Formule 1

[The One.]

I hadn't heard btw that Alonso fainted after the Bahrain Gp

Spanish Formula One driver, Fernando Alonso, suffered from low blood pressure and fainted for a time after talking to the press at the end of the Grand Prix in Bahrain on Sunday. It was 38 degrees C in the shade and it has been revealed that the system to allow the driver to drink in the cockpit failed during the race.

 

[Kinga]

^^I've heard that he almost fainted. Poor guy, must have been awful.

It took me about 3 hours to calm down after quali. It's really frustrating, Ferrari were over-confident in Malaysia (based on last year - they didn't know then that they have to be careful), now they (I mean everybody at the team including Kimi) failed because they were over-confident again hoping that with the now better car they could make it into the Q2.

I don't understand it at all, to be honest.

Massa did a great lap + he has more fuel than the others in front of him + he has KERS. Kimi could have been right there too!!! That's why this "result" is even more dissapointing to me. Had it been with a crap car when he could have been no more but 10th or 11th like it was earlier... then it wouldn't have been a so awful feeling.

The former world champion - who won at Catalunya last year - had a poor first lap in Q1 and then decided against a second run, believing that even his disappointing initial time would be sufficient to reach Q2.

But instead he was pushed back to 16th and eliminated from the session.

"I thought that we were going to get through," Raikkonen said. "It was maybe a bit tight on the time, but we didn't want to waste laps.

"But we didn't get through. It was a silly mistake because the car was much better here than before. But that's how it goes."

He said it had been partly his own decision not to go out again.

"I wasn't keen to go. I knew that the lap wasn't very good but I that maybe we should get through still," said Raikkonen. "In the end it doesn't matter whose mistake it was, it was just a silly mistake and we paid the price for it.

"In the morning we were much faster. I just didn't get a very good lap. If I'd done a better lap we wouldn't be in this situation, but it's too late now.

"(The media) can blame me if they want, I don't mind. It's a mistake and we can't take it away. We'll just try to do the best job we can tomorrow and try not to do the same at the next race."

Raikkonen explained that his main frustration was that he had not been able to show how much the Ferrari had improved since Bahrain.

"I'm more disappointed because the car is much stronger here than before and we would have had a good chance to fight for a good position," he said. "But we'll try to do the best we can.

"Of course here it's not very easy to overtake so it all depends on what happens at the start and how the first few laps go. We'll do what we can and hopefully we can still score some points."

With his team-mate Felipe Massa fourth on the grid, Raikkonen believes it is only a matter of time before Ferrari is fighting for victory again.

"We are still a bit behind, I would say, but it's much stronger than it was before," he said.

"It's more or less what we expected, but other people have also gone forward. It's only the first step, so we can get some more for the next races. After that, for sure we can catch them up even if it takes a little while.

"If we just look at what happened today, for sure the car now has the potential to score much better results and we're going in the right direction.

"So we still have a little way to go to catch up to the front guys, but we can catch them and definitely challenge them.

"I don't know if we can tomorrow or not, but in the later races we can definitely fight for wins, podiums and good positions."

 

[The One.]

Moving on.. Vettel can speak Finnish

This is from topix.com

About Finland and vocabulary

Vettel speaks 4 languages - German, English, a little French and a little Italian - and has learned a few Finnish words from Kimi. Moi, kiitos, mitä kuuluu and a couple of words that can't be printed.

- I was in Finland in August and liked it a lot. I'm not a beach lion so it didn't matter that it wasn't so warm. I just drove around with the car. Finland is a limitless and open country where people are friendly.

It's also said... (findance.com)

Vettel speaks better Finnish than Rosberg?

If you are disappointed in the fact that Nico Rosberg, who's father is Finnish, can't speak Finnish, it's good to know that at least one German driver knows even a few sentences.

- Sebastian Vettel is a little linguistic genius. He has studied with his Finnish physiotherapist little Finnish, and can speak surprisingly well a few sentences, the F1 commentator Oskari Saari says in MTV3 website.

Vettel has been working with Finnish doctor Aki Hintsanen and fitness coach Tommi Pärmäkosken.

 

[Kinga]

I won't tell anything about yesterday's race but only 2 words: Wake up, Ferrari!!!!!!!!!!

Now, about much nicer things. Kimi gave interview to BBC last Friday at the opening of a Ferrari Store in London. He smiled a lot and was adorable :wub:, so I had to make these:

 

[The One.]

^ Aww, cute pics. Thanks Kinga they cheered me up

 

[Kinga]

^^^you're welcome!

Hanna, could you please tell me what does this mean in Finnish?

"Kimi, my real champion" or "Kimi, you are my real champion"


Thank you in advance!

 

[The One.]

^^^you're welcome!

Hanna, could you please tell me what does this mean in Finnish?

"Kimi, my real champion" or "Kimi, you are my real champion"


Thank you in advance!

"Kimi, todellinen mestarini" or "Kimi, olet todellinen mestarini"

It sounds just little bit strange to me though but I think you can use it

 

[Kinga]

Thank you, but why does it sound strange to you? Do you use other words/phrase for this? Do you have an idea what I should use instead of this?

 

[The One.]

Thank you, but why does it sound strange to you? Do you use other words/phrase for this? Do you have an idea what I should use instead of this?

Hmm, that's difficult question! I really don't know, maybe it's just that I don't say it out loud very often so it sounds strange
But yeah, I think "Kimi, olet todellinen mestarini" is better.

 

[Kinga]

Hmm, that's difficult question! I really don't know, maybe it's just that I don't say it out loud very often so it sounds strange
But yeah, I think "Kimi, olet todellinen mestarini" is better.

Yeah, I think I know what you mean. English is a different language. I tried to translate it into Hungarian and it sounded strange. Somehow it sounds better in English.

I'd like to make a banner for the Hungarian and the Italian GPs and I'd like this text on it both in English and in Finnish.

So, Kimi, olet todellinen mestarini means Kimi, you are my real champion?

 

[Kinga]

What do yo guys think about this? Could this really happen???? :bugeyed:doh:

Ferrari threatens to leave F1 in 2010

Ferrari has confirmed that it will not enter next year's world championship unless plans for a voluntary £40 million budget cap are changed. Although the team had expressed private reservations about the rule changes and governing processes for 2010, it finally went public with its intentions in a statement issued following a board meeting at Maranello on Tuesday afternoon.
"The same rules for all teams, stability of regulations, the continuity of the FOTA's endeavours to methodically and progressively reduce costs, and governance of Formula 1 are the priorities for the future," said the statement.
"If these indispensable principles are not respected and if the regulations adopted for 2010 will not change, then Ferrari does not intend to enter its cars in the next Formula 1 world championship. "
Entries for the 2010 world championship close on May 29, with Toyota and Red Bull's two F1 teams having already announced in public that they will not enter if the rules remain unchanged.
It is thought likely that the other manufacturer teams will also join a 'boycott' of lodging an entry by the deadline - with only the current independents Brawn GP, Williams and Force India outfits set to apply.
As with other teams, Ferrari's main cause of concern is the possibility of a two-tier F1 - which would come into force should some teams adopt to run under budget cap restrictions next year while others choose unrestricted finances.
Regarding the FIA's World Motor Sport Council meeting on April 29 that ratified the 2010 regulations, the Ferrari statement said: "Although this meeting was originally called only to examine a disciplinary matter, the decisions taken mean that, for the first time ever in Formula 1, the 2010 season will see the introduction of two different sets of regulations based on arbitrary technical rules and economic parameters.
"The Board considers that if this is the regulatory framework for Formula 1 in the future, then the reasons underlying Ferrari's uninterrupted participation in the world championship over the last 60 years – the only constructor to have taken part ever since its inception in 1950 – would come to a close."
Although Ferrari is totally opposed to a two-tier F1 system, and has questioned whether or not it is possible for a £40 million budget cap to be introduced next year, the Italian outfit is also concerned about governance of the sport.
As well as being unhappy about the way the rules were pushed through last year, Ferrari thinks there has not been enough consultation with the teams.
"The Board also expressed its disappointment about the methods adopted by the FIA in taking decisions of such a serious nature and its refusal to effectively reach an understanding with constructors and teams," added the statement.
"The rules of governance that have contributed to the development of Formula 1 over the last 25 years have been disregarded, as have the binding contractual obligations between Ferrari and the FIA itself regarding the stability of the regulations."
In light of the developments regarding next year's entry, Ferrari said its president Luca di Montezemolo had been told to look at alternative activities for the racing team.
"Ferrari trusts that its many fans worldwide will understand that this difficult decision is coherent with the Scuderia's approach to motor sport and to Formula 1 in particular, always seeking to promote its sporting and technical values," said the statement.
"The Chairman of the Board of Directors was mandated to evaluate the most suitable ways and methods to protect the company's interests."
Despite Ferrari's strong stance, the FIA said earlier today that it was optimistic a solution to the matter could be found soon. Di Montezemolo is expected to meet with FIA president Max Mosley in the next few days to discuss the situation.

Kimi and the rally - this time in Italy and on asphalt!!!!!!!!!!!!unk: on 30, May, 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kimi ajaa rallin Italiassa

F1-sähkeet 7.5.
Kimi Räikkönen ajaa toukokuun lopussa uransa kolmannen ja samalla elämänsä ensimmäisen rallikilpailun ulkomailla.
Ferrarin 29-vuotias suomalaistähti osallistuu talvella ostamallaan Fiat Grande Punto S2000 -autolla yksipäiväiseen rallikisaan Italiassa Trevison maisemissa.
Ajankohta osuu Monacon ja Turkin Grand Prix -kisojen väliin.
Räikkönen osallistui tammi-helmikuussa kahteen SM-ralliin Rovaniemellä ja Mikkelissä. Kartanlukijana sopeutumista auttoi kaiken kokenut ammattilainen Kaj Lindström.

 

[The One.]

^ I don't know could they REALLY leave F1! I hope not! I hope this stays only as a threat. After all, there's other teams who are against the budjet thing, too, so imo it would be just better to forget it.

So, Kimi, olet todellinen mestarini means Kimi, you are my real champion?

Yep

 

[Kinga]

^ I don't know could they REALLY leave F1! I hope not! I hope this stays only as a threat. After all, there's other teams who are against the budjet thing, too, so imo it would be just better to forget it.

I'm really scared as I'm reading the opinions about this. A lot of people say that it is more than a threat!!!! :no::mello:

They say Mad Max is really mad...:bugeyed OMG!!!

After Ferrari, Toyota and Red Bull... now Renault threaten to leave F1!!!!! Shocking!!!



yeah, and have you heard the good news about Massa and family?

Felipe baby to become a father of a real baby!!! - New Papa Massa :clapping:

Felipe Massa is not having the best championship campaign this season as Ferrari work hard on the F60 and struggle to move up the grid.

However, the 28-year-old is set to enjoy a brand new experience later this year: Massa will become a father for the first time.

It has emerged that the Ferrari driver's wife Rafaela is pregnant with a boy that is due to be born in November.

The Brazilian pair married in Sao Paulo in November of 2007.

 

[The One.]

I don't see the point in changing the rules if half the teams are against it? :scratch:

yeah, and have you heard the good news about Massa and family?

Felipe baby to become a father of a real baby!!! - New Papa Massa :clapping:

Aww that's cute! Big congrats to them!! ^_^

 

[Kinga]

Look, what I've got!!!!! :wild: I bought them today!!!!! For my F1 trips!!!! :cheeky:

 

[The One.]

^^ Woow they're so cool!!! Must have cost a lot of money..

 

[Kinga]

^^^nooo, they were really cheap, surprisingly! They were only 12.000 HUF (approx. 40 EUR)!:tease:

 

[Kinga]

OMG.... have you heard these yesterday???!!!!:no::doh::bugeyed

No agreement between FIA and teams
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75324

Ferrari pushing to stay under own terms
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75327

Q & A with Domenicali
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75328

Q. Do you expect Ferrari to be in F1 in 2010?
SD: For us it's very important, it's our life. We want to fight in order to make sure that we will be in the championship in the right way.

Teams vow to find cost cutting solution
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75329



To have some better feeling, I have something special for you. Kimi has a very long hair but we couldn't see it because he always wears the cap. But now, the time has come!!!! He gave interviews in Spain and finally we can see his looooong hair. He's extremely sexy... the wind blows his hair and he's smiling... :wub:

10 Questions with Räikkönen and Hamilton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqkNRrnjqKM&feature=channel

the other one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyCN-HhGr-0&feature=channel_page

 

[The One.]

^ Aww yep he's so cute there :blush:

Lola to submit 2010 Formula One entry

British race car makers Lola have announced they will be lodging an entry for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship after completing their evaluation of the technical regulations for cost-capped teams announced by the FIA last month.

Lola, who last participated in Formula One racing in the late 1990s, admitted they re-examined their position after the original cap of £30 million was raised to £40 million, but concluded that the new regulations still present an opportunity not to be missed.

“The Lola Group believes that the WMSC decisions relating to cost-capping and the provision of revised technical regulations to facilitate the entry of new teams into Formula One should be embraced,” said a group statement. “This is not only prudent considering the backdrop of global economics but also taking into account the need for new teams to be able to compete credibly against long established entrants.”

Whilst several existing teams have objected to the fact that cost-capped entrants will be given more technical freedom, Lola believe it to be essential if new entrants are to have a chance of competing with their more experienced rivals.

“It is imperative that performance breaks be afforded to new cost-capped entrants who will have a limited period in which to form teams, design and manufacture their cars. With these breaks Lola looks forward to competing with the existing teams who enjoy decades of experience. The question of speed differentials, safety and the spectacle of Formula One must also be considered.”

Entries for the 2010 championship must be lodged between May 22 and 29. A list of the 13 successful teams will be published on June 12.

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/5/9356.html

 

[Kinga]

^^^^ :scratch:

F*ck, sh*t...:no::doh:
Ferrari loses legal bid against FIA
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75442

FIA weclomes verdict, criticises Ferrari
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75444

Ferrari slams quality of new teams
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75443

Ferrari has said it is shocked at the entries - and does not believe they are the kind of teams that will enhance F1's image.
"They couldn't almost believe their eyes, the men and women working at Ferrari, when they read the papers this morning and found the names of the teams, declaring that they have the intention to race in Formula 1 in the next year," said a statement issued on Ferrari's website.
"Looking at the list, which leaked yesterday from Paris, you can't find a very famous name, one of those one has to spend 400 Euros per person for a place on the grandstand at a GP (plus the expenses for the journey and the stay) [to see]."
The statement added: "Can a world championship with teams like them - with due respect - have the same value as today's Formula 1, where Ferrari, the big car manufacturers and teams, who created the history of this sport, compete? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to call it Formula GP3?"

So, what comes next? NO F1, no Ferrari???:bugeyed

 

[The One.]

Gosh! Why can't things just stay the way they are?
But I can tell that if F1 becomes that what it seems now, those little teams coming to it and especially if Ferrari leaves, I probably won't cheer to this sport so much anymore.
IMO it loses all its shine..

 

[The One.]

Alonso fears for his F1 career

Double world champion Fernando Alonso fears for his future with Renault and Ferrari threatening to quit Formula One if the 2010 regulations are not rewritten.

"Here I will be 100 per cent focused on the grand prix this weekend," the Spaniard, who has been regularly linked with a move to Ferrari from Renault, said at the Monaco Grand Prix.
"But it is true that last week when I was at home it was impossible to switch off because I don't know if this will be my last time in Monaco.

"If the big teams and the big manufacturers leave Formula One then I don't want to race with small teams, because it is not any more F1 and there are many other categories," added the 27-year-old.
The governing FIA has put forward an optional £40 million budget cap for 2010 with those accepting it offered greater technical freedom than teams staying with unrestricted budgets.

Although FIA president Max Mosley has said there will not be a two-tier championship, with all teams expected to race with a cap, champions Ferrari have said they cannot accept the regulations.
Renault, Toyota and the two Red Bull teams have also said they will not submit their entries to next year's championship by a May 29 deadline unless there is a change.
The standoff threatens to tear the sport apart, with teams from lower categories eager to come in if the price is right while the manufacturers head for the exit.

"For me, it is strange that no one sat down and thought how we are damaging the sport, how much damage the sport has had in the last two months," said Alonso.
"To have those three or four new teams and losing seven of the big manufacturers I cannot understand. (It would be) not losing only seven manufacturers but losing the 10 best drivers in the world.
"Formula One would become less interesting."


Reuters

 

[The One.]

Kimi will continue at Ferrari even outside F1

Kimi Räikkönen promises to drive at Ferrari in 2010 even if the team doesn't participate in Formula 1. Kimi's current contract with Ferrari lasts to the end of next season.
Ferrari has threaten to leave F1 after this season if there's no solution to the fight of the budget cap.
- I'm a Ferrai driver in any case. Where we drive, that's different, Räikkönen told to MTV3.
Räikkönen believes Ferrari will continue in Formula 1.
- It's difficult to think Formula 1 without Ferrari. It's huge pillar in the whole sport. It would feel strange if we suddenly weren't there and would be driving another league and would be doing, who knows what, Kimi wonders.
The budget cap fight proceed to court this week
- Somewhere they'll find a solution that everyone's happy with, Kimi predicts.

 

[Kinga]

Kimi said this today:

“It’s not good for Formula 1 in any way to have this sort of thing going on and for me personally, if Ferrari is not in Formula 1 and if other big teams are also not in the sport, then it’s not really Formula 1 anymore,” he said. “If teams come in from GP2 for example, it won’t be the same. I am one hundred percent behind the team and whatever they choose to do, I will go along with. I hope it all gets sorted out, but I’m not the person to ask about the details. I work for Ferrari and we are one big family: this is my job and this is where I want to do it. My own feeling is that we will not disappear from Formula 1, but if we do, I still have a contract with the team and I am sure they will find something for me to do!”

And this about those Alonso-Ferrari, Kimi quits rumours. Finally he fights back! He doesn't do this often but it was about time to open his mouth!!!!:

Kimi Raikkonen has moved to downplay the latest round of speculation about his Ferrari seat.

At a sponsor event this week, Fernando Alonso made no secret of his desire to one day race for the famous Italian team.

At the same event, the Santander chief Emilio Botin again openly hinted about his Ferrari sponsorship deal for 2010, adding that the icing on the cake would be to sit ‘the world's best driver’ in the red car.

He then suggested coyly that there may be a vacancy for 2010, despite both of Ferrari's current drivers also having contracts that include next year.


"I don't know why there are always rumours about this. I have a contract for next year. For sure, I will be here," Raikkonen is quoted as saying by Germany's Auto Bild .




I think I'm happy that I'll be able to attend Hungarian and Italian GP... if there won't be real F1 next year, and there won't be Kimi in F1 with Ferrari. Wherever they'll go, I'll follow them!!!!!unk:

 

[Kinga]

Hanna, could you tell me what this article is about?

http://www.mtv3.fi/viihde/uutiset/muut.shtml/882797?dahlman_raikkonen_jenni

Thank you in advance!

 

[The One.]

^ Oh yes I was going to post that!

Jenni will be in Monaco :yes:

Finnish millionaire Jorma Lillbacka's 43 metres long Northern Cross yatch has also been seen in James Bond movies. For this weekend it's in Kimi's use and Jenni Dahlman-Räikkönen will be there to cheer to her love, too.

 

[Kinga]

Thank you, Hanna!!!!

Teams fail to reach agreement with FIA

Formula 1 teams failed to reach an agreement with FIA president Max Mosley about the future of the sport on Friday, despite lengthy talks that ran into the early evening.
Following a series of discussions over the course of the day, the teams met with Mosley to try and find a resolution to their unhappiness about plans for a voluntary budget cap.
However, despite talking for almost three hours no agreement was reached meaning several teams remain poised to not lodge entries for 2010 by next weeks deadline.
Although most team principals refused to comment about the situation as they left the Automobile Club de Monaco, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo revealed that more talks were needed.
"It was a long and constructive meeting," he said. "FOTA will have another meeting tomorrow, and then there will be another meeting with Mosley.

"What we want is that Formula 1 stays as Formula 1, that it doesn't become something different and go towards constant changes which confuse the public and all the others, that there should be stability and that we work over the next two years to arrive at a way of further reducing costs."
Despite the failure to reach an agreement on Friday, and with next weeks entry deadline looming, Mosley said he remained optimistic a deal could be reached.
"It was a good constructive meeting. The discussions are ongoing," he said.
When asked what the issues were, Mosley said: "They are the same issues. But I am hopeful there will be an agreement."
Ferrari, Red Bull, Toyota and Renault have all said that they will not enter the 2010 championship unless the rules are chaged.
Teams have until May 29 to lodge their entries to the championship with those missing the deadline likely to face a fine if they want to get back, providing there is space left on the grid.

 

[The One.]

^ Oh please, let them find a solution to this! :angel: I don't want F1 to change!

 

[The One.]

Horraaayy!!!! Go Kimiii!!! :wild: :clapping:

I am so happy! Though it would've been nice if Nico and Heikki were a bit higher but gosh what a relief to have Kimi finally back at the top

 

[Kinga]

Wooohooo!!!! Great job, Kimi!!!!!:clapping:

Would have been nice if he had been on pole but oh well, so great result from Kimi all the same!!!!!

I want him to win the race! He can do it! I know! :angel:

He has to overtake Button at the start, maybe he can because he has KERS (push the BUTTON LOL) and he's a bit lighter. That's why he has to because Button will go to the pits 1 or 2 laps later.

Gooo Kimi!

He said he's a bit dissapointed and he'd be happy when he could win the race. I can't wait to see his shy smile on the top of the podium!!!!!:cheeky: