Kimi finished seventh, behind Heinz-Harald Frentzen, but a 25-second penalty was applied to Olivier Panis and Jos Verstappen for overtaking under the yellow flag. Panis finished ahead, in fourth place, so the Finn was promoted to sixth place. He had become one of the few drivers to score a point on his grand prix debut.
“All this because he pushed up to the last lap and he close enough to get ahead after the penalty was applied.
“I asked him after the race ‘what do you think? Your first ever GP and in the points?’, and he looked to me without any expression in his face and replied ‘another 5 to beat’”, concludes Jacky.
Snipp snapp snute, så er eventyret ute.....MASTER OF DISASTER!
Ich wollte mal einen Thread aufmachen, wo wir alle Fragen sammeln, die wir Kimi mal stellen wollen, für solche Aktionen... Weil mir geht es voll oft so, dass ich total viele, gute Fragen hätte, die mir immer mal wieder einfallen, aber wenn ich dann wirklich fragen könnte, hab ich alle schon wieder vergessen.
Zitat von Essi im Beitrag #545Ich wollte mal einen Thread aufmachen, wo wir alle Fragen sammeln, die wir Kimi mal stellen wollen, für solche Aktionen... Weil mir geht es voll oft so, dass ich total viele, gute Fragen hätte, die mir immer mal wieder einfallen, aber wenn ich dann wirklich fragen könnte, hab ich alle schon wieder vergessen.
Also ich find die Idee echt klasse mir geht es nämlich auch oft so.
Zitat von Essi im Beitrag #545Ich wollte mal einen Thread aufmachen, wo wir alle Fragen sammeln, die wir Kimi mal stellen wollen, für solche Aktionen... Weil mir geht es voll oft so, dass ich total viele, gute Fragen hätte, die mir immer mal wieder einfallen, aber wenn ich dann wirklich fragen könnte, hab ich alle schon wieder vergessen.
Also ich find die Idee echt klasse mir geht es nämlich auch oft so.
Alonso? I couldn´t care less what that man thinks.
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Mir würden schon ein Haufen Fragen einfallen, aber die haben in den seltensten Fällen mit der Formel 1 zu tun, also würde er sie eh nicht beantworten...
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