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It was probably the most perfect weekend of Kimi’s career, but one week later he found himself and his team behind McLaren. Nevermind McLaren’s competitive pace and the Hamilton hype, everyone was looking at how Massa out paced Kimi at Malaysia. But that soon turned bitter for Massa as he made a mess of starting on pole and allowed both McLarens past, taking victory with them despite his desperate attempts to get back infront. Not only did he make himself look more of a novice by failing to overtake, he hampered Kimi’s start and fell behind the Finn too. This was to become a reoccuring trait from Massa, not giving Kimi a single moment of easy time. At Bahrain though, Massa was again faster than Kimi and the McLaren boys, as he took revenge with a triple; pole position, fastest lap and victory. Eventhough Kimi had an electrical problem at Spain, it still meant Massa won and got more points. It wasn’t looking good for Kimi. Why? He has been beaten fair and square by the teammate who most thought would be trailing from the end of Kimi’s tail. But there’s more to that isn’t there? Yes, there is. Interestingly, the teammates who have been struggling in the first half of the season have overcome a major player in the game: the Bridgestone tyres. Switching from Michelin to Bridgestones, Kimi, Alonso and also Kubica are finally out performing their teammates.
Massa, unlike Kimi, had been playing a testing role at Ferrari in 2003 with Bridgestone tyres and his 2006 season as teammate alongside Michael Schumacher gave him even more benefical experience on the characteristics and demands of the tyres. Kimi has had to come to Ferrari, practically a whole new dimension of car and tyres. Kimi’s driving style, from 5 years on Michelins has suddenly taken a U-turn.
Alonso also had this disadvantage with Hamilton. Lewis had no Michelin tyre experience to unlearn, whereas Alonso’s driving style depended a lot of the Michelins were he used to be able to turn aggressively and slide into corners. The Bridgestones require a much more smoother approach, otherwise graining would be a huge problem in the races. The advantage for Alonso though would be the early contract signing to McLaren in the winter of 2005. Their 2007 car would be designed specifically to cater for Alonso’s needs, being the reigning two time World Champion. Kimi never had this advantage and he also doesn’t have a teammate with much to learn of the tyres. Hamilton showed how easy it was to beat a two time world champion, winning two races consecutively. But looking at how bad Alonso’s performance was in Canada with all the hard braking and flat spotting, tyres was clearly a big headache.
From Indianpolis, Kimi was flying. Despite Ferrari opting a risky strategy with starting on the harder tyres in the race, Kimi’s pace with the softer tyres was good later on, good enough that it looked as if he may threaten to pass Massa and even Alonso. On a track like Indy with the slow twisty mid-field corners and hard braking points before the long and legendary turn 13, no wonder he found something that weekend. Remember, Kimi also said that the reason for his Monaco barrier crash was because of the tyres. He was learning something each time in a way. And unfortunatly for Kimi, during that time, McLaren were able to capitalise on two McLaren 1-2 finishes there and at Indy. However, Kimi set the fastest lap of the race at Indy. Kimi had finally found something and he’ll be even quicker in coming races. This wasn’t down to Kimi not working hard enough or whether his motivation was slipping. It was simply a long adaptation to the new tyres. And it was just the beginning at France when Kimi made his come back, something most fans were relieved to see.
Now that Kimi has made a big step, and with Alonso’s experience now catching Hamilton out, it looks as if the championship title will be a run down between the old two rivals from 2005. With the Bridgestone dilemma out their way, Kimi and Alonso will separate the pros’ from the noobs (lol) and it’s happening right now, only that Kimi is also currently showing Alonso who’s boss. It took a lot of blood and sweat and tears, but Kimi can get there; it’s just up to Massa and Hamilton.
– Evenstar Saima Re-capture the British Grand Prix through the highlights video!
Review: Kimi has won the most races out of the top 4 competitors in the F1 world championship this year, with a flawless performance at Silverstone last weekend. Australia being his maiden Ferrari win, a triple with pole, fastest lap and victory, he looked set to take the field on. But with Massa’s race effectively ruined by a gear box issue, we couldn’t really compare who was faster and whether who would ultimately be the No.1 in the team of Scuderia Ferrari.
It was probably the most perfect weekend of Kimi’s career, but one week later he found himself and his team behind McLaren. Nevermind McLaren’s competitive pace and the Hamilton hype, everyone was looking at how Massa out paced Kimi at Malaysia. But that soon turned bitter for Massa as he made a mess of starting on pole and allowed both McLarens past, taking victory with them despite his desperate attempts to get back infront. Not only did he make himself look more of a novice by failing to overtake, he hampered Kimi’s start and fell behind the Finn too. This was to become a reoccuring trait from Massa, not giving Kimi a single moment of easy time. At Bahrain though, Massa was again faster than Kimi and the McLaren boys, as he took revenge with a triple; pole position, fastest lap and victory. Eventhough Kimi had an electrical problem at Spain, it still meant Massa won and got more points. It wasn’t looking good for Kimi. Why? He has been beaten fair and square by the teammate who most thought would be trailing from the end of Kimi’s tail. But there’s more to that isn’t there? Yes, there is. Interestingly, the teammates who have been struggling in the first half of the season have overcome a major player in the game: the Bridgestone tyres. Switching from Michelin to Bridgestones, Kimi, Alonso and also Kubica are finally out performing their teammates.Massa, unlike Kimi, had been playing a testing role at Ferrari in 2003 with Bridgestone tyres and his 2006 season as teammate alongside Michael Schumacher gave him even more benefical experience on the characteristics and demands of the tyres. Kimi has had to come to Ferrari, practically a whole new dimension of car and tyres. Kimi’s driving style, from 5 years on Michelins has suddenly taken a U-turn. Alonso also had this disadvantage with Hamilton. Lewis had no Michelin tyre experience to unlearn, whereas Alonso’s driving style depended a lot of the Michelins were he used to be able to turn aggressively and slide into corners. The Bridgestones require a much more smoother approach, otherwise graining would be a huge problem in the races. The advantage for Alonso though would be the early contract signing to McLaren in the winter of 2005. Their 2007 car would be designed specifically to cater for Alonso’s needs, being the reigning two time World Champion. Kimi never had this advantage and he also doesn’t have a teammate with much to learn of the tyres. Hamilton showed how easy it was to beat a two time world champion, winning two races consecutively. But looking at how bad Alonso’s performance was in Canada with all the hard braking and flat spotting, tyres was clearly a big headache.
From Indianpolis, Kimi was flying. Despite Ferrari opting a risky strategy with starting on the harder tyres in the race, Kimi’s pace with the softer tyres was good later on, good enough that it looked as if he may threaten to pass Massa and even Alonso. On a track like Indy with the slow twisty mid-field corners and hard braking points before the long and legendary turn 13, no wonder he found something that weekend. Remember, Kimi also said that the reason for his Monaco barrier crash was because of the tyres. He was learning something each time in a way. And unfortunatly for Kimi, during that time, McLaren were able to capitalise on two McLaren 1-2 finishes there and at Indy. However, Kimi set the fastest lap of the race at Indy. Kimi had finally found something and he’ll be even quicker in coming races. This wasn’t down to Kimi not working hard enough or whether his motivation was slipping. It was simply a long adaptation to the new tyres. And it was just the beginning at France when Kimi made his come back, something most fans were relieved to see.Now that Kimi has made a big step, and with Alonso’s experience now catching Hamilton out, it looks as if the championship title will be a run down between the old two rivals from 2005. With the Bridgestone dilemma out their way, Kimi and Alonso will separate the pros’ from the noobs (lol) and it’s happening right now, only that Kimi is also currently showing Alonso who’s boss. It took a lot of blood and sweat and tears, but Kimi can get there; it’s just up to Massa and Hamilton.
The next stop is at Germany for the
Grand Prix of Europe. Some folks still get confused as to what track exactly is the European Grand Prix and it’s the NĆ¼rburgring, not Hockenheim which is known as the German Grand Prix and we don’t have that one this year. Nurburgring is the one where Kimi’s had some tough luck, most famous was his 2005 last lap suspension failure and in 2003 his engine died while he was leading the race. Last year though, Kimi got a podium at the Nurburgring so to say he is somehow jinxed there is rubbish; if you’re jinxed, you’re always jinxed, not just 50% jinxed. So, it’ll be very interesting to see whether Kimi can make it 3 in a row, winning at Nurburgring or will it be 3 times unlucky? Not the latter we hope! McLaren are on their back foot, Ferrari look strong, Kimi must finish this race on the podium at least. Let’s see if he really has learnt his lesson from 2005 and looks after his tyres at the track.Also, it’s funny when Kimi was ‘losing’ he had so many criticisms, and now he’s winning he’s
on fire. I remember the very true thing Kimi said after a bad weekend at Monaco – "In F1 you go from hero to zero very quickly. That is the nature of the sport. I just get on with my job and do the best I can."– Evenstar Saima Re-capture the British Grand Prix through the highlights video!
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