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OK what if we don't start this will-he-or-will-he-not-retire conversation again :D

This was posted on one Finnish forum:



LMAO :lmao: :D
 
There is an ugly article in one of the worst tabloid newspapers here in Hungary. A girl who works as a model in Italy said that once he seduced Mark Webber and she also met with Kimi in Monte Carlo 3 years ago. She said they liked each other so they shared their phone numbers. So when Kimi came to Hungary this time he called her immediately and they had sex in a hotel. Later they went to a club where there were some playmates of Hungary and Kimi liked one of them. He wanted to kiss or hug her but the girl didn't let him to do it... haha of course I won't believe this whole garbage.

http://www.blikk.hu/cikk.php?cikk=112956

Look at this girl... I hope this isn't Kimi's type...
 
Wow the wallpapers are beautiful :yes:

There is an ugly article in one of the worst tabloid newspapers here in Hungary. A girl who works as a model in Italy said that once he seduced Mark Webber and she also met with Kimi in Monte Carlo 3 years ago. She said they liked each other so they shared their phone numbers. So when Kimi came to Hungary this time he called her immediately and they had sex in a hotel. Later they went to a club where there were some playmates of Hungary and Kimi liked one of them. He wanted to kiss or hug her but the girl didn't let him to do it... haha of course I won't believe this whole garbage.

http://www.blikk.hu/cikk.php?cikk=112956

Look at this girl... I hope this isn't Kimi's type...
:doh:

The woman looks familiar but I don't think I've heard that story before. Instead here's been several times in magazines about some German woman who claimed she had an affair with Kimi while he already was married to Jenni.

Those girls are just crazy. All they want to do is to hurt people and get some money and fame. :no:

edit: Or is this the same story? :D
 
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^^Absolutely!:yes:

I was thinking about even whether to post this or not... but I did it...:mello:

Not that it's so important, but anyway... those are just crazy tabloids. But you have to live with it.
 
wooohooo!!! Better news for today! Have you heard this Hanna!!!???

:clapping::wild:

Räikkönen depicted in Finnish stamps - A Spa presentation for the defending champ

World champion Kimi Raikkonen is to be immortalised with a new Finnish stamp set.

Also featured in the new series by Finland's postal service is the famous Finnish author Mika Waltari.

A sheet of the stamps will be presented to the Finnish Formula One driver in person at Spa Francorchamps, scene of the Belgian Grand Prix, next month, just prior to the release of the stamps.

Raikkonen, 28, won the drivers' world championship with Ferrari last year.

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Record crowds at the Hungarian Grand Prix

The recent Hungarian Grand Prix was the best attended in the race's 22-year history at the Hungaroring, according to government spokesman David Daroczi.

In 1986, Bernie Ecclestone's coup of taking his sport behind the iron curtain was rewarded memorably with a huge crowd in excess of 200,000.

Since then, attendance has always been high at the circuit near Budapest, also because it has been adopted as a semi-'home' race by fans from Finland.

The even bigger audience in 2008 is explained by the influx of additional supporters from nearby Poland, whose interest in the sport has been spurred by the success of Robert Kubica.

Daroczi said the 2008 crowd was '10 to 15 percent bigger' than last year.

At the Hungarian Grand Prix, Ecclestone and the Hungarian sport minister signed a new contract, guaranteeing the race at the Hungaroring until 2016.

Subsequent local reports said the cost of the new deal for the race promoters is $17.25m per year.

Daroczi said the race brings in at least $16m in revenue to the state.
 
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also some bad news.... :sad: What do you think about this article??? :unsure:

The root of Ferrari's problems at present are perched on the pitwall and sitting in the cockpit of the F2008, according to the Italian team's former boss.

Cesare Fiorio, who preceded Jean Todt's ultra-successful reign at the Maranello team, said that even though the car failed within sight of victory for Felipe Massa in Hungary, the technical department is not Ferrari's main issue.

"I suspect the Ferrari is still the best car but it is being spoiled by errors from the command post and by the drivers," he told Switzerland's Motorsport Aktuell.

69-year-old Fiorio, most recently involved with Minardi in 2000, also has another piece of advice for the team he led at the end of the 80s and early 90s.

"Ferrari need to decide on who to put the money on - Massa or Raikkonen," he said.

Appointing a number one driver for the remaining seven races of 2008 would be a difficult decision, however, given that Kimi Raikkonen leads team-mate Felipe Massa by just three points.

In a survey conducted by the Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport, 56 percent of the readers believe Ferrari should back the Finn. :sad:

However, the reigning world champion, Raikkonen, is currently struggling with his F2008, particularly in qualifying.

"Kimi seems to have the same trouble as Heidfeld in getting the car going for a fast lap," said Marc Surer, a Grand Prix driver of the 80s and now a Swiss commentator.

Surer wonders if motivation is also a problem for Raikkonen, 28.

"He has been champion already. Sometimes it appears he wants to watch rather than race," the Swiss said.

Brazil's Massa, meanwhile, observes that Raikkonen occasionally gets his 2008 car working well for a single lap.

"Four times out of five I can get the tyres into the correct temperature window," he explained to Auto Motor und Sport.

"With Kimi it is more like one in five. But when he does it, he is really quick," Massa said.

 
^ :eek: Oh no..

Well i understand that that's a hard situation because well Kimi really has had problems in qualifyings and Massa has done better... But noo I hope they will put moneys in Kimi! :angel:


And I haven't heard about the stamps! That sounds cool, thanks for posting the news :yes:
 
^^^Yes, it's a hard decision. But,

1. They hadn't made decision last year till one of the drivers wouldn't have had the chance to win the championship.
2. Kimi has some problems in qualifying but his race pace is better than Massa's. We all know that, so I guess they know it at Ferrari as well. It's true that he can't get the true potential out of the car if he starts from the middle of the grid though.
3. Kimi is the reigning world champion, they can make bigger money with his name, that's sure.
4. A fan says that now come some longer circuits (Valencia and Spa) where Kimi will be able to heat the tyres during his qualifying flying lap.

Needless to say that I'm more than worried about the rest of the season.:(

So far he had some unlucky races but in Hungary he was lucky enough to get more points than his main rivals. Hadn't he been on podium and Massa and Hamilton had been, he wouldn't have been in this situation (only 5 points behind Hamilton, and in front of Massa). That would have been the worst (I have to say it because I'm Kimi's fan) if Massa had been the first in Hungary. Then it's quite sure the team would have given to Massa the advantage.:(

Simply, I don't want Hamilton or Massa to win the championship because Kimi is the better and faster driver out of these pilots. I think it's not my subjective opinion but this is a fact!

I still believe in him that he can make it!!!:clapping:
 
OMG!!! :( Poor guy...:( May he rest in peace...:(

Renault's Dino Toso passes away

As was reported earlier, Dino Toso, the former aerodynamics boss at Renault's Formula One team, passed away at home on Wednesday morning.

Team chief Flavio Briatore revealed in 2006 that Italian countryman Toso, reported to have first fallen ill two years earlier, was battling with cancer.

In 2003, he began to lead the French team's aerodynamics department, where his work and guidance greatly contributed to Renault taking the drivers' and constructors' crowns of 2005 and 2006.

Earlier this year, Toso - who joined from Jordan in 2001 - stepped down as Renault's director of aerodynamic technology.

Dino Toso was selected as 'aerodynamicist of the year' in 2005. He was 39. :(:(:(
 
Here are some stamp samples :cheeky: They're looking cool!!

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Aaaaaaaahh! I wan't those stamps! :wild:

OMG!!! :( Poor guy...:( May he rest in peace...:(

Renault's Dino Toso passes away

As was reported earlier, Dino Toso, the former aerodynamics boss at Renault's Formula One team, passed away at home on Wednesday morning.

Team chief Flavio Briatore revealed in 2006 that Italian countryman Toso, reported to have first fallen ill two years earlier, was battling with cancer.

In 2003, he began to lead the French team's aerodynamics department, where his work and guidance greatly contributed to Renault taking the drivers' and constructors' crowns of 2005 and 2006.

Earlier this year, Toso - who joined from Jordan in 2001 - stepped down as Renault's director of aerodynamic technology.

Dino Toso was selected as 'aerodynamicist of the year' in 2005. He was 39. :(:(:(
OMG 39 years old? :( R.I.P. Dino..


edit: New siggy!! I love it! :yes: :clapping:
 
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I want those stamps too!!! :)

^ :eek: Oh no..

Well i understand that that's a hard situation because well Kimi really has had problems in qualifyings and Massa has done better... But noo I hope they will put moneys in Kimi! :angel:

It seems that we misunderstood this article...:cheeky: I've read a Hungarian version of it and it means that they should help Kimi instead of Massa despite he has some problems in qualifyings. So the Italians want Ferrari to help Kimi to defend his title.:D I've searched for "back" in a vocabulary and the meaning of it is "stand by". :lol:

About the siggy: :) I like it too, it demonstrates that he truly loves to smile and he has a cute smile and nice teeth. :wub:
 
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It seems that we misunderstood this article...:cheeky: I've read a Hungarian version of it and it means that they should help Kimi instead of Massa despite he has some problems in qualifyings. So the Italians want Ferrari to help Kimi to defend his title.:D I've searched for "back" in a vocabulary and the meaning of it is "stand by". :lol:
OK well good to know :D :doh:
 
OK well good to know :D :doh:

:)


Do you miss F1? Now, that the 2nd weekend is coming... It's like the GP weekend is coming... but it's not... I so miss it... :lol: though I'm scared to death about what would be the result... :lol:

I've read this on the official KR forum... I don't know whether it is true or not... but it's interesting... :unsure: :lol:

Does anybody have F1 Racing magazine? There is quite long interview with Kimi.
There was one question: What does the perfect lap feel like?
Kimi answer: Really good. Better than sex

:lol:
 
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ˇˇˇThat's good to know. Not that I wouldn't have thought the same. I know that he has the desire to win, and that winning is the only good (and best) result for him. Show them Kimi!!!!:clapping::clapping::clapping:

Winning reamins all for Räikkönen

Reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen has hit back at claims he has lost the will to win.

Amid rising speculation that the Ferrari driver plans to retire at the end of his current contract - which expires at the end of next season - it is suggested a loss of motivation is at the core of his current performance slump.

Raikkonen, 28, told Germany's Bild newspaper his target is still success in Formula One.

"I am still the same guy," he is quoted as saying. "If I am in a race, then I want to win it," Raikkonen insisted.

"It is never great fun to be fifth or sixth - even third place doesn't feel so great to me anymore. I only want to win."

Despite his aloof exterior, Raikkonen says those who believe he is now happy to rest on his 2007 laurels are wrong.

Of course I want more," he said. "Whoever thinks I am content or tired are completely wrong.

"If we do not get both championship titles at the end of the season, then we will be disappointed,"
Raikkonen explained.

Raikkonen lies second in the 2008 drivers' standings; three points ahead of team-mate Felipe Massa, and five behind McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
 
:)


Do you miss F1? Now, that the 2nd weekend is coming... It's like the GP weekend is coming... but it's not... I so miss it... :lol: though I'm scared to death about what would be the result... :lol:
Actually, I don't miss it so much! :unsure: I have been so excited about the Olympics that these 2 weeks has like flown so quickly.

There will be a book about Räikkönen's family (though it will not tell only about Kimi it begins from 1600's :D and go through all the decades to this day)
 
Actually, I don't miss it so much! :unsure: I have been so excited about the Olympics that these 2 weeks has like flown so quickly.

There will be a book about Räikkönen's family (though it will not tell only about Kimi it begins from 1600's :D and go through all the decades to this day)

Well, the 2 weeks has flown very quickly, but this weekend I started to miss it. :lol: I have to wait one more week, I know.:)

A book about Räikkönens.... that must be very interesting...:yes: Though I don't think I would be able to read it. I guess they won't translate into English.
 
Kimi's column!!!

Kimi's Column: European GP Preview, "Back To Business"

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From KimiRaikkonen.com

The break is over and it's time to start the final sprint of the season. The weather for my holiday was not perfect, but anyway, I had more time to chill out with the family. It was refreshing to play some golf, to follow the olympics and to go around with my brand new bicycle.


I really like all kind of sports. The Olympics games are such a great event. It's so exciting to see all those top athetes give all they have in their final efforts and win the gold medals. I respect highly guys like Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, who really are the best of the best. Obviously the best feeling I'll still get while the Finnish athletes are doing well.

But now it's time to go back to our business. We are on our way to Spain. Formula One never sleeps and everything is ready to race again.

The most challenging times of the season are about to start. Every single race is becoming more and more important, while very single point is more and more valuable. The less points there are to get, the more important they are.

Every winter I've done many miles testing at the Valencia circuit. But that does not help anything right now. The European Grand Prix will be the first time in F1 will race on a street circuit in Valencia and there will be a great atmosphere racing in the city.

I've seen only an incar-video footage and it is very quick for a street circuit. I always enjoy racing on new circuits. I cannot remember a new place where I haven't learnt the circuit very quickly. Obviously I really look forward to go around Valencia, too.

Once again this season shows that you should never give up. There has been some races while everything has gone badly, but for some reason or another I've got more points than my toughest competitors. You never know how it goes in F1. My season looks better after Hungary than it did before that race.

We have not lost anything, but we need to get better points consistently. I feel the championship will go down to the wire. Maximizing each point from now on will be the deciding factor. Ferrari and McLaren are very close in performance and with seven races remaining anyone of the first 3 drivers can still win the championship.

All I care about is to have at least one point more than anyone else after the last race in Brazil. The only target is the championship. Everything else is a minor detail.

Obviously we need the best possible points from Valencia. The team has put a lot of effort to get things right for the whole weekend.

The track time will be more important at a new circuit. So a clean weekend with no problems will help. If the weather is hot that helps Ferrari. However by Saturday afternoon all teams and drivers will know the track.

As I said before a clean weekend in the early sessions is very important. Obviously I need to get a good balance in the car over one lap so we will be working hard in that department. Valencia is much quicker than Monaco and there looks to be one or two places where overtaking looks possible.

As in Canada you probably need some luck during this race. I just hope that the luck won't slab me in the back like it did in Montreal. You never know what happens in the race. So it's useless to worry too much beforehand. We just fight and go for it!
 
Kimi in karting event, Helsinki

Today, the F1 world champion returned to his roots and applied for the Valencia-race karting tracks, when MTV3 held the world's fastest-nation event in Helsinki, Finland with hosts JJ Lehto and Oskari Sari.

The Ferrari star gave a taster for what will be in the new Valencia street circuit this weekend.


"It is great to go to a new location and race on the new track," the champion said.

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Today, in Helsinki? I had heard nothing about that :no:

Thanks so much for the column and the article Kinga! I'll read them a bit later, I have to do my homework first :D But thanks, I can't wait to read that magazine thing.
 
Today, in Helsinki? I had heard nothing about that :no:

Thanks so much for the column and the article Kinga! I'll read them a bit later, I have to do my homework first :D But thanks, I can't wait to read that magazine thing.

I just copied this article, which I think is, from yesterday.

I like this interview, honest and cool - how Kimi is...:) and the photos... :wub: they are not new but as long as they use these kind of stylish and sexy photos, it's all good for me.:D
 
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I finally managed to read the texts :D
They were both very nice, the article and Kimi's column.. Wow this 3 weeks went so fast! Hopefully Kimi will have a good start for the end of the season..
 
^^^That would be more than great!!! I'm waiting for this weekend very much though as I said before I'm scared to death... :D what would happen...:unsure: Kimi should win the Valencia GP!!! And his beloved Spa GP as well!!! He must be better than Hamilton and Massa!!!

Gooo Kimi!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
1st free practice results

1. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:40.496 29
2. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:40.654 + 0.158 27
3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:40.822 + 0.326 14
4. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:41.099 + 0.603 31
5. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:41.163 + 0.667 23
6. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:41.281 + 0.785 24
7. Räikkönen Ferrari (B) 1:41.317 + 0.821 27
8. Nakadzsima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:41.329 + 0.833 26
9. Alonso Renault (B) 1:41.385 + 0.889 31
10. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:41.706 + 1.210 22
11. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:41.830 + 1.334 27
12. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:41.930 + 1.434 27
13. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:41.951 + 1.455 23
14. Glock Toyota (B) 1:42.036 + 1.540 27
15. Piquet Renault (B) 1:42.107 + 1.611 32
16. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:42.453 + 1.957 23
17. Button Honda (B) 1:42.460 + 1.964 29
19. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:43.075 + 2.579 25
19. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:43.312 + 2.816 23
20. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:43.524 + 3.028 24

I try to not panic (which is quite hard in my case :lol:), because he looked like doing quite well on this new circuit...

Kimi Raikkonen looked well at home on this circuit, despite ending the
morning seventh fastest. Along with Ferrari team-mate Massa and the
McLaren duo of Hamilton and Kovalainen, Raikkonen looked at ease as he
got to grips with the new circuit.


 
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Well that is not the worst way to start.. What means the B after every driver? Bridgestone?
 
^^^and the best way to continue, if he wins the second practice!!! What he did!!!!!:clapping::clapping: I think he hasn't win any free practices for a long time!!!

Goooo Kimi!!!!!

(B is Bridgestone :yes: I don't know why it is necessary to write it down because everybody use Bridgestone tyres. :unsure:)
 
:hat_wave: :hat_wave: :hat_wave:
Gooooooooo Kimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
 
^^^yeah!!!! He has to win this!!!!

Gooo Kimiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!

:hat_wave: :hat_wave:
 
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