Is it me or is their very little discussion on Kimi's performance since the start of the season ? The fact that he has just come back to F1 and I think doing very well considering, a great position in qualifying yesterday and some great battles today, although his tyres run off at the end, and you see or hear little about him during the race. Is this a ploy from the media to ignor him as he is not great at communication !!! Can't be very good for Lotus Renault's publicity ?

the problem with kimi is that those who love him feel he should be spoken about all the time. And hanging into his very word. Those who feel he is overrated feel he gets far too much airtime and forum time, and shouldnt we talk about the performance of Grosjean as well coz he finished in the points and is just as/more/less impressive then Kimi

Kimi's a great driver while he's interested, but that isn't always.

On a personal level though I think he's an ahole as far as the fans are concerned, and I think he's just in the sport to take what he wants and give nothing back.

I like Kimi and think he's a great driver, but agree that his attitude is rubbish at times. Was still sad to see him drop off at the end like that. Great race otherwise

I think Grosjean had the pleasure today of running at the back of a heavy mid field in relitivly clean air not needing to defend too much or over-take, hence his tyres were under no forced enviroment, so made up natural places towards the end. A thinker/player some may say ??? This is also his first finish, but I am sure he will improve. Kimi however, when ever the camera cut to him or the cars around him mainly, he was either hunting someone down or defending like a mad man. Allways in turbulant air - great fun to watch, and with his P4 yesterday on the grid, nothing was said from the media about how great his comeback is ?? I absoluty agree that Kimi's attitude to the fans is poor, but when he is interviewed he obviously ignores all the media training he has had and tells it like it is - how refreshing. I love it when he is on camera and you can see that the interviewers hate intervieing him not knowing what he is going to say next ! Again, maybe this is the reason he is getting little media attention ??

kimi doesnt have experience of the tyres dropping off though does he?

Now he does. It was fun watching him try to keep it together.

I agree simply inexperience of current tyres was his down fall yesterday.

Bah!
He's easily the coolest driver out there, and I've seen him signing autographs for fans same as the rest of them.

As far as personality goes, did you not see him on Top Gear, he was really good fun. I'd have a night out on the lash with Kimi any time, doubt I could keep up with him though [hic!].

I would argue he was only deemed driver of the race due to his track position, which was generated by making one less pit stop than the majority of those around him, which he paid for as his tyres went away from him.

I think strategy deceived to flatter to an extent.

I agree with what was posted above about people who love Kimi want him talked about constantly. But that goes for all fans of top drivers. Why do the media hate Jenson/Fernando/Lewis/Kimi/Schumi so much is a fairly common and largely interchangable bleat.