Kimi enjoying a well deserved drink – winning the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix
For doing a good job during pre-season testing
and just being the great sport he is throughout this winter with
participating in rallies, ice-hockey and snowmobile races, I think Kimi
deserves an official pre-season toast from us fans at KRS! (Don’t miss the good news below released today about the FIA post-poning the title-system until 2010 – even more reason to cheer for Kimi ahead of Melbourne!)
But
how exactly will we make a toast? By sending in a photo of yourself with your favourite drink in your
hand and cheering to Kimi for the 2009 season which will begin next
Saturday! And once I receive all entries I’ll be merging the photos
together into one which gives the effect of all Raikkos around the
world making a toast to Kimi together. And I’m certain Kimi will come
across it.
So if any of you are up for it, email your picture to me along with your name and country (optional). If some of you rather not show yourself but still want to participate, just send me
a few words for Kimi by wishing him luck. That will be just as cool and I’ll post them
here below the final photo-collage on the blog. Simple! It’s kinda similar to the ‘KRS Raikkos on 2008‘, when you all emailed your thoughts and it proved very popular!
Deadline to send the picture of yourself (with a drink, don’t forget!) with/or supportive words:
Monday 23rd March at 23.59 GMT
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Italian President Napolitano Visits Ferrari in Maranello
See pictures of the event | Italian TV Video courtesy of TaniaSĀ
Montezemolo spoke about the latest rules changes in F1: "I really think it’s absurd, severe and dangerous that one week
before the first grand prix, Formula 1 is in such a situation, which is
very bad for its credibility, its security, the teams, the car
manufacturers, the fans, the journalists and the sponsors who invest,"
di Montezemolo was quoted as saying on Ferrari’s official website.
"I hope for a responsible climate, which has been started by us, the teams, with a cost reduction of 50%.
"It’s important to have a serene climate and to avoid continuous
changes, creating uncertainty for those who work and making decisions
for the future difficult."
Di Montezemolo made his comments during a visit by Italian president Giorgio Napolitano to Ferrari’s Maranello factory.
FIA set to postpone new points system
From Autosport.com
The FIA has said it will defer the introduction of a new points system in Formula 1 until 2010 if teams are unhappy about it.
The Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) issued a statement on
Friday questioning the validity of the rule change which will see the
world championship handed to the driver with the most wins.
FOTA believes that the rules could not be changed at this late stage without unanimous support of the teams.
The FIA has responded to FOTA’s claims, suggesting that its World
Motor Sport Council that voted for the changes earlier this week was
under the impression that the teams had supported the ‘winner takes
all’ proposal put forward by Bernie Ecclestone.
In light of complaints from leading figures, the FIA has now said
that if the teams are unhappy then the introduction of the wins systems
will be delayed until 2010.
The statement said: "On 17 March, the FIA World Motor Sport Council
unanimously rejected FOTA’s proposed amendment to the points system for
the Formula One Drivers’ Championship. The ‘winner takes all’ proposal
made by the commercial rights holder (who had been told that the teams
were in favour) was then approved.
"If, for any reason, the Formula One teams do not now agree with the
new system, its implementation will be deferred until 2010."
FUCK ISRAEL 
Yes, the FIA screwed up big time. They were so eager to do a bad turn to FOTA they even broke the rules. Nice one.
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Nice one yourself! Lol you’re totally right. I think the FIA realised their behaviour was ‘a little bit’ too obvious and admitted being stupid, with this postpone news.
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Go Kimi! Make us proud
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