Kimi Raikkonen started from 31st in his maiden oval race, after running 30th fastest in both practice sessions early in the day. However he managed to work his way to 15th after several fullcourse Yellows. “The racing was fun, it’s a new thing but too many cautions,” said Raikkonen “Every time when you start feeling [...]
Kimi Raikkonen says his rookie season with the Citroen Junior Rally Team has taught him a huge amount. “For sure I have improved as a driver this season,” said Raikkonen. “Rallying is a lot harder than F1, certainly for me. If you can drive on some of the roads we did this year, you can [...]
Massa must be seething after having to ceed his position to teammate in today’s German GP. Credit though to Alonso who was faster, and tried to find a way past, in several attempts. Unfortunately, Ferrari deemed it necessary to inform Massa that senor Alonso was faster, and that the unmentioned order was to be carried [...]
Sebastien Ogier and Kimi Raikkonen secured the first ever 1-2 finish for the Citroen Junior Team after in the Rally della Lanterna in preparation for the upcoming asphalt events on the WRC schedule. The pair battled for victory in the Italian event, with Ogier eventually taking honours by less than six seconds. “It’s always great to [...]
Sebastien Loeb won his 3rd rally on the trot in Rally of Turkey today. Loeb took the lead after fellow Citroen driver Ogiers suffered a puncture on day 2. “We decided to stay first on the road and it was a good choice,” said Loeb. “We maybe expected rain, and I knew if I lifted off and [...]
After finishing, AND scoring, in the Jordan WRC round, Iceman Kimi is hoping to build on that experience to score further point sin Turkey. Unlike the previous rally where his rivals had some experience, the 2010 Turkish Rally will be on totally new stages, levellling the palying field. Raikkonen naturally is relishing the challenge. [...]
WRC 2010 begins today in Rally of Sweden with a Super Special. Kimi Raikkonen will be makin his proper WRC debut, following on from last month’s Artic Rally. He’ll be hoping for better results this time. Not hitting any trees would be an improvement. WRC will be following F1′s points system for this [...]
The Iceman has crashed out of Stage 2 in the Artic Rally. He hit a tree apparently. But he hopes to rejoin to get some mileage. He was impressive on Stage 1, being only 5 seconds of WRC factory driver Dani Sordo. After assistance from spectators , Kimi was able to rejoin, a half hour [...]
Today Scuderia Ferrari launches their new 2010 challenger , called the, wait for it, F10. It’s red, it’s Italian, and it’s expected to be faster than last year’s car. Something they say every year. A recap of Ferrari’s F1 cars from the last few years; 2009 F60, 2008 F2008, Raikkonen’s title winning 2007 F2007, Schumacher’s [...]
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