Kimi and Mika rallying

[stephen300o]

Kimi Raikkonen and Mika Hakkinen are apparently doing the Lapland rally. First time for Kimi, I wonder if this will affect his F1 career longevity either way?

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/1/8819...

[stephen300o]

Oh well, I thought it was reasonably interesting.

which toilet cubical thread is twelve pages long! its a funny old world.

[Nicol@]

Hopefully we will see some coverage on tv.

[RJB_666]

I did aswell don't worry. Just couldn't post first time i read it. I always find it interesting seeing drivers from other series competing in different competitions. Just hope it's televised or at least streamed somewhere.

[davidd]

I think that is very interesting, I'd like to know the result when it comes along (some tv coverage would be good).

D

[stephen300o]

Apparently(from Kimi's very excitable fan forum) going to be on German Eurosport but not British.

[BazC]

Seems he didn't do too badly at all:

http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=45016

[stephen300o]

Not bad for a first go
Some Kimi highlights here,
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-u930NYVv9U
Via Kimi fan sight, so might get a bit stalkie.

[Allyc85]

Thats a great effort from Kimi. Shame the video has that rubbish music, would rather listen to an s2000 engine screaming its nuts off!

[superkartracer]

Awesome considering he was driving on snow and ice!

[900T-R]

stephen300o said:

Oh well, I thought it was reasonably interesting.

which toilet cubical thread is twelve pages long! its a funny old world.

Sorry, I was having a sh*t.

[Mojocvh]

superkartracer said:

Awesome considering he was driving on snow and ice!

Considering that studded tyres give the same grip levels on those surfaces as regular gravel tyres on loose surfaces, er NO!

[stephen300o]

Mojocvh said:

superkartracer said:

Awesome considering he was driving on snow and ice!

Considering that studded tyres give the same grip levels on those surfaces as regular gravel tyres on loose surfaces, er NO!

Maybe he mean't as against a tarmac rally? But anyway it's this sort of extracurricular activity that people like about Kimi, he say's "can I do this race? you might as well say yes as i'm going to do it anyway" type of thing. It would be great to see more of the F1 drivers in other motorsport for fun.

[superkartracer]

From f1 tarmac to ice and snow *gravel*, i think you'll find that it was indeed impressive.

Go Kimi

[RJB_666]

Awesome driving there. Love to see drivers from other series racing in un familiar territories. Want to see more drivers doing this. Would be great to see some more in Le Mans.

[superkartracer]

Allyc85 said:

Thats a great effort from Kimi. Shame the video has that rubbish music, would rather listen to an s2000 engine screaming its nuts off!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=80JwlXJeEpE&feature=related

[superkartracer]

Mojocvh said:

superkartracer said:

Awesome considering he was driving on snow and ice!

Considering that studded tyres give the same grip levels on those surfaces as regular gravel tyres on loose surfaces, er NO!

Er yep.. st!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YoRNf5jAYqo&feat...

[stephen300o]

superkartracer said:

Allyc85 said:

Thats a great effort from Kimi. Shame the video has that rubbish music, would rather listen to an s2000 engine screaming its nuts off!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=80JwlXJeEpE&feature=related

That's better