From Autosport.comQ. Do you think it’s possible to target wins?
Kimi Raikkonen: It depends on many different things, but we will
try. I think a win will be very difficult in normal circumstances and
probably the podium, but I don’t know. It seems to change quite a bit.
There are two teams that are usually at the top with two cars so it is
quite difficult to beat one or two of them. We will know more tomorrow.
We have some new parts so hopefully they will help.
Q. Another crisis in Formula 1, what do you think about it?
KR: I haven’t read anything, I don’t know about the whole thing.
You lose interest in reading the stories because it seems to go up and
down all the time. For sure there will be some decision at some point,
and other than that I don’t see much interest. It’s pointless to read
the stories. It changes every other day. I’ll wait until everything is
sorted out.
KR: It’s the same at every race. You ask and it’s the same thing.
The answers haven’t changed. I have a contract. You’ll have to ask the
team and see if they say something else, but I’m pretty sure they’ll
say the same.
Q. Have you asked the team?
KR: I don’t need to, I have a contract. For sure they’ll let me know if there will be changes.
Q. What are your expectations for the rest of the season?
KR: I hope that we can make some bigger steps at some point andhopefully get more to the front. I don’t think that we are so far away,
at least from the podium. The Red Bull was in a different league to the
others at the last race and it will be very difficult for anyone to
catch. Hopefully we can improve and be more at the front and at least
have some chance to challenge for wins. At some point we will probably
make some decisions to work next year but until then we will work the
best we can.
Q. We know you’re doing the Rally Finland, do you think it’s
strange or even a little bit risky to do an event like this during the
Formula 1 season?
KR: I did a rally in the winter, two rallies, and one during the
year not a long time ago in Italy, and it’s no different. It’s a rally
and some people it’s a more risky on some of the stages but all of
motorsport is dangerous. You can even get hurt walking on the street.
There’s no reason why I shouldn’t do it. It’s fun, the team let me do
it, it’s good for them also as it’s Fiat. It’s all a positive thing.
Like I said, you can get hurt, but you can get hurt here so it’s not
much different.
Q. How excited are you about the rally, and how will you prepare for it?
KR: It’s nice because it’s my home country. Everybody says it’s a
nice rally, but I have no idea how it will be, so it will be a nice
experience like every rally so far. Hopefully we can have some good fun
and we will see how it goes.
Q. You’ve always said you will stay in Formula 1 all the time you
enjoy it. Do you feel you will stay in F1, and would you consider
rallying your future aspiration?
KR: I don’t think anything like that. If I wasn’t interested in
Formula 1, I wouldn’t be here. I’m still here. For the future, I’ve
always said that I still have next year and during next year I’ll see
different options and see what will happen in the future. Other than
that, I have no interest to make any decisions. I have no need to make
any decisions. We’ll see how it goes, and what I’ll be doing after
that.
Q. Does competing in the rally help keep you motivated when you can’t compete for the F1 championship?
KR: I don’t think that makes any difference in motivation, but ofcourse it’s something new and something different, and good fun for me.
It’s just something that I can do. We can’t test and there are pretty
big gaps between the races, so it’s good fun to do some rallying and
try something different.
KR: You probably don’t want to slide it, it’s not the fastest way
there. Going straight forward all the time is also the fastest way in
rallying. It’s different, but I have not much experience on gravel,
only two days. It’s not so difficult. The speeds aren’t that much
slower than F1. You have a bit more time to react to things.
It’s just completely different, you need some time to get used to
it, but it’s not so difficult to go from F1 to driving rally cars. It’s
a very difficult sport and you want to go in at the top level, the same
as coming to F1. It’s not so difficult to drive maybe five seconds
slower than we do, but once you need to find the last half a second or
two tenths, it’s always hard. It’s the same story in rallying.
Q. Is that why people think you’re no longer interested in F1 – because they see you doing other things like rallying?
KR: For sure I’m going to carry on next year, but after that like I
said I don’t have any plans yet. I would have done rallying many years
before if my past team would have let me. It’s only because Ferrari are
kind enough and let me do the rallies, that’s why I do it. It would
have happened many, many years ago. Plus I’ve been doing it before the
season. It’s not like I haven’t done it before. People always try to
make big stories from things that are not really anything to do with
other things.
FUCK ISRAEL 
things will change that’s sure!!always keep the faith! better live in the hope rather than live with a bad mood about that!!but let him alone with those stupid questions!! Keep flying everywhere Kimi!!
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i don’t like the interviewer, he asked a bunch of STUPID questions!!!but, as usual they get the same brilliant answer from kimi,hahaha!!!i really like kimi’s answers at the end of the interview, you go kimi!we support you no matter where you go!! you’re a big talent!@marilyne: yeah! that’s the spirit! Keep flying EVERYWHERE Kimi!
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Luckily Kimi is professional enought to answers all kind of funny/stupid questions posted to him haha…
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Kimi never needs to prove he is better than alonso and ferrari is a place of slog heads if they turn him down.If ferrari at all wana a replacement then they should go for felipe-as kimi is outperforming him in qualifyings which clearly shows.theres only one advantage of alonso-he is younger but can never match this finnish legend…..and if at all ferrrari dismisses him he should not walk away but get in another team and prove his critics wrong again….
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go kimi…go iceman….
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