'Raikkonen's off to Renault'

[Mr M0by]

Originally Posted by fayraz

I thought Raikkonen was going to Ferrari next season.......just have to wait and see.

I'm fed up of waiting though.

Well it's clear from this to see why he's so popular.

http://www.visualsports.tv/pages/9&m...=33&category=2

[Guest 20043]

I bitterly hate Kimi and i like Renualt !!!

I also like LAonso but bitterly hate maclaren !!!

[Mr M0by]

Originally Posted by unrealnils

I bitterly hate Kimi and i like Renualt !!!

I also like LAonso but bitterly hate maclaren !!!

I'm undecided on Kimi but am okay with Renault.

I'm unsure about Alonso but cannot stand Ron Dennis / McLaren.

I cheered Fernando on to last seasons championship.

Where does that leave me for next season? Well, thankfully i love Schuey and i love Ferrari, so i should be ok. Particularly with just the Bridgestone-single-tyre-love-in for 07.

[Guest 20043]

im like you i will cheer on farrari next season sod Maclaren or Kimi

[cervaro]

I bet you get a much better 'company car' at Ferrari though! Best you could hope for from Renault is the Clio 197 hatchback! As dull as Kimi, therefore a match made in heaven.

[The Bear]

Seems to me that Kimi has to decide if he wants to drive in Schumacher's shadow for a while or be the No.1 at Renault.

I bet Ferrari are offering him more money than Renault.

[Guest 20396]

Originally Posted by The Bear

I bet Ferrari are offering him more money than Renault.

Ł75m for a 4 year deal is whats being said,how true im not sure.Not bad money if you can get it though.

[MaxNutter]

Raikkonen might be a little dull, but at least he's not a cheating **** like Schumacher ...

[Guest 20043]

Sod that at least Micheal is human and is someone who wants so badly to be theb est he makes mistakes better then that robot scum Kimi

Micheal makes for great TV kimi is is just so boring

[Crikey!]

Originally Posted by unrealnils

I bitterly hate Kimi and i like Renualt !!!

I also like LAonso but bitterly hate maclaren !!!

for crying out loud man.

they are cars - an inanimate object so how can you hate them?.

they are F1 drivers - an inanimate object so how can you hate them?.

[Guest 20043]

You gotta do something to keep intrest the last few seasons

[MaxNutter]

Originally Posted by unrealnils

Sod that at least Micheal is human and is someone who wants so badly to be theb est he makes mistakes better then that robot scum Kimi

Micheal makes for great TV kimi is is just so boring

agreed on one thing ... Shuey is Dick Dastardly to Kimi's Peter Perfect ...

he doesn't make "mistakes", he cheats ...

[The Bear]

Kimi's ultimately a fantastically fast driver which is why I like him, same goes for Schumacher.

I just can't get the same affinity for Alonso. He seems to have it all his own way for the most part and never really seems to push himself or overperform with what he has to work with, at least from the outside looking in anyway.

[Taq]

I bet you get a much better 'company car' at Ferrari though!

Probably a Fiat brava

[fattyboombatty]

Originally Posted by unrealnils

Sod that at least Micheal is human and is someone who wants so badly to be theb est he makes mistakes better then that robot scum Kimi

Micheal makes for great TV kimi is is just so boring

mistakes?

damon hill '94
jacky wheelnerve '97

tha man is a dirty, dirty cheating *******. and a MASSIVE hypocrite - FACT!

[Guest 20043]

True he is a cheat but i still like him over Kimi

[The Bear]

Originally Posted by Taq

Probably a Fiat brava

You know now you say that, I'm sure they showed you the drivers car park at a GP last season and one of the two Ferrari driver's car was a big Fiat like a Brava.

Or something equally silly like that nyway.

[Guest 17980]

All this talk of company cars reminds me of the one and only moment I have ever laughed at something Kimi Raikonnen has said. It was a couple of seasons ago and Raikonnen and a few McLaren colleagues were driving away (I can't recall whether it was from a circuit or an event which the F1 drivers attended, it could even have been after the enquiry into the German GP crash he was involved in).

Raikonnen was driving a black Mercedes A Class and passed Fernando Alonso and a few members of the Renault team walking along the road. While his colleagues waved at the Alonso and the Renault personnel, Raikonnen with razor sharp wit turned to them and in his deadpan monotone (which for once was utterly appropriate) said:

'Maybe they don't get company cars at Renault...'

[The Bear]

Christ, if that's funny for Raikkonen I'd hate to hear one of his jokes!

I take it that was an Autosport/Pitpass story?

[Guest 20396]

Ferrari set for Schu-Kimi lineup

"Ferrari are heading towards a dream driver lineup pairing Michael Schumacher alongside Kimi Raikkonen for 2007.

That's the opinion of rival team principal Sir Frank Williams, who scoffed at his counterpart's constant pleas for cost cuts in F1.

''Ferrari have a massive budget and probably a $60m driver bill next year – that's the way it looks,'' Williams told Speed TV.

Hinting at Schumacher-Raikkonen, despite rumours linking the latter Finn with Renault, he added: ''You know what I'm talking about; the two drivers.''

Williams' sneer at Ferrari's finances follows Jean Todt's caution at Indianapolis in signing off an otherwise unanimous agreement to soften the cost-slashing engine 'freeze' rules for 2008.

''They're saying we must save money, we must save money,'' Sir Frank, 64, continued.
''I fell out of my chair when (Todt) said that.''

Ferrari chief Todt admits that Ferrari is holding a full deck of cards in terms of commercial sponsorship for 2007, but commented: ''It doesn't mean that we have to spend money for the pleasure of spending money.''

Williams also suggested that McLaren's Vodafone sponsorship, to commence in 2007, tips the scales at $55 million.

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