From KimiRaikkonen.com | Finnish translation courtesy of Wolfie | English version from Ferrari.com
We will fight for the trophy
Six revolts left. The pace in the last races has been good but there’s
still empty spaces left in my trophy shelf at home. I could easily
squeeze in a couple more.
We found a good marching pace in Hungary and Valencia and thanks to that we are still in the games.
I have to say that last weekend turned out perfectly. I felt
immediately in the practice during the longer stints that we have a
good racing car. All we needed was a decent qualification and a strong
start so that we could fight instead of just bumping along in the pack.
During the middle stint the team told me lap by lap Heikki’s times so
that we could challenge them and pass them in stops. We went 110 % and
in the final games it wasn’t difficult to keep the 3rd position.
The car is the same we have had all summer. It won’t be developed
anymore when investments are put in next year’s car development. It
will get more difficult race by race. But I will give my best every
time with whatever the lunch in the basket is.
Of course we want to win and only win but you can’t be disappointed in
the podiums from the latest races. We achieved possible maximum result
with the car.
Now we go to Spa. It’s always a cool place and it’s always great to go
back there. It’s a legendary racing track that always has been raced on
and hopefully also will be raced on for a long time.
It ain’t gonna be easy for us because the fast corners don’t suit our
car the way slower corners in Hungary and Valencia do. But with a 10
point performance we have possibilities to fight for the podium. It’s
gonna be a tough twist when Red Bull, McLaren and Brawn will be going
real fast there.
Let’s hope that our good phase continues. The goal is to fight for the
3rd position in the WCC but it’s not really realistic if only one car
scores points.
Last year I fought for the victory in Spa. Back then I had nothing to
lose. It was either victory or destruction and when I went into the
wall it became destruction.
Let’s try again. The qualifying is important but luckily KERS helps in Spa too.
This weekend will be the highlight of the year, as we all expect Kimi to return to Spa as the King. However, the F60 is lacking the speed and pace which is why we’ve seen Kimi do a better job on the street circuits. In 2004, Kimi was having a very difficult and frustrating season in the McLaren MP4/19, but it was at the Belgium GP where he fought against the odds, against the Ferraris and Williams, and won his first race since Malaysia 2003. So, maybe this year we will have a similar story to remember. Keep flying!
Note The KRS Valencia GP Highlight Video is put on hold till after the Belgian GP, as I have had some serious issues with my computer at home and so I wasn’t able to make the video. I’m sorry! But, when things are back to normal I shall be making a special highlight video edition which will include both the Valencia and Belgium races as they are back-to-back races. So let’s hope we’ll see Kimi on the podium again this weekend.
FUCK ISRAEL 
Hear, hear! 🙂 With the car as it is Spa seems like an uphill task, but since Kimi obviously loves the track, hopefully he’ll manage to pull a tenths out of the hat, and KERS should be an advantage. Can’t wait!! Good luck Kimi! Evenstar, I’m definitely looking forward to your videos!
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Yeah, the KERS will definately help Kimi, but the main factor will be the tyres and weather temp. Here you can read what Ferrari think: http://www.ferrari.com/English/News/Pages/090826_belgian_GP_preview.aspx I like the bit in the article where they say the track is one where a driver can make the difference in reference to Kimi lol
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Hi to everyone!!! It’s great Saima that u’ve mentioned the 2004 season and how despite its disappointment and difficulties Kimi still managed to win at Spa…I also liked that part of the article it’s cool that Ferrari are appreciating Kimi’s talent but don’t you think it’s a bit late?! Too bad they weren’t so focused on him and praising him for his hard work from the begining of this season or even last year…guess they were too busy trying to sign Alonso for next year :PAnyway, for sure getting a good result won’t be easy with this car but Kimi will definitely do an amazing job as usual… can’t wait for sunday’s race to see the Spa master work his magic so Goooood Luck Kimi!!!!!!
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i think spa is a lil bit like silverstone, flowing circuits with fast corners…yeah saima, the f60 is really lacking the speed and pace, it’s gonna be a bit difficult for Kimi, so i really hope nothing bad will happen to Kimi’s race…but i’m sure Kimi’s fight every lil bit out of the car like hell, and surely he will enjoy driving there on his playground!and if it rains, which i really hope won’t happen, i think red bull will be pretty goodand, if the 2006 belgian gp was held back then, i’m sure Kimi would have 4 Spa wins in his record!SPA IS KIMI’S TERRITORY!
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