Don't worry mate!
It was a bit of a boring day, anyway.

Now that I look at it. How many spell and grammatical mistakes did I make in my previous post? Sorry

http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_ ... 3108649455
WRC RALLY OF SPAIN: KIMI RAIKKONEN'S LUCKY NUMBERS

by Anthony Peacock, Oct 22, 2011

Today hasn’t been the luckiest day for The Iceman, who retired from the Rally of Spain on the opening morning of the event with engine problems. Still, at least it went better for him than it had done the previous year, when he crashed during the shakedown before the rally actually started.

So in order to give the flying Finn a bit of encouragement, here are some lucky numbers that have influenced the illustrious career of Kimi Matias Raikkonen…


3...

The Citroen DS3 WRC is Kimi’s rally car, run by his own Ice 1 Racing team. This year is his second season in the World Rally Championship, and he says it’s been a lot easier than the first year. “It just feels a bit more natural,” he points out. “With the pace notes it’s starting to get to the point where you don’t have to think about it too much.”



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Kimi’s best result on the World Rally Championship has been fifth place, which he took last year on the Rally of Turkey. His best result so far this year has been sixth, in Jordan and Germany. However, he’s already scored more points so far this year than he did throughout the whole of the season last year. “Actually, Turkey was quite lucky; lots of people had problems,” says the Iceman.

6...

This was the competition number of the Ferrari F2007 with which Kimi clinched the 2007 Formula One title. He started the final grand prix, in Brazil, running third in the standings but came through to win the title: the first person to reverse his fortunes in such a way since Nino Farina in 1950. “It was a strange year for us,” recalls Kimi of his championship-winning season. “It started off badly and then got much better.”



18...

The number of grand prix wins claimed by Kimi, equalled by Red Bull’s double world champion Sebastian Vettel at the Italian Grand Prix. Vettel was asked what he thought about matching Kimi’s total and said that he was pleased, but added that he reckoned that Kimi had a few more grand prix wins left in him. Let’s wait and see…



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The amount of horsepower that one of Kimi’s favourite road cars has: the Mercedes Benz CLK Coupe 55 DTM. Only a hundred of these were built, as a tribute to the DTM Merc. It pulls 1.35G under acceleration and has a top speed of 322kph, thanks to a supercharged 5.4 V8 engine. From 0-100 kph takes 3.8 seconds, so hold on tight. Many people have been truly terrified by this car with Kimi at the wheel.



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When Kimi was still driving for Ferrari, he first contested the Rally Finland in 2009. You have to go back to 1990 to find the last time that an active Formula 1 driver took part in a World Rally Championship event, when Derek Warwick – at the time a Lotus driver – took part in the RAC Rally at the wheel of a Subaru Legacy.

Thanks Mar
I didn´t want to follow the rally anymore! At the moment I´m fed up with it! Which doesn´t have anything to do with the rally itself! It´s just that everything goes wrong for our Kimbo And I fear that the next one will be his last! And the surface will be mud...so I dont expect anything from him! Was hoping for same great stage times today and for a good result on tarmac (at France or this rally). But somehow it wasn´t mean to be *siiiigh*

About the article: Well I don´t get the sense of it But thanks for posting

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Kimi Kimi gimme just a little smile

I agree Claudie.

Mar, I also agree your post about Mikko. He has been very lucky in this year and his pace isn't like champion should has. Mikko is nice guy but a little too soft by racer right now.

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I miss a babysitter

me too it's like watching f1 with no one to support

Same here ,I watch F1 beacuse i love it but sometimes it's kinda strange.....

I stopped watch F1 about at year 2000 even I am allways supported Kimi. Maybe the last full race what I am seen is at year 2003? I think that watching 20 years that political game is enough for one man. Of course I know what's going on there nowadays but I have no spark to that sport anymore.

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I miss a babysitter

Personally, I watch F1 and just root for everyone to crash into each other

I don't think Miko will stumble into the championship, nor could he, really. Even if Latvala gives up position, he still has to beat Loeb. He won't do it on tarmac, and I highly doubt he'll do it in GB (even though I'd really like him to beat Loeb fair and square).

Part of me was wondering, before he got those punctures, whether or not Ogier was really going to follow team orders and let Loeb win, especially if the rumors are true that he's heading to Ford next year.

Speaking of Latvala, I read a tweet from someone covering the rally that he's signed to VW? Any confirmation of that from other sources?

I'm curious, have the Red Bull guys been writing these things the whole season or just lately? I only remember this one and the one in France, but that's weird.

When did Vettel say that about Kimi

MTV3 wrote something about it (Latvala signing for VW for 2013), but they could not confirm it with anybody in Jari-Matti's camp.

The VW people said this weekend in Catalunya that, maybe, next year they will have different drivers as in 2013. They also confirmed they will have (or intend to have) 3 drivers in 2013: 2 experienced and 1 young driver.

And, if Google translator didn't get it wrong, Kulta wrote yesterday in TS that he's been told the negotiations between Petter Solberg and VW broke apart because Petter asked for too much money. He also says, it seems Petter is on his way out of WRC.

Morning loop:
Dani had a puncture He has not lost any position, but he can't catch Hirvonen any longer.
It might rain in the afternoon loop.

Oh dear, I hope that's not the case. I was hoping for Petter to get one of the VW rides, and it would suck if it was the money that prevented that. It would suck even more if Petter left WRC.

Thanks for passing along the info!

Wilson and Ogier stopped on the stage

Hmmmm... Ogier also had engine problem...

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