Kimi’s Column: Pre – Hungary GP “No Stress!”

Obviously, it’s not a secret that I am not happy how things have gone during the last five races. To be honest, I felt very disappointed with those three successive races in Montreal, Magny-Cours and Silverstone. Each time, I was in a good position to win the race and for whatever reason things did not work out the way I wanted and we lost.

I have never been stressing too much and I’m not going to start right now. I just keep my head high and push as hard as I can in the next race again. That’s what I have been doing every time we’ve had some difficult races back to back.

It’s never nice to go to the media after a race without a win. I love to win, not to explain why we were not able to win.

Last weekend in Hockenheim was the most difficult weekend of the year. Of course I was disappointed and frustrated not to find a good balance in the car.

Now we are in better shape. We had a very productive test, especially on the second day which was good and the car felt well balanced again.

The team has been effective in developing our car and we are confident we should be competitive in Hungary. The Ferrari seems to like hot weather so hopefully and finally, we will get a hot weekend. That’s what we’ve been looking forward to the whole summer.

Obviously McLaren have improved their car over the past two races but things can change again very quickly. I have won in Hungary and also finished second twice there. Two years ago, I took the pole position but so many things happened during the race that the pole didn’t really help. This is one of those circuits where it’s very difficult to overtake. So it’s very important to have a good qualifying lap on Saturday.

It’s still too early to make any predictions about the championship. The top three are inside 7 points so the positions can change only after one race. It’s useless to worry about what has happened. Let’s just look ahead. There are eight races to go and then we will see who is at top in the end.

We are just over the half way point in the season, so it’s important to score consistant points over the remaining GPs. Hockenheim aside, I have been in a good position to win races and that will happen soon again.

The championship is going to be very close, and I look forward to winning races again.

One more push and after Hungary it will be holiday time. It’s always nice to have a break and charge the batteries for the rest of the season. After testing in Jerez I had a couple of days to enjoy the beautiful Finnish summer in the sea with the boat.

Now we are on our way to Hungary. We will have our fourth wedding anniversary with Jenni on Thursday, but I’ll be in Budapest then – hopefully to win the race.

Wooo! I’m feeling great after reading this, Kimi sounds cool and determined and there’s a lot more yet to come from this Iceman. Keep Flying Kimi! The world champ and the former world champ Alonso will be participating in the Thursday FIA Press Conference too.