No use to cry. I really do not have that much to say about the first race weekend. The best thing is, it’s all behind us. We had difficulties at the beginning and we could not operate according to our plans at all.Obviously, it was a disappointing start to the season for all of us in the team. At the end of the day, it does not matter what happened on Friday, what happened on Saturday, or what happened on Sunday, while we couldn’t finish the race in any case.
There is no use to cry afterwards. It does not change anything anymore. The result is what it is.
After all the problems we had, however, we still managed to get one point. Every single point is always a bonus in this business. We saw last year after the final race how important even one point can be.
For me, right now, getting one point from Australia is better than nothing. But let’s wait and see, what it brings along this time.
Talking about the reliability, of course lacking it is not a good thing. But the team back in Maranello work really hard to solve the problems and get rid of them.
We just need to improve so we can get a clean weekend and to get everything working properly in the car. I am not worried about the performance and competitiveness of the car. The opening race was like was it was, but anyway we have a good car.
If anything, we are not lacking the speed and pace. We just had to take all kinds of compromises in the race. While we had to start so far behind, we were stuck in traffic all the time. We had a good, straightforward start, but after that I was behind somebody else all the time. The car had the speed, no question about that, but you are not able to use much of it during the race in this situation.
Obviously, to overtake is always difficult. While sometimes you try, you are not able to keep it on the road.
Hopefully we’ll get everything working well in Malaysia. I do not believe that we will have any problems with the speed there either. Malaysia has been quite a good race for me. I won my first grand prix there five years ago. You can do fine there, if you just manage to avoid the technical problems.
It is hot there, but it’s the same for everybody. It has never really been a big deal for me. It was already very hot in Melbourne too, so it won’t be terribly much hotter in Malaysia, that is for sure.
It is going to be a long season. Now all we have to do is get as many points as possible. At least we will try out very best. How good or bad it has been, this team will never lose it’s focus and commitment.
Ferrari will be back!
Melbourne may have thawed the Iceman a little, but he will be very aggressive in the coming race guys, so watch out! You don’t often see a car jump eight cars after the first 3 corners, he did his best but sometimes that’s racing – on the limit. The Ferrari’s reliability though is a problem, and although Kimi downplays the extreme heat in Malaysia (and even after looking like a tomato after last year’s race), the Ferrari has had a problem with overheating throughout testing, and maybe a bit in Melbourne. Will Kimi and also Felipe use new engines for Sepang? They should if they want to consider taking any points. And will they take a super aggressive tactic against McLaren and BMW? They should, better to get the battle started sooner rather than during the last race of the season (but hey, as we’ve seen that’s possible too hehe!)
Keep flying Kimi!
Pictures from Malaysia this week:
The Iceman Can’t Freeze for a Photo
From Autosport.com
Ferrari may well let Kimi Raikkonen do pretty much what he wants to do,
which perhaps explains how they have been able to get so much good out
of him, but the same cannot be said of the FIA.
On the Thursday of the first race of the season, all the drivers
make an appearance at a special photographers’ enclosure. They must
dress in their overalls and carry their helmets so they can be captured
with their new look for the first time.
With the blazing Melbourne sunshine pushing temperatures up to
around 37-degrees centigrade, Raikkonen was clearly unimpressed at
being suited up and having to stand around for pictures. Which explains
why he stayed for a grand total of seven seconds, before turning around
and walking away.
This obviously left the photographers irate, and the FIA too – who
made it clear to Ferrari that Raikkonen’s behaviour was not acceptable
and that he would have to come back and do it again.
So a few hours later, Raikkonen had to get dressed back into his
overalls, traipse down to the photographers and have his pictures taken
again.
After about 15 seconds of pictures, one of the photographers cheekily shouted out: "Heh Kimi, are you waiting for something?"
And with a shrug of his shoulders, Raikkonen turned around and marched off…
FUCK ISRAEL 
Hey Saima!Nice to see Kimi is being so open about Australia. He said a lot more in that column than we´re used to.And he is right, like I said a million times, it´s only the first race, and the Maranello guys are already back hard at work, solving the problems.The upcomig race is a difficult one, but I believe they will pull through, since I recall they were one of the few teams that tested in Bahrain in the winter, and the results were excellent.Can´t wait until next sunday!!!
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Hey!I’m really looking forward to Malaysia too! I expect another good race, hopefully it will end perfect for Kimi.
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Oh ,come on ….can’t the photographers be quick ….he can get a lot of photos in seven seconds if he keeps pushing the shutter …
I hate to hear that Kimi is unhappy …
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