“KIMI GETS OWN CHEERLEADERS In a bid to cheer him up, Lotus have announced that Kimi Raikkonen is going to have his own set of cheerleaders surrounding his car on the grid at the next race. They have already started practicing their routine to keep the mercurial Finn in the best of spirits. All 12 will circle Kimi’s car with pom-poms and then start shouting. “Give us a K! Give us an I! Give us an M! Give us an I! Oh, what’s the point!” and then will troop off looking miserable to find an ice cream.”
12 Stück - die können hier schon mal üben:
Aaaahhh Cheerleader ... klingt ja schon leicht gruslig das ganze
Zitat von iceflowervllt sind die cheerleader als vögel verkleidet^^
Haha, das wär doch was xD Vielleicht das Maskottchen der Eishockey WM grade in Finnland?? :D Das brauch man ab heute Abend nicht mehr xD Kann also nach Monaco fliegen xD P1050869.JPG - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)
Kimi whispers, Schumi yells Vinayak Pande, Hindustan Times May 20, 2012
Wilson feels that his former pupil Kimi Raikkonen is a more patient driver than Michael Schumacher.
Michael Schumacher may have just two points in his points tally after five races along with a five-place starting grid penalty for the Monaco Grand Prix, but the points don't tell the full story. Luck has not been on the German's side and it has started to get to him. As was evident by the way he furiously described Bruno Senna an 'idiot' on his radio during the Spanish Grand Prix while attempting to overtake him. The inevitable happened on lap 13, as Schumacher rammed the Brazilian from behind. He has been handed a five-place penalty on the starting grid for the upcoming Monaco GP.
Two potential podiums (and maybe even a race win) have gone begging through no fault of his own. Schumacher's struggles of his comeback season in 2010 and the early part of 2011 seem to be over.
However, he has been beaten to a return to the podium by the returning Kimi Raikkonen. The ice-cool and publicity shy Finn, who was spotted asleep in a chair in the Australian GP paddock, has even come close to winning the last two races in Bahrain and Spain. One could be mistaken for thinking that the 2007 world champion, known as the 'Iceman' for his largely expressionless demeanour and taciturn oratory skills, had never left F1 at all.
There are two reasons why the Finn has been instantly back on the pace as compared to Schumacher. The first has to do with what Schumacher and Raikkonen were doing in their respective three and two years away from F1.
Schumacher was enjoying his retirement and with the exception of a few races in the German Superbike Championship -- where he struggled -- there was no serious competitive racing. Raikkonen, on the other hand, competed in 21 rounds of the World Rally Championship where he finished in the points 11 times, including a fifth place in Turkey in 2010.
That explains why Schumacher took so much longer to get up to speed. The second reason gives an insight into why Schumacher has publicly criticised the tyres supplied by F1's official tyre manufacturer Pirelli while Raikkonen is in fourth place in the drivers' championship, just 12 points behind joint-leaders Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso.
"Kimi whispers to the car, he doesn't yell at it." These are the words of a man who is not surprised by Raikkonen's storming comeback; Rob Wilson. The Briton is the world's most renowned racing driver coach whose clients include not only Raikkonen, but Nico Rosberg and Pastor Maldonado, who have scored their maiden F1 wins this year.
"Michael (Schumacher) has an awful lot of energy spikes in his driving," Wilson told HT. "Which basically means he has a lot of aggressive throttle and steering inputs."
Schumacher's aggressive car control also spills on to his off-track preparations as proved by the German's high levels of fitness and attention to detail that borders on obsession.
Raikkonen is by far the more patient driver, Wilson argues, which allows the Finn to become "absolutely at one" with an F1 car. "He doesn't throw a car into corners," said Wilson. "He will manipulate it with very subtle direction changes."
The result, according to Wilson, is that Raikkonen uses a lot less fuel than other drivers over the course of a race and is much gentler on the car's tyres. Both these factors play a crucial role in the outcome of a race as refueling has been banned since 2010 and the tyres have been built with the intention of wearing out fairly quickly to encourage closer racing.
It is also very much in Raikkonen's nature to take things in his stride with nonchalance and a devil-may-care attitude. As was proved at the 2006 Brazilian GP when the Finn told a live television broadcaster that he missed football legend Pele presenting Schumacher a retirement trophy because he was relieving himself at the time.
Schumacher is, of course, more accustomed to the days when an F1 tyre supplier would manufacture tyres with the sole intention of providing maximum performance and durability. Before Pirelli came along in 2011 and designed tyres with the purpose of spicing up the show, even a single tyre supplier would focus on performance alone.
So while Schumacher remains the more illustrious of the two due to his seven titles compared to Raikkonen's one, maybe in this new era of F1, the demanding perfectionist could learn a thing or two from the master of keeping his cool.
Q: Do you have any special rituals when the helmet is concerned like many other drivers have? KR: I wipe it, so that I can see well
genau weiß ich auch nicht, weiß nur das er für verschiedene Teams arbeitet wie McLaren oder Red Bull aber eben auch einzelne Fahrer. Kimi kennt er schon seit Formel Renault Zeiten. Davon redet er auch hier in dem Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6GdU544S8 so ab Minute 22
Zitat von miezicatgenau weiß ich auch nicht, weiß nur das er für verschiedene Teams arbeitet wie McLaren oder Red Bull aber eben auch einzelne Fahrer. Kimi kennt er schon seit Formel Renault Zeiten. Davon redet er auch hier in dem Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6GdU544S8 so ab Minute 22
Oh geil! Das ist ja voll interessant was er da sagt. Es ist immer so schön zu hören, dass Leute die sich auskennen Kimi dann auch loben! Bei RTL ist das ja leider nicht immer der Fall...
Oh geil! Das ist ja voll interessant was er da sagt. Es ist immer so schön zu hören, dass Leute die sich auskennen Kimi dann auch loben! Bei RTL ist das ja leider nicht immer der Fall...
....... bei RTL ist das überhaupt erst dieses Jahr vorgekommen und zwar seit er den 2. Platz gemacht hat. Da konnten sie dann nicht mehr anders. Von da an sagten sie auch öfter Kimi statt nur "der Finne" .....
Q: Do you have any special rituals when the helmet is concerned like many other drivers have? KR: I wipe it, so that I can see well
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Es ist immer so schön zu hören, dass Leute die sich auskennen Kimi dann auch loben! 
Bei RTL ist das ja leider nicht immer der Fall...
