Insane in the (mem) Bahrain
Well, if you don't know by now that Kimi came from dead last to place third in the Bahrain GP, get off my blog right now. I mean it.
To quote Stephen Colbert, you're dead to me.
However, most of you (i.e. all 3 readers) will know that having crashed out in qualifying, Kimi charged thru the field on a one stop strategy to land on the podium. That mea
ns that although he did save 30 seconds on a pitstop, he was carrying around more fuel than everyone else, and worse-worn tyres. And he still placed third. He's effing amazing.
After the race, McLaren managing director Martin Whitmarsh made an apt comparison:
"Mika early in his career had a number of disappointments but he shamed some of us with his confidence and ability to bounce back so quickly, and Kimi's like that."
Indeed, my friend. Indeed.
At the end of the first race, Kimi is third in the points, but McLaren is tied for first in the constructor's cup. It's kind of astonishing...tied for first, and one of their drivers didn't even complete a qualifying lap. This season is going to be great.
On another note, Ralf Schumacher wins HoH's Asshole of the Month award for trash talking Kimi. Trash talking is fine, but this is from a guy who's been racing for years, makes millions of dollars, and has won exactly the same number of GPs as I have--and I can barely parallel park.
Without further ado, here's the entire story from F1-Central:
Kimi 'Not Cool' -- Ralf
Schumacher Jnr slams 'Iceman'
To quote Stephen Colbert, you're dead to me.
However, most of you (i.e. all 3 readers) will know that having crashed out in qualifying, Kimi charged thru the field on a one stop strategy to land on the podium. That mea
ns that although he did save 30 seconds on a pitstop, he was carrying around more fuel than everyone else, and worse-worn tyres. And he still placed third. He's effing amazing.After the race, McLaren managing director Martin Whitmarsh made an apt comparison:
"Mika early in his career had a number of disappointments but he shamed some of us with his confidence and ability to bounce back so quickly, and Kimi's like that."
Indeed, my friend. Indeed.
At the end of the first race, Kimi is third in the points, but McLaren is tied for first in the constructor's cup. It's kind of astonishing...tied for first, and one of their drivers didn't even complete a qualifying lap. This season is going to be great.
On another note, Ralf Schumacher wins HoH's Asshole of the Month award for trash talking Kimi. Trash talking is fine, but this is from a guy who's been racing for years, makes millions of dollars, and has won exactly the same number of GPs as I have--and I can barely parallel park.
Without further ado, here's the entire story from F1-Central:
Kimi 'Not Cool' -- Ralf
Schumacher Jnr slams 'Iceman'
(GMM) Ralf Schumacher has aimed fire at a 'cool' F1 rival -- so-called 'iceman' Kimi Raikkonen.
30-year-old Schumacher, who drives for Toyota, was asked by the German 'Stuttgarter Zeitung' newspaper what he thought of McLaren's monosyllabic Finnish star.
''People call him 'cool', because he doesn't say anything,'' Ralf, the younger brother of world champion Michael Schumacher, said.
''But if I ran around the paddock behaving like him, people would call me the most arrogant idiot of all time.''
In the same interview, Ralf also suggested that his brother's presence in formula one has always been a 'hindrance rather than a help' in his racing career.
posted by HAKKIN£N!!!!!!!!!!!!! at 22:41
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