From KimiRaikkonen.comThe break is over and it’s time to start the final sprint of the
season. The weather for my holiday was not perfect, but anyway, I had
more time to chill out with the family. It was refreshing to play some
golf, to follow the olympics and to go around with my brand new
bicycle.
I really like all kind of sports. The Olympics games are such a
great event. It’s so exciting to see all those top athetes give all
they have in their final efforts and win the gold medals. I respect
highly guys like Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, who really are the best
of the best. Obviously the best feeling I’ll still get while the
Finnish athletes are doing well.
But now it’s time to go back to our business. We are on our way to
Spain. Formula One never sleeps and everything is ready to race again.
The most challenging times of the season are about to start. Every
single race is becoming more and more important, while very single
point is more and more valuable. The less points there are to get, the
more important they are.
Every winter I’ve done many miles testing at the Valencia circuit.
But that does not help anything right now. The European Grand Prix will
be the first time in F1 will race on a street circuit in Valencia and
there will be a great atmosphere racing in the city.
I’ve seen only an incar-video footage and it is very quick for a
street circuit. I always enjoy racing on new circuits. I cannot
remember a new place where I haven’t learnt the circuit very quickly.
Obviously I really look forward to go around Valencia, too.
Once again this season shows that you should never give up. There
has been some races while everything has gone badly, but for some
reason or another I’ve got more points than my toughest competitors.
You never know how it goes in F1. My season looks better after Hungary
than it did before that race.
We have not lost anything, but we need to get better points
consistently. I feel the championship will go down to the wire.
Maximizing each point from now on will be the deciding factor. Ferrari
and McLaren are very close in performance and with seven races
remaining anyone of the first 3 drivers can still win the championship.
All I care about is to have at least one point more than anyone
else after the last race in Brazil. The only target is the
championship. Everything else is a minor detail.
Obviously we need the best possible points from Valencia. The team
has put a lot of effort to get things right for the whole weekend.
The track time will be more important at a new circuit. So a clean
weekend with no problems will help. If the weather is hot that helps
Ferrari. However by Saturday afternoon all teams and drivers will know
the track.
As I said before a clean weekend in the early sessions is very
important. Obviously I need to get a good balance in the car over one
lap so we will be working hard in that department. Valencia is much
quicker than Monaco and there looks to be one or two places where
overtaking looks possible.
As in Canada you probably need some luck during this race. I just
hope that the luck won’t slab me in the back like it did in Montreal.
You never know what happens in the race. So it’s useless to worry too
much beforehand. We just fight and go for it!
Time for chilling out is over now, but if you’re interested in the picture above just scroll down below and you’ll see a new exclusive interview with Kimi. Anyway, go and bulls eye that target Kimi! We know you can do it. The Valencia circuit is a fast one and definately isn’t a Monaco replica in that sense, so hopefully the speed of the Ferrari will pay off. Kimi’s race in Hungary was breathtaking in the end, and if he manages to qualify well for Valencia then Kimi can win this one. Kimi’s said after Hungary that qualifying needs to be sorted as soon as possible now otherwise winning races might not ever happen. Let’s hope the sun smiles down for a hot weekend and aid Kimi in his qualifying battles.
FUCK ISRAEL 