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View Poll Results: Which of the following driver is likely to win the F1 championship?
Kimi 84 62.22%
Hamilton 32 23.70%
Massa 5 3.70%
Alanso 12 8.89%
Button 1 0.74%
Kovalainen 0 0%
Nelson Piquet Jr 0 0%
Other 1 0.74%
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Re: [2008]F1 Season - 17-03-2008, 10:23 PM

Well, what a start to the season:

1. 7 cars finish the race

2. Ferrari, which were outpacing everyone in the pre-season testing , couldnt finish.

3. Massa's bad luck conitnues to haunt him at the Oz GP.

4. Numerous time safety car was deployed.

5. Amazing battle between FA and kovalanin at the end.

6. BMW and Williams getting onto podium.

Lewis is looking even better, he will give kimi a good run for his money.

Looking forward to Sepang this weekend.


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Smile Re: [2008]F1 Season - 18-03-2008, 09:46 PM

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hi Puys,

me posting after a long time on this forum...2008 season was off with a bang...and with Force India on the tarmac, me would be doubly interested in the proceedings this year round. Altho, the start was ominous for Force India but then all the Ferraris had an off day in the sweltering heat of Melbourne. Lets hope Sutil n Fisi can keep the tirangaa flying high .....

BTW Hamilton is sure to clinch the drivers title this time round and last time it was just plain misfortune which prevented him from laying his hands on the championship title...Me hoping he can exorcise the demons and emerge the champ that he is....Kimi...errr...ummm...he is rather squeamish...Hamilton has got that fire and aggression which epitomised my other fav a certain Shoemaker from the hinterland of Deutschland......

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Squeamish has following meanings, which one you referred to, my friend for kimi may we know:

squeam·ish
1.fastidious or dainty. 2.easily shocked by anything slightly immodest; prudish. 3.excessively particular or scrupulous as to the moral aspect of things. 4.easily nauseated or disgusted: to get squeamish at the sight of blood.

Obviously 4th one is straight away ruled out.

So which one If we take the first one it means a person who is not easily pleased, one who gives careful attention to detail.Now if you meant this, then you cannot say this is Weakness for a F1 Driver.

Second one is obviosuly not true for him as Räikkönen is very calm, cool, and calculating in his race strategy - prompting the nickname "the Iceman", which is subtly written on the side of his current helmet design.

Maybe you meant delicate,Not agressive if i am not wrong. but I dont know why you say this if you have watched kimi last year or maybe when he was in Mclaren...If you see most of the drivers in F1 who are "Agressive" like Montoya types end up in only off circuit fights..not on the podium. Kimi has the ability to control his aggression..which is what Michael did...I am not trying to defend kimi but that guy deserves much more respect and command in my opinion..if it wasnt for Mclaren's reliability issues he would have easily won in 2005 and maybe in 2003.
I mean how can someone call Raiko not aggressive..he has done it so many times in his career coming from back of the grid to clinch a podium finish..Did u see this race..I dont think you can call it Squeamish in any way..the way he went on lapping the front runners one by one...he would been on podium..had he not went off the track fighting with kovalienen...the guy seriously is haunted by Bad luck issues otherwise you just cannot question his talent or his driving skills. For your information Kimi came into F1 by participating in just 23 races in his whole career out of which he won 13..now that speaks loads bout aggression and talent.

Races in which kimi came from behind to win podiums:

2003
At the opening Australian Grand Prix Räikkönen qualified 15th in the spare car. In the race he took the lead before being caught speeding in the pitlane, after a software glitch in the car's electronic system. Räikkönen held off Michael Schumacher to finish 3rd.

2.In Malaysia, Räikkönen won his first race after starting from 7th on the grid.

2004
1.At the Belgian Grand Prix, Räikkönen qualified 10th, but took the lead on lap 11 and held on to it to take McLaren's only win of the season. He also took the fastest lap.

2005
1.At the French Grand Prix Räikkönen suffered a ten-place grid-penalty following the replacement of his new specification Mercedes Benz engine which failed in Friday practice. Räikkönen, putting in what Ron Dennis called his best ever qualifying lap,[7] qualified 3rd (demoted to 13th) with a significant fuel load. He finished 2nd behind Fernando Alonso.

2.A week later at the British Grand Prix Räikkönen suffered another Mercedes engine failure due to an oil leak; his 2nd place qualifying place became 12th. He claimed 3rd place in the race.

3.Räikkönen won the Hungarian Grand Prix from the most handicapped qualifying position, having had to do his qualifying run first on the notoriously dusty and dirty track due to his early retirement a week earlier at Hockenheim.

4.Italian Grand Prix-During the race, Räikkönen was forced to take an extra stop when his left-rear tyre delaminated, which dropped him down to 12th. He recovered, but spun his car after pushing too hard chasing the 3rd placed driver. He eventually finished fourth.It would emerge that he had 5 laps of fuel more than teammate Montoya and 6 more than Alonso during qualifying - and still managed to outpace them

5.In the penultimate race of the year, at the Suzuka circuit in Japan, Räikkönen took his 7th victory of the season after starting 17th on the grid (as rain, and an engine failure for Räikkönen, had mixed up the qualifying grid.

2006
1.In Bahrain, Räikkönen suffered electronic problems during Friday practice and a rear suspension breakage during the first qualifying session, which forced him back to 22nd place on the grid. Nevertheless he drove through the field, ending third behind Alonso and Michael Schumacher.

And Many more which i might have missed...After all this do you still call the guy SQUEAMISH? I would like to see hamilton put on the back grid and see how bold he really is? And mind you kimi did all this with second best car..i havent given examples of 2007 that is why..Cheers

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Re: [2008]F1 Season - 19-03-2008, 12:53 PM

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Looks pretty cool and simple. Have listed down the procedure for joining and playing there.

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Re: [2008]F1 Season - 19-03-2008, 02:34 PM

Kimi Raikkonen is one of the most uncontroversial drivers on the circuit, given such a long career in the flagship motorsport.. This also brings up controversy in its own right... Ecclestone said last year that Kimi is a great driver, but he has done nothing for the sport. Ecclestone praised Hamilton there, saying the resurrection of the sport is in his hands...
Also, a point to be noted, at the end of the 2006 season, with Schumi leaving, and Kimi coming in, at a press conference at the announcement of the new driver line-up, a reporter asked a long-ish question ... went something like...
Question(for Kimi): Schumacher was the best driver of the age, and he dominated the sport for a decade. He took ferrari from strength to strength, and made it a true household name. Schumacher himself was an enormous figure on the circuit, and off it too... Do you think you will have problems initially filling his shoes for the team, its fans, and for the sport?
Answer which Raikonnen gave : No.
That is IT!! he did not say a word beyond this!! You have to give the guy credit for a head like that... he is a racing driver. that is all he knows.. and thanks you very much, he says


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Re: [2008]F1 Season - 19-03-2008, 02:49 PM

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my team painted red has scored 251 points....!!!
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Few More quotes from kimi:

“I've just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can.”

“It's always the same question about bad luck. It's nothing I can change.”

Kimi: If I race, then I want to be at the front. It is never fun to be fifth and sixth, and even a third place no longer feels good to me. I only want to win

Kimi: I wouldn't say winning has changed my life, but it is good to get what I have always dreamed of. If there is focus on Lewis Hamilton getting prizes, Michael Schumacher testing with us, or where Fernando Alonso is going, I'm happy. I have a nice quiet life. I've got the trophy they probably all wanted. I'd rather take the world title than any other prize.

Guess the last quote settles it .

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my team painted red has scored 251 points....!!!
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dude...have u joined the league ??
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