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Just to give Kimi some face, heard on the radio today that water was leaking from Kimi’s car, and they ran on lower revs.
Wei Li: Lewis is mah “brother”…
[quote=saa73]Just to give Kimi some face, heard on the radio today that water was leaking from Kimi’s car, and they ran on lower revs.
Wei Li: Lewis is mah “brother”…
[/quote]I tot brothers are from Brixton?
Ferrari ‘can win without Schumi’
Former Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn says the team can remain Formula One pace-setters despite his departure and that of Michael Schumacher.
Brawn, on a year’s sabbatical, told BBC Sport he expected Ferrari to be title contenders with drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa this year.
“We had good and bad years when I was there. You can’t always be in front.
“But the people who design the car are still there, so there’s no reason why they can’t just carry on,” Brawn said.
He said he was confident the team would not fall back into the political in-fighting that bedevilled it in the pre-Schumacher era.
“It’s down to how the individuals work,” said Brawn, who was centrally involved in preparing the team for his departure.
“We were, in the period I was there, able to implement and instil certain philosophies and all the people involved are still mindful of that and will instil them into the team.
“They are all very sensible people.
“Ferrari is very strongly in the focus of the media and it can be very difficult not to be distracted by some of the things that are said.
“But you just have to have the strength and conviction in what you’re doing and see it through.
“The car looks quite good, so if the results flow that will instil confidence.”
Ferrari enter a new era with the loss of Brawn and Schumacher
Raikkonen has a lot to live up to after joining the team from McLaren as a replacement for Schumacher.And former world champion Damon Hill has questioned whether Ferrari will be able to adapt to working with such a different personality.
“A bit of fizz has gone out of the team without Michael there,” the 1996 world champion told BBC Sport. “I think they will be disoriented without Michael.
“Michael was very good at working the team, and I’m not sure Kimi is that kind of personality.
“He seems to be more the sort of person who just gets in the car and drives – if it’s fast, it’s fast, and if it’s not there’s nothing more he can do about it.”
But Brawn, who has talked only to the BBC since leaving Ferrari at the end of last season, believes the Finn will prove a good choice.
“I don’t know Kimi. I’ve never worked with him and until you have worked with someone it is difficult to judge what they’re like,” said the Englishman.
“He’s probably not as forthright as Michael was when he joined Ferrari, but Michael was a double world champion.
Michael still had Felipe very much under control by the end of the season – but Felipe has progressed an enormous amount
Ross Brawn
“They are different people. Kimi is a quieter person. But the thing to do with people like that is to listen very carefully to them because they often have an awful lot to say, you just have to give them a chance to say it.“It will [require a cultural shift]. But he has strong people around him. The key thing about Kimi is that he is quick, and he makes very few mistakes.
“It can be quite exciting for the team. It’s a new challenge and that can be quite stimulating.”
Ferrari team boss Jean Todt has always said that Raikkonen was the only driver considered as a replacement for Schumacher.
But Brawn admitted that they had also looked at double world champion Fernando Alonso, who has moved from Renault to McLaren.
“There were only ever two drivers considered to replace Michael – Kimi and Alonso. Everything just fell in place very quickly with Kimi,” Brawn said.
Raikkonen has big shoes to fill as Schumacher’s replacement
“We took the view that the team was strong enough, and that speed was the most important thing. It was really between the two – and one was available and one wasn’t at the time.“You have to remember as well that Jean has got a long history with Scandinavian drivers from his time in rallying, and he likes their introverted, quiet approach.
“Alonso would also have done a great job, I’m sure. I don’t think there’s that much between the two of them.
“Alonso has won two world championships and has shown he can do it. But the reasons why Kimi hasn’t are not down to him.”
Brawn insisted that Raikkonen would have to fight for preference at Ferrari on an equal basis with Massa.
“Michael established his superiority through the natural order of things, by being the fastest,” he said. “It was never written into his contract that I was aware of – the only thing there was, he had first call on the T-car.
Massa and Raikkonen will fight it out for preferred status
“And that’s what will happen at Ferrari this season – a natural order will evolve.
“Michael still had Felipe very much under control by the end of the season.
“But Felipe has progressed an enormous amount and if he keeps up that rate of progress he’ll be a massive competitor in F1 in the future. It’s just a question of whether he does.”
Brawn left Ferrari at the end of last season to take a break from the sport, and is spending time travelling around the world.
He said he had a meeting with the team planned for June to discuss his future, but that he had made no decisions about what that might involve, although he admitted he was likely to want to stay involved in F1.
By Andrew Benson
Motorsport editor
BBC SPORTround 3 – bahrain
[table=tables-professional Drivers|Pts
F.Alonso|22
K.Räikkönen|22
L.Hamilton|22
F.Massa|17
N.Heidfeld|15
G.Fisichella|8
J.Trulli|4
R.Kubica|3
N.Rosberg|2
H.Kovalainen|1
R.Schumacher|1
A.Wurz|0
M.Webber|0
R.Barrichello|0]3-way tie for the lead, with Massa hunting them down!
The season’s off to a fantastic start. Massa’s race in bahrain made up for the sepang fumble. Hamilton, further solidifying his position… it is only a matter of time when he stands atop the podium. Raikkonen still looks fast, but Alonso has cause for concern. Heidfeld is the best of the rest, and what a move on Alonso!
this is why F1 viewership is picking up again….3-way ties at the top; no one person dominating the podium; in the end, much as we love or hate him, Schumacher’s exit has been good for F1!
Apart from Melbourne, really can see him making the full potential behind the wheels of his ferrari… Perhaps, Massa really the faster of the two.
Kimi…. Wake Up!!!
Schumacher is Hamilton’s role model
By Theodore LiasiLondon (espnstar.com) – Lewis Hamilton has revealed that words of praise from seven-time Michael Schumacher have left an indelible mark on the 22-year-old rookie.
The McLaren driver revealed how immediately after last year’s penultimate GP2 race in Turkey, which saw the Brit carve his way through the grid from sixteenth to second place, Schumacher had approached him to congratulate him on an ‘excellent’ race
“Michael has always given 100 percent. I bumped into him last year in Istanbul and he told me things I will never forget,†revealed Hamilton.
“I was walking along the paddock, the Istanbul GP was running there when he stopped me and said: ‘that was a fantastic race, what you did today was excellent’.
“Those words inspired me. For me he’s always been a role model and not only as a driver. Others have won much less than him yet go go around with far more arrogance.
“His ambition and his involvement has always astonished me. Right up until the last race he was still testing privately. Right up to the last second he always gave 100 percent.”
Max Mosley believes a night race is not out of question but would need careful scrutiny before it could be sanctioned.
The head of the sport’s governing body, the FIA, was responding to Bernie Ecclestone’s proposal of staging a number of Formula One races under floodlights in Asia in order to bring the races in line with European time.
Malaysia, Australia and possibly Singapore (if it is granted F1 status) have all been earmarked for night races although Melbourne have already declined the idea.this would be interesting… 🙂 my-Karters can setup tent site at one of the hillstands
[quote=Nohad]there is a short show of the prospect of Singapore hosting the F1 and the possible drive on the possible street track on Engine Block (Starsports) right now
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…woi!, sudah balik ka?….can yum yum with Ah Luen?4 races over. what an amazing start to the 2007 season.
although on track excitement has been limited (as has been for years now), the developments in the championship table and prospects for the remainder of 2007 is looking awesome.
who would have thought that a rookie would be leading the championship after 4 races? hamilton’s sheer consistency is excellent. he should be winning soon. his presence must be doing something to alonso, for i thought he was over impatient to take massa so soon after the start. perhaps he was worried that massa would pull off into the distance – such was massa’s dominant pace. but sometimes, i can’t help but think that alonso wants to put a one up on hamilton.
both mclaren drivers lead the championship, but it is the ferraris that look so strong. massa is recovering very quickly from his poor start to the season and is now within striking distance of the championship lead.
[table driver|points
L.Hamilton|30
F.Alonso|28
F.Massa|27
K.Räikkönen|22
N.Heidfeld|15
R.Kubica|8]aside from hamilton doing so well, i am truly surprised and impressed by massa’s speed. raikkonen needs to think how unlucky f1 can be. many were predicting that kimi would smoke massa. that has not happened.
the best of the rest is clearly BMW. But gosh, i wish they had more exciting drivers. Still heidfeld has been doing a solid job so far. Nice race from Kubica. DC’s fifth place is impressive – the guy still is quick. Good to see Rosberg in the points and finally Kovalainen a glimpse of his promise. The final point going to Sato is a sweet one. Well done Taku.
Hate to say this, but I think its going to be tough for ferrari unless mclaren start to suffer reliability problems.. ;(
well done to Alonso for his second Monaco win!
Well done Hamilton and McLaren for the 1-2. Excellent drive by both McLaren drivers. Both drivers showing great quality pushing each other all the way throughout the 78 lap race. Alonso and Hamilton tie for the championship lead.
Massa salvages precious points to stay in the hunt.
Kimi manages the last point to salvage a disastrous weekend.
Fisico finishes in an all important 4th place. Finally Fisico and Renault showing some speed.
Both BMW drivers finished in the points in 5th and 6th, with Kubica ahead of Heidfeld. Now, how did that happen? Heidfeld seemed to have a good 1st stint. But a slow 1st stop.
Wurz scores his first point for Williams.
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