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Finnish Translation courtesy of Wolfie
Even though the weekend in Barcelona went as it went it still left me
with a positive feeling about how good the car felt. It was still only
the first spin with the new package and yet we got quite a lot more
closer to those who have won the first races.
The development work continues and I’m sure that at some point I am back at the top. I lost the race but my hope grew.
Monaco is the next stop. I have got a lot good and bad experience
from there. It’s a demanding circuit and you have to drive more
carefully there than anywhere else. It’s game over if you have only one
small screw up.
You have to drive with your tongue in the middle of your mouth.
Quali there is the most important quali of the whole season. If
everything falls in place I will fight for the podium.
The laptime in Monaco will be faster this year. With these rules
the car is slightly faster in the fast corners but thanks to the slicks
we will take the slower corners faster. We are going to use KERS there.
It doesn’t give as much advantage there than in the normal places but
during the lap it gives more advantage than disadvantage. Now I have to
wait until Thursday to know what my chances this time are. There’s a
lot of new stuff in the car and we go forward all the time.
We don’t have to think about the championship anymore. You have to
be a realist and see that it’s nothing more than a dream far away. But
I won’t give anything away for free. Anything can happen in this sport
and the goal is that I’ll be fighting for the victories in the half of
the season at the latest.
In Barcelona it was confirmed that at least our car has made
progress just like it was supposed to do. I had a good feeling in the
race. The car was okay and will become even better when we just have
the strenght to grind away with the same pace.
Looking forward to seeing you at Monaco, Kimi! I just want to see you race. It’s been a hard and stressful time in the past week, and it doesn’t make you feel any better with the FOTA vs FIA story taking the headlines. Today, the fight between Ferrari and FIA went to the courts and the decision made will be revealed tomorrow afternoon. Let’s hope for the sake of the sport (and of course our Kimi) that things get better. It really upsets me that F1 seems to be going down the drain. So, some good racing and a better result for Kimi this weekend is what can cheer me up. You can also watch Kimi’s Monaco preview on Ferrari.com.
Finnish Translation courtesy of Wolfie
Even though the weekend in Barcelona went as it went it still left me
with a positive feeling about how good the car felt. It was still only
the first spin with the new package and yet we got quite a lot more
closer to those who have won the first races.
The development work continues and I’m sure that at some point I am back at the top. I lost the race but my hope grew.
Monaco is the next stop. I have got a lot good and bad experience
from there. It’s a demanding circuit and you have to drive more
carefully there than anywhere else. It’s game over if you have only one
small screw up.
You have to drive with your tongue in the middle of your mouth.
Quali there is the most important quali of the whole season. If
everything falls in place I will fight for the podium.
The laptime in Monaco will be faster this year. With these rules
the car is slightly faster in the fast corners but thanks to the slicks
we will take the slower corners faster. We are going to use KERS there.
It doesn’t give as much advantage there than in the normal places but
during the lap it gives more advantage than disadvantage. Now I have to
wait until Thursday to know what my chances this time are. There’s a
lot of new stuff in the car and we go forward all the time.
We don’t have to think about the championship anymore. You have to
be a realist and see that it’s nothing more than a dream far away. But
I won’t give anything away for free. Anything can happen in this sport
and the goal is that I’ll be fighting for the victories in the half of
the season at the latest.
In Barcelona it was confirmed that at least our car has made
progress just like it was supposed to do. I had a good feeling in the
race. The car was okay and will become even better when we just have
the strenght to grind away with the same pace.
Looking forward to seeing you at Monaco, Kimi! I just want to see you race. It’s been a hard and stressful time in the past week, and it doesn’t make you feel any better with the FOTA vs FIA story taking the headlines. Today, the fight between Ferrari and FIA went to the courts and the decision made will be revealed tomorrow afternoon. Let’s hope for the sake of the sport (and of course our Kimi) that things get better. It really upsets me that F1 seems to be going down the drain. So, some good racing and a better result for Kimi this weekend is what can cheer me up. You can also watch Kimi’s Monaco preview on Ferrari.com.
By the way, according to TurunSanomat, Kimi will not have a new helmet for Monaco this weekend, although he has every year since 2004. While Heikki Kovalainen will show off a Monaco-special helmet designed by Uffe Tagstrom, apparently Kimi said he felt he has not earned anything special to be presented with a Monaco helmet this year. What a great guy. Keep Flying ~
FUCK ISRAEL 
Bless his Finnish heart! I must admit that it saddens me to hear him say the championship is out of sight but we already knew that, it´s great to hear him say that he wants to win again and that he feels very motivated for Monaco.As for the helmet, who knows, maybe the crisis got to him and he can´t afford a new one? LOL! Just kidding! It´s alright if he doesn´t feel the need to show off a new paint desing or anything, it´s his choice…Keep flying Kimi!!!
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so agree Sol! it’s so hurting to hear that from him but that’s it. Just want to see him on top again! Gooo Kimi! that’s so pleasant to read him so motivated and with this great feeling about his car! that’s encouraging!! we all need a good result!! and Kimi so humble not wearing a new helmet, that’s him!definitely again i prefer those words than the others posted elsewhere…
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