Dark horse for the WDC?
Dark horse for the WDC?
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DuncanM

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7,450 posts

308 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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Kimi Raikkonen is only 1 point behind Lewis now, and the Lotus is getting stronger as the season progresses.

I think he has a real chance and his detractors may well end up eating their words smile.


FWDRacer

3,565 posts

253 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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I'd love to see it... But the pair of them (inc LH) have to catch Alonso first....

Altrezia

8,740 posts

240 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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He was in front of lewis last week!

(I do, however, have money on Kimi for the title).

DuncanM

Original Poster:

7,450 posts

308 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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Alonso is in a class of his own this year imo smile

Still a long way though and the Ferrari is not the car to beat and probably never has been?

F1GTRUeno

6,512 posts

247 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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Kimi's having a year similar to when he won in 2007.

All the attention is on everyone else and he's just getting on with business. Always there or thereabouts.

If he gets a win at Spa then it's full steam ahead.

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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Kimis chance depends on the weather, the Lotus needs it hot.

CiderwithCerbie

1,420 posts

296 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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F1GTRUeno said:
Kimi's having a year similar to when he won in 2007.

All the attention is on everyone else and he's just getting on with business. Always there or thereabouts.

If he gets a win at Spa then it's full steam ahead.
Oh yes!

DuncanM

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7,450 posts

308 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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So where are his detractors then?

Kimi is bloody focused this year and driven.

Seem to remember people on here talking about him being lazy and couldn't care less?

Certainly drives like he cares wink.

Nick M

3,632 posts

252 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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Indeed - I did wince a little when, at the end of the race, he gave the team a hard time about the KERS issue at the start (I didn't think it was something which needed to be said in public) but then I thought that it showed he clearly cared about the fact that he came second not first, possibly as a result of not getting the message to reset the KERS system...

I was egging him on at the end, hoping he got the chance to slip past Hamilton.

CiderwithCerbie

1,420 posts

296 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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DuncanM said:
So where are his detractors then?

Kimi is bloody focused this year and driven.

Seem to remember people on here talking about him being lazy and couldn't care less?

Certainly drives like he cares wink.
Clearly someone of high intelligence wrote this; that and the fact you drive a Cerb make you damn fine chap all around.

Living in M. Keynes? Do you know BossCerbera??

DuncanM

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7,450 posts

308 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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CiderwithCerbie said:
Clearly someone of high intelligence wrote this; that and the fact you drive a Cerb make you damn fine chap all around.

Living in M. Keynes? Do you know BossCerbera??
beer

You know I don't which is a shame, live in Bedford now which isn't that far away smile


P-Jay

11,398 posts

220 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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All this talk of Alonso, Lewis and Kimi, does no body fancy Webber or Vettel's chances?

Anyway, personally if Lewis doesn't win it, I hope Kimi does. You might even see a smile out of him on the podium.


FWDRacer

3,565 posts

253 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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P-Jay said:
You might even see a smile out of him on the podium.
nonohehe

DuncanM

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7,450 posts

308 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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P-Jay said:
All this talk of Alonso, Lewis and Kimi, does no body fancy Webber or Vettel's chances?

Anyway, personally if Lewis doesn't win it, I hope Kimi does. You might even see a smile out of him on the podium.
I only started the topic because I've heard nothing regarding Kimi's chances so far, this despite the Lotus looking like the car to beat in many respects.

I will add that Webber is having a fantastic season off the back of a relatively poor one last year.

The talk all year has been Vettel/Alonso/Hamilton no?


stephen300o

15,464 posts

257 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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Win a race first, then we'll see. Kimi very strong at Spa usually.

Gene Vincent

4,002 posts

187 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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I said to myself that the first person to win 2 races was going to be the person who goes away from the first half in the lead and that is what has happened, my guess is that the second half will be much the same.

If LH can dominate the first race as he did the last one throughout the weekend he will have an advantage, but catching Alonso is not going to be easy unless Ferrari cripples themselves through reliability.

The first race in the second half will be crucial to all the contenders, but the practice will take on a new importance, exciting season.

Streps

2,457 posts

195 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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Refreshed Kimi has been consistent and is quietly getting the job done every weekend.
Would be great to see him win spa..

Alonso's Ferrari is not the best..it's the only thing stopping him winning every weekend.
His form this year has been fantastic.

Hamilton is also on good form..as is Mark Webber.

This season is going to be a close one.

LordGrover

34,155 posts

241 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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I admit I was one of the doubters when KR returned but am warming to him now.
It may not be a great season for the purists, but it's certainly keeping me entertained.
Roll on Part II.

P-Jay

11,398 posts

220 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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DuncanM said:
P-Jay said:
All this talk of Alonso, Lewis and Kimi, does no body fancy Webber or Vettel's chances?

Anyway, personally if Lewis doesn't win it, I hope Kimi does. You might even see a smile out of him on the podium.
I only started the topic because I've heard nothing regarding Kimi's chances so far, this despite the Lotus looking like the car to beat in many respects.

I will add that Webber is having a fantastic season off the back of a relatively poor one last year.

The talk all year has been Vettel/Alonso/Hamilton no?
Fair one, Dark Horse is probably right, frankly until last weekend I have the feeling the BBC/SKY commentators saw Kimi overtaking Lewis in the WDC as a sort of mathematical anomaly based on LH's bad luck at getting Pastored and that flat.

I'd say he's got every much as good a chance as LH, SV & MW at getting it, there's only 8 points between the lot of them and I don't think there's a huge performance difference ether with half a season left to go of course, but if FA keeps getting the results he has been it will need one of them to dominate the others, or they're all going to spend the rest of the season fighting each other and won't get the points to over-haul his advantage.

It might come down to who's got the best wing man, which puts the RB boys at a disadvantage because I doubt they'd give each other the steam off their piss for the sake of some more points for the other. Grosean and Button (who are on the same points as well) could both do with gaining some favour from their teams for next year, might be more likely to swallow some team orders if they're not near the front at the end of the season. Has Massa got the pace to effect the others?

Mojocvh

16,837 posts

291 months

Wednesday 1st August 2012
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FWDRacer said:
P-Jay said:
You might even see a smile out of him on the podium.
nonohehe
he was laughing and joking with lewis on the podium just before and after the champers bit....scratchchin