We’ve been racing for six months and it feels good to relax for a
little bit, recharge batteries and go on fighting in two weeks’ time
again.
Our position in the championship is not that bad. Obviously we can improve – and we will. That is the target, for sure.
Overall the Hungarian weekend was a disappointing experience for
me. But – after all – the result was pretty much ok. Whenever we are
able to narrow the lead, it’s always good. You cannot do any better.
There is no reason to deny that a few last races have not gone the way like I wanted to.
Every time something strange has happened. Obviously the car has
not been fitting me the best possible way. We have tried to find a nice
compromise, but it has not worked out. The main goal right now is the
get the things sorted out for the next race in Valencia.
The qualifying in Hungary hurt us again. I could not keep the car
on the road. There is nobody else to blame for that. But it’s obvious
that you cannot win the championship if you start every time from the
sixth place in the grid. You can be one second quicker than anybody
else, but if you start from the sixth at Hockenheim or Hungaroring, you
cannot use that speed at all.
Now I was stuck behind Alonso. He had a good car for the last
sector and that would have been the only place to try to overtake him.
Once again I learnt that it’s impossible to overtake in Hungary.
After the last pitstop I could go by my own and we went eight
tenths quicker already in my outlap. The car felt nice. It was good to
drive, but it was much too late to fight for the victory.
We caught Glock in the end, but then we had a mechanical issue and had to slow down.
My team mate had a real strong race. That shows the real potential
we had. Unfortunate thing for Felipe and for the team that he had to
stop in the final stages of the race.That’s the nasty part of the
racing. I have had my share of that a couple of times, when something
had broken while leading and controlling the race.
Ferrari has been leading the constructors’ championship almost the
whole year. That shows how things are. We still have the best car and a
lot of potential, too.
Congratulations to Heikki Kovalainen, who won first time a Grand
Prix. He has had his share of a bad luck. It was his turn to be in the
sunny side of the street this time.I’ve got also more points than the
guys who were in front of me in the championship. After all that gave a
good feeling to start this short holiday. I just enjoy the Finnish
summer, although the forecast is not promising the best of the
weathers. It’s always nice to chill out with the friends and the
family. There cannot be a better place for me right now.
The next race will be Valencia and a new street circuit. I always
like it very much to go the new places. Since I was a small kid with a
smallest Go Kart I’ve always learnt new circuits very quickly.
It was hot in Hungary and obviously it will be hot in Valencia,
too. Like we say in the race, the hot weather suits well for our car.
Oh it’s alright Kimi, you proved again to all of us that you are indeed currently the fastest driver in the world, as even KRS’s affiliate Peter White showed us on his blog. Aside from the problems Kimi is having in qualifying, the reliability of the Ferraris are costing valuable points. Unfortunately, Kimi’s qualifying has to be improved likewise because at least Ferrari could have had a back up to take the win for the team, as we saw with Massa in France from Kimi’s exhaust problem. Kimi knows it’s his battle to fight and he doesn’t need the so called expert critics telling him what to do. He’s openly blaming himself for the results, not the team. That’s a good team player right there. He might not be as vocal and dynamic as Michael Schumacher was, but Kimi will show us he can rise to the top again and he may not need favouritism to do so.
The Hungarian GP highlight video may not come until around 13-15th August, so I hope you won’t mind waiting a bit longer than usual. The wallpaper and news will be covered as usual but meanwhile, enjoy the holidays my fellow raikkos, I know I will!
FUCK ISRAEL 
Hi Saima! This is our Iceman; he knows Ferrari still have problems to solve and isn´t afraid to speak about it. He seems quite eager to go to Valencia too(I´m not so sure about that circuit, I´ve seen an onboard lap and it´s just narrow and full of walls), but we´ll see.He´s happy for Heikki obviously, we all noticed how "fatherly" he was to him when he won, and it´s also good that he´s speaking so candidly about Felipe´s woes. But alltogether he sounds really positive and looking forward to the upcoming races; he´s also looking forward to the holidays, can´t say I´m happy about it myself, it´s going to be three very boring weeks without F1….You mentioned you had a wedding this week, Saima, how did it go? If it hasn´t happened yet, have a great time, and yeah you too deserve the break, but don´t leave us stranded here too long! ; )KEEP FLYING KIMI – KEEP FLYING EVENSTAR!!!
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Wassup! *high fives lol* yeah the wedding was good, thanks 🙂 I posted a pic of myself there in the forum :PValencia looks like a real challenge, can’t wait!
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I love this comment: "I’ve always learnt new circuits very quickly" Bodes very well for the next race as no one has any data on Valencia yet. So everyone is on an even footing and those who can learn it quicker will reap the benefits!But no racing for 2 weekeneds! We’ll be bursting for a race by the time this comes around!!!
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