09 March 2007

Assclown: the Life and Times of Ralf Schumacher

It's official. Ralf Schumacher is smoking dust.
Exhibit A.
'I'm a top-three driver' - Ralf S.

Mar.9 (GMM) Ralf Schumacher thinks he is one of the "best three drivers" in formula one. In an interview with Bild newspaper, the 31-year-old German...ranked himself alongside F1's undisputed top two Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen. "Clearly they are really fast but I don't feel like I have to hide from anyone," he said. "I rank myself among the best three drivers. "If I didn't think that then I wouldn't bother being in formula one any more," Schumacher added.
(Mind you, this is the same Ralf who was the second highest paid driver last year and has all of six wins in 10 years.)
Exhibit B.
Ralf hits bird on last test day

Mar.9 (GMM) Ralf Schumacher struck a bird on Thursday as his and Toyota's pre-season period came to an end at the Spanish Jerez venue. "He was able to drive back to the pits where repairs were made," a statement issued by the Cologne based team - referring to 31-year-old Schumacher, not the bird - read. The bird was apparently hit by the front left suspension of Ralf's TF107, which on the grounds of precautionary safety was replaced.
Exhibit K.
There is some good news, however. Kimi Raikkonen apparently celebrated his Bahrain practice sessions true to form by getting falling-down drunk back home in Finland, according to the Finnish press (via the Malta Star):

Kimi drunk at karaoke bar
07 March 2007
Kimi Raikkonen might have switched to Ferrari but he has not given up his partying ways, new reports in the Finnish press suggest.

The tabloid newspaper Iltalethi reports that a drunk Raikkonen, 27, was spotted at the weekend in a Helsinki bar singing karaoke after returning from the final pre-season F1 tests in Bahrain.

Iltalethi claims that the Finn, behaving raucously, had spent the evening drinking beer, and before leaving he autographed a bottle of Koskenkorva Viina....
What exactly is Koskenkorva Viina, you ask? Great question. According to wikipedia.com, it's industrial ethanol, spring water and a "very small amount of sugar".
Seriously.

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