Comments on: Raikkonen and Domenicali differ on reasons why he was dropped

By: whilyn

whilyn — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:09:34 +0000

nicely put.

By: whilyn

whilyn — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:04:06 +0000

I don’t get it when people judge passion by the number of times they appear in front of the media or maybe exchange words with their teammates or intentionally impede other drivers from getting good lap times. The last time I checked that is not how passionate is define.

Kimi loves racing. You don’t judge passion for racing in a press conference.

By: whilyn

whilyn — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:35:18 +0000

I don’t think the hiring of Alonso has anything to do with Kimi’s performance. It has a HUGE SANTANDER all over it.
Does Santander prefer an Alonso-Kimi pair up? (I don’t think they like that)
Is Santander willing to pay Kimi his 2010 wages? (Rumors says they are paying his wages for 2010)

We can all feel bad for Kimi because he is a great driver yet everyone thinks he was dropped because Alonso is better. They are both good.

Kimi has leverage provided by his contract. Alonso with leverage provided by Santander. Money wins. Alonso goes red.

It has nothing to do with Massa being 100% fit too. They can always hire another Barichello willing to drive as bridesmaid for most of his career.

By: whilyn

whilyn — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:21:57 +0000

Nicely put. But 1 pt I disagree with is Hamilton being too clean-cut. If he is then he is the only clean-cut guy who was caught and penalized for lying and drove on his rookie year and almost got a WDC driving a cheater.

I will also stop watching F1 when Kimi stops racing.

By: whilyn

whilyn — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:48:21 +0000

Fernando “Trouble” Alonso
Fernando “Drama” Alonso…
I think Trouble sounds better

By: whilyn

whilyn — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:40:35 +0000

AMEN!

By: links for 2009-10-02 « vee8 - Formula 1 and motorsport news roundups and opinion

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:10:16 +0000

[...] Raikkonen and Domenicali differ on reasons why he was dropped – James Allen on F1 "Judging from the comments section on this site, many fans are struggling to understand Ferrari’s decision to drop Raikkonen for Alonso. So are a lot of journalists in the F1 paddock and the question kept coming in, phrased differently each time, but always with the same thrust, Why do the team feel that Alonso is a better bet than Kimi? [...]

By: Carl M

Carl M — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:08:13 +0000

Having commented on Kimi going to Brawn in 2010, there’s a few other alternatives…

- Mclaren
- Toyota
- Renault

Be good to see him at Mclaren again, however I believe he would be better suited at Brawn under the guidance of Ross Brawn. His relationship with Jenson would work better than, if he went to Mclaren, Lewis Hamilton.

By: Jonathan Chan

Jonathan Chan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:37:23 +0000

I don’t think so.

By: James Allen

James Allen — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:28:18 +0000

Matti, I showed your comment to Heikki and he said, “Nice, thank you.”