ZitatLotus Formula 1 team denies Kimi Raikkonen permission to contest Rally Finland By Jonathan Noble Thursday, May 24th 2012, 15:33 GMT
Kimi RaikkonenKimi Raikkonen will not be allowed to take part in Rally Finland later this year, AUTOSPORT has learned, with his team bosses unwilling to release him from his commitments to the Lotus Formula 1 team.
The former world champion had sought clearance to make a one-off return to the WRC, even though it is understood his F1 contract forbids him from taking part in rallying.
However, following talks between Raikkonen and his boss Eric Boullier in Monaco, he was informed that the memory Robert Kubica's rally crash last year meant the team was not prepared to allow him to compete.
Boullier told AUTOSPORT: "I sat down with Kimi earlier today and we talked about it.
"His contract does not allow him to go rallying and, after what happened with Robert, this team could not let him do it.
"He fully understands the situation, so the matter is closed now."
Kubica was badly injured in an Italian rally crash in February last year, shortly after the first pre-season F1 test. His injuries forced him out for the season and there remain doubts about whether or not he will be able to make an F1 return.
Raikkonen competed in the WRC in 2010 and '11 before deciding to come back to F1 for this season.
Ich würde ihn auch nicht fahren lassen. Hier geht es letztendlich für Lotus um die Konstrukteurs-WM, wenn beide Fahrzeuge konsequent Punkte einfahren. Und da geht es um sooooooo viele Millionen an Sponsorengeldern, etc. Aber ich denke das war Kimi auch vorher klar, dass er das vergessen kann wenn er wieder in die F1 geht. Gespielt wird später, denn das wäre für ihn ja auch eine Fun-Veranstaltung gewesen. Wenn er in 3 oder 5 Jahren in F1-Rente geht kann er entweder wieder Rally fahren oder DTM oder Indy (was mich freuen würde, sofern es bei uns übertragen werden würde)
Aber erst einmal fährt unser Honey-Boy weiter Formel 1
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
Kimi Räikkönen is the man most likely to win any of the remaining grands prix this season. And paradoxically could well win not a single race. Stick with my logic, please, for another few sentences. Then think about it and tell me if I am wrong.
The thing about Kimi, more than any of his contemporaries, is that he is a totally self-contained operator, almost completely impervious to psychological pressure from his rivals. You can tell from his wrinkle-free face that this is a competitor touched neither by elation or disappointment. On his day he is a formidable competitor out of the Häkkinen/Schumacher mould, but when things go wrong he remains utterly impassive.
Reading his mind was never difficult, as a friend inside McLaren confirms: “During his time with us, you could be absolutely certain by ten o’clock on a Friday morning in the pit lane whether he would deliver a magical performance in the race, or whether we should pack up the car in the transporter and take it straight back to the factory.”
Kimi also has a reputation for speaking straight from the chest, something which even took Ron Dennis slightly aback at one point in their relationship. But Kimi is a winner; Romain Grosjean may have a bright future, but Kimi could be the first Lotus world champion since Mario Andretti.
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
Zitat von Sam0309Why Kimi is the world’s fastest man
Source: autocar.co.uk | by Alan Henry
Kimi Räikkönen is the man most likely to win any of the remaining grands prix this season. And paradoxically could well win not a single race. Stick with my logic, please, for another few sentences. Then think about it and tell me if I am wrong.
The thing about Kimi, more than any of his contemporaries, is that he is a totally self-contained operator, almost completely impervious to psychological pressure from his rivals. You can tell from his wrinkle-free face that this is a competitor touched neither by elation or disappointment. On his day he is a formidable competitor out of the Häkkinen/Schumacher mould, but when things go wrong he remains utterly impassive.
Reading his mind was never difficult, as a friend inside McLaren confirms: “During his time with us, you could be absolutely certain by ten o’clock on a Friday morning in the pit lane whether he would deliver a magical performance in the race, or whether we should pack up the car in the transporter and take it straight back to the factory.”
Kimi also has a reputation for speaking straight from the chest, something which even took Ron Dennis slightly aback at one point in their relationship. But Kimi is a winner; Romain Grosjean may have a bright future, but Kimi could be the first Lotus world champion since Mario Andretti.
:D toller bericht! Ich hoffe er gewinnt wirklich noch ein paar Grand Prixs udn wird der erste Lotus WM! Verdient hätte er es ja, wenn man nur an all die Jahre bei Mercedes denkt, wo es so oft zu technischen Defekts kam. "self-contained operator" --> trifft es auf den punkt :)
Viele meinen frei zu sein - frei, weil sie sich nie über die Kreise hinausbewegten, an denen ihre Ketten anspannen.
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