From KimiRaikkonen.com
In A Good Shape
These races in Germany have never gone as I have been hoping for.
Obviously the both circuits – Hockenheim & Nurburgring – have not
been very kind to me in the past. That said I like them both and I have
always been very competitive there.
I suppose my German highlights are my pole positions. You never
gain any points from them, so we better change the course also there.
I have been leading many times the race in Germany, but always
something has gone wrong. Like last year in Nurburgring we got the
pole, but we never finished the race.
Now we go to Hockenheim. It will be my first Grand Prix weekend
there with Ferrari. I remember last race in that circuit two years ago.
It was a 1-2 for Ferrari and I was the third in the podium.
Last week we had a very productive test and I tried various new
parts. Judging by the lap times it’s going to be very close again, but
I feel Ferrari will be very competitive and we are fighting for the
win.
I’ll hope for the hot weather. Usually in Hockenheim it has been very hot and everybody has had problems with the tyres.
Obviously, for us, the hot weather suits fine. Our car prefers the
hot temperatures and in the long run it’s not that hard on tyres, too.
So my thumbs are up for the real summer weather in Hockenheim.
Overtaking is difficult in Hockenheim, but it’s not all about the
qualifying there. Certainly it makes life easier when starting from the
front and a driver has the clean air.
I have always said the championship would be very tight. I’ve been
in a position to win the last 3 Grands Prix, but for various reasons
things did not go my way. But that’s racing and I’m sure the wins will
soon come again.
I feel it will be tight for the rest of the season and every point
could be the difference to being champion as proved to be the case last
year.
Now it’s even more even, while we three leaders are tied.
Obviously, it’s very interesting carry on the fight and look who’s who
in the next race.
While testing I had such a good feeling with the car. I believe
both the car and the driver are top fit for this weekend. We really
need to win this one.
Last week after the test I had the privilege to work for the EU
Congress and be part of introducing the young drivers’ road safety
program in Brussels. We racing drivers should give an example for the
youth and show how important it’s to exercise caution in the traffic,
obey the common rules and use always the safety belts.
Speeding is only allowed in the racing circuits.
I wish the message will go through. It’s just so stupid to risk yourself and the other for nothing.
In A Good Shape
These races in Germany have never gone as I have been hoping for.Obviously the both circuits – Hockenheim & Nurburgring – have not
been very kind to me in the past. That said I like them both and I have
always been very competitive there.
I suppose my German highlights are my pole positions. You never
gain any points from them, so we better change the course also there.
I have been leading many times the race in Germany, but always
something has gone wrong. Like last year in Nurburgring we got the
pole, but we never finished the race.
Now we go to Hockenheim. It will be my first Grand Prix weekend
there with Ferrari. I remember last race in that circuit two years ago.
It was a 1-2 for Ferrari and I was the third in the podium.
Last week we had a very productive test and I tried various new
parts. Judging by the lap times it’s going to be very close again, but
I feel Ferrari will be very competitive and we are fighting for the
win.
I’ll hope for the hot weather. Usually in Hockenheim it has been very hot and everybody has had problems with the tyres.
Obviously, for us, the hot weather suits fine. Our car prefers the
hot temperatures and in the long run it’s not that hard on tyres, too.
So my thumbs are up for the real summer weather in Hockenheim.
Overtaking is difficult in Hockenheim, but it’s not all about the
qualifying there. Certainly it makes life easier when starting from the
front and a driver has the clean air.
I have always said the championship would be very tight. I’ve been
in a position to win the last 3 Grands Prix, but for various reasons
things did not go my way. But that’s racing and I’m sure the wins will
soon come again.
I feel it will be tight for the rest of the season and every point
could be the difference to being champion as proved to be the case last
year.
Now it’s even more even, while we three leaders are tied.
Obviously, it’s very interesting carry on the fight and look who’s who
in the next race.
While testing I had such a good feeling with the car. I believe
both the car and the driver are top fit for this weekend. We really
need to win this one.
Last week after the test I had the privilege to work for the EU
Congress and be part of introducing the young drivers’ road safety
program in Brussels. We racing drivers should give an example for the
youth and show how important it’s to exercise caution in the traffic,
obey the common rules and use always the safety belts.
Speeding is only allowed in the racing circuits.
I wish the message will go through. It’s just so stupid to risk yourself and the other for nothing.
True Kimi, quite true. I hope the fans took some time to listen to this message, as undoubtedly Kimi is like an idol to them. Back to racing and Ferrari should be really competitive at Hockeneheim based on their past performances there, however look what happened in Silverstone. As Kimi puts it – take nothing for granted, but give everything you’ve got! The past few races would suggest that it’s Ferrari who’ve had to work harder and play catch up with McLaren, not only speed wise but strategy wise. Do you think Ferrari will go extra aggressive this weekend? Or will McLaren continue to set the benchmark?
FUCK ISRAEL 
I wouldn’t be surprised if McLaren are on pole, but as to how light they’ll be is another matter. How Ferrari will play it is unknown quantity for me, as although they have shown Kimi can win races with a heavier fuel load, after France we have also seen he can now do so on a lighter load on the Bridgestones (nice to have both options!). I think it’ll all balance on the weather this weekend, I’m so hoping it will be hot.
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Hi Saima!!! Positive, positive and more positive, that´s the spirit!!! Kimi sounds cool as usual, but he doesn´t forget that this is not enough, he knows that he and the team have to push hard next weekend to bring home the win. He´s optimistic about getting pole, that´s nice, but he never underestimates that things can go wrong even if you´re on front.I always like to hear his enthusiasm, I specially liked what he said, about how "both the car and the driver are a top fit for this weekend", you can tell that he feels good about how the car is making progress, because otherwise he just says that he is not finding the best set up or that the car isn´t feeling good.I also liked that he talked about his part in the EU Youth conference, it shows us a different side, one that cares about teenagers and can offer a piece of advice to them…..not so " ice cold"of him, right? LOLMaybe next weekend lady luck will turn her side to Ferrari and bites McLaren you know where; it´s about time McLaren start messing up, cue to you Lewis, hahaha!KEEP FLYING KIMI – KEEP FLYING EVENSTAR – FORZA FERRARI!!!
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That’s a good mention actually: "both the car and the driver are a top fit for this weekend". It’s been a long time since his McLaren days, that we haven’t felt/seen Kimi as confident and ‘natural’ in the Ferrari, sometimes people even think he isn’t as bothered as he was before but we know that’s completely false! It’s taken him a while to fully adjust to the team, a team and car which was very very different from McLaren. It also makes me even more suspicious of McLaren as to how they are so similar to Ferrari this year, when they never were before.So, I’m really confident for Kimi this weekend. I think he’s passed the major set up issues and tyre heating problem in qualifying. As Nicki said, he can win races from a heavier fuel load as well as being lighter (compared to his teammate, and it’s worth noting Massa hasn’t been able to win from heavier fuel loads)To me, Lady Luck is dead lol I’m so not going to bother thinking about Kimi’s past in Germany, or the bad luck, because it never seems to help. But Sol, you’re right, since it’s a Ferrari now the results surely can be different..but we saw what happened last year at Nurburgring, Kimi still didn’t finish the race!Since all 3 top rivals are level on points, I think we should have a pretty decent race. Past races at Hockenheim have been kinda boring.
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