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designndrive62
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273 posts
26 months
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EDLT
14,580 posts
75 months
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"Raikkonen said: "I'd like to do Rally Finland this season as it fits with the calendar but you'll have to ask the team if it fits in my contract."
Sounds more like he just answered a question in an interview rather than having any specific plans.
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fomb
1,046 posts
80 months
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TheArchitect
985 posts
48 months
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Wonder if he will compete under another name!
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EDLT
14,580 posts
75 months
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He used to race snowmobiles under another name didn't he, is that really any safer than rallying?
He's got a few motorbikes too...
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Parabola
1,229 posts
66 months
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TheArchitect said: Wonder if he will compete under another name! He should turn up for the rally, be really smiley, and enthusiastically chat to everyone in the paddock. No one would ever guess it was him.
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DoubleSix
2,521 posts
45 months
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Yeah, I know Kimi is held in high regard, but he's been a miserable b  d for too long now.
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McHaggis
7,741 posts
24 months
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DoubleSix said: Yeah, I know Kimi is held in high regard, but he's been a miserable b d for too long now. Who cares? He's a racer. Why do we want our drivers to have personalities as well... I prefer to see the racing and switch off the PR nonsense...
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DoubleSix
2,521 posts
45 months
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McHaggis said: DoubleSix said: Yeah, I know Kimi is held in high regard, but he's been a miserable b d for too long now. Who cares? He's a racer. Why do we want our drivers to have personalities as well... I prefer to see the racing and switch off the PR nonsense... I know what you mean but when someone has an extremely priviliged and enviable job it just grates a bit to see them act like a spoilt teenager who'd rather be somewhere else... probably a few GP2 drivers who'd like his seat.
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C Lee Farquar
805 posts
85 months
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DoubleSix said: probably a few GP2 drivers who'd like his seat. And a few more who'd like his talent
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EDLT
14,580 posts
75 months
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McHaggis said: DoubleSix said: Yeah, I know Kimi is held in high regard, but he's been a miserable b d for too long now. Who cares? He's a racer. Why do we want our drivers to have personalities as well... I prefer to see the racing and switch off the PR nonsense... I think Kimi does have a personality, he's the only driver that doesn't regurgitate a load of media manged bulls t whenever a microphone is put in front of him.
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vtgts300kw
397 posts
46 months
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EDLT said: He used to race snowmobiles under another name didn't he, is that really any safer than rallying?
He's got a few motorbikes too... Bit easier to fly under the radar at a snowmobile event than a televised, FIA championship.
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McHaggis
7,741 posts
24 months
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EDLT said: I think Kimi does have a personality, he's the only driver that doesn't regurgitate a load of media manged bulls t whenever a microphone is put in front of him. I'll rephrase my point. I think he has a huge personality. I just think he keeps it to the track and his close friends. The media interaction and is a defence mechanism. I love the old story from 2001... "However, some critics voiced concerns over granting an F1 Super Licence to such an inexperienced driver; Räikkönen had only 23 car races to his credit. He was nevertheless granted his license and scored a championship point in his debut at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix. Räikkönen was asleep 30 minutes before the race." He is just very comfortable with himself I think...
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Fire99
8,092 posts
98 months
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EDLT said: I think Kimi does have a personality, he's the only driver that doesn't regurgitate a load of media manged bulls t whenever a microphone is put in front of him. Exactly.. Maybe he can be grumpy.. But i'd take an honest grump rather than a manufactured F1 version of a Miss World contestant, any day of the week. Hamilton started to get honest for a while but he ended up with an adjoining apartment to the stewards, and that didn't last. He now loves everybody again. :-)
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nice audi driver
53 posts
23 months
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I can't see Kimi being allowed to do the rally, and if the reports are true and he has "matured" I don't think he'll go against lotus. Purely speculation though!
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andyb66
99 posts
38 months
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vtgts300kw said: Bit easier to fly under the radar at a snowmobile event than a televised, FIA championship. You've not followed rallying for a while then  
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DoubleSix
2,521 posts
45 months
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Personalities fine but imo its starting to look like a bit of a 'brooding race driver' act... i.e. false
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McHaggis
7,741 posts
24 months
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P-Jay
3,648 posts
60 months
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I don't think Kimi is grumpy/miserable, he's just well... Finnish.
I've seen him in some interviews and he's got a very subtle but very good sense of humour, in others he's just the typical reserved Finn.
I can't help but like the guy.
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Podie
38,414 posts
144 months
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Parabola said: He should turn up for the rally, be really smiley, and enthusiastically chat to everyone in the paddock.
No one would ever guess it was him. 
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