Kimi’s Column: Italian GP Preview (Finnish)

What should one say at this stage? There’s not three without the
fourth. Those are my feelings now since the last races have gone so
well.

We continue in a good mood from Spa to Monza. It’s a home race and it’s
a really important rebellion for the whole team. It’s the first time we
go there so that I have a real genuine Italian team mate. It’s going to
be cool to see what kind of feelings that brings to the stands.

These are the greatest races in the season. It’s always fantastic to
race in Spa and then right after that in Monza. These are tracks from
good old times filled with tradition and they always provide totally
unique feelings. After Monza it’s once again goodbye Europe when the
rest of the races are raced far away from here.

We won in Spa and fulfilled the goal that we get at least one 1st
place. The last races have gone so well that we will do our everything
so that the same march continues up until the end of the season. We
haven’t raced for the championship for a long time but we try to keep
the team’s 3rd place under our control.

Fisichella will be in the other car and I’ve always had a good
relationship with him in the paddock. Let’s hope that we both score
points the same way we did in Spa.

I have never won in Italy even though I’ve digged racing in Monza –
especially in Ferrari. There those red flags and caps sway in the
absolutely most greatest way. It would be cool to win this race but for
some reason it has never really fallen into place even though I’ve come
close.

It’s going to be tricky for our car to drive in the lead. There ain’t
no development blocks coming although every car has the smallest wings
on this fastest track. We are going to invest everything so that we
could be seen on the podium again.

The qualification is always important and in Monza the only good place
is the front row. KERS will probably help the same way it has helped
the last weekends but a lot depends upon how the car will take the high
edges on the race track.

We didn’t get to test this year for Monza either so there’s a lot of
setup-work to be done on Friday. After that we’ll see what our chances
are.

All cars are so close that the smallest difference makes a big deal. We
have most points from the last races so in that way we’ve done well.