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Citroen Junior team driver Kimi Raikkonen willnot restart Rally Mexico on Saturday after an inspection revealed his
car was too badly damaged in a multiple roll on SS7.
After losing more than half an hour with an electrical problem on
today’s second stage, Raikkonen went on to set an eighth, a seventh, and
a fifth fastest time: his highest-ever overall stage result in his
short World Championship career.
But it all went wrong on the final proper stage of the day, SS7, when
the Finn rolled into retirement virtually within sight of the finish
line. With his Citroen C4 too badly damaged to continue, Kimi’s Rally
Mexico is over.
just slid wide at the end of the stage in a slippery braking area, so we
clipped the side of the road and rolled a few times. I had hoped for
some good things from this rally, but this was only my seventh event and
I am still learning. It’s normal that when you are learning anything
you can get caught out by something and this is what happened to me
today.
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"My biggest disappointment is that we’re not able to continue, as Iwanted to have as much time in the car as I could. I had a really good
feeling earlier and I wanted to push to see what we could do. I’m sure
we will come back stronger at our next event though, and while today was
disappointing, I’m really enjoying my rally adventure.”
Kaj Lindstrom, who has been Kimi’s co-driver since the Finn started
rallying last year said: “It was a shame that we ended our rally how we
did as Kimi was making excellent progress, both with the driving and the
pace notes. When we went off we were in a braking area for a left and
then a right hand corner with lots of dust and gravel. Kimi had been
driving perfectly to the notes and it’s the sort of thing that could
happen to anyone. Up until then things had been going really well, and
I’m confident that we’ll be on track again at our next event. It’s all
part of the game.”
3.
FUCK ISRAEL 
http://twitter.com/neilcoleNeil Cole Twitter: [Onboards of Raikkonen’s roll – in Finnish he says "Hold on!" and then as they land "Spring of fucks!"]
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Translation of their comments onboard the crash, courtesy of Nicole:——————–Kimi: oh f*ck, oh f*ck, oh f*ckKaj: Are you alright?Kimi: YesKaj: So am IKimi: I braked and it started to slide from that.————————
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WRC Rally Mexico Links, courtesy of geewhiz14:Day 1 Part 1:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4A6Jw31OvsDay 1 Part 2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UnqXkBveAkDay 1 Part 3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHFMQcJxWc&Day 1 Part 4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa6IT4X52gUDay 1 Part 5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_cCfTtgzKQDay 1 Part 6http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kbj7Vl6NgsDay 1 Part 7http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufZ9qZOJUrcDay 1 Part 8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oYO2-oZf0YDay 2 Part 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYca9mEtdTsDay 2 Part 2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQXICApXBSoDay 2 Part 3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SpC4R6xudkDay 2 Part 4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idYn3BdN2sgDay 2 Part 5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnLvnfWQe7YDay 2 Part 6http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh_gsnCQn7YDay 3 Part 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJuKGJrrdZcDay 3 Part 2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdGK_x5l5LIDay 3 Part 3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9TeyOF4CXU
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