Kimi Gone?

Re: Kimi Gone?#170724

By Jabberwocky - 18 Nov 09, 00:00

- 18 Nov 09, 00:00#170724

but he has been there and got the t-shirt. maybe a year out realising what he has lost will re motivate him

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Re: Kimi Gone?#170726

By RA Dunk - 18 Nov 09, 00:05

- 18 Nov 09, 00:05#170726

Jabberwocky wrote: maybe a year out realising what he has lost will re motivate him

or be the end of him...

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Re: Kimi Gone?#170728

By Gaz - 18 Nov 09, 00:16

- 18 Nov 09, 00:16#170728

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The F1 driver market seems to be shifting around. My good friend Heikki Kulta from Turun Sanomat reports that Kimi is to take a sabbatical

Re: Kimi Gone?#170730

By myownalias - 18 Nov 09, 00:20

- 18 Nov 09, 00:20#170730

I believe KImi has had his eye on Rallying for some time now; he seemed much happier in his rally debut than he ever did in F1. Maybe he's taking a sabbatical and coming back as a rally driver in 2011.

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Re: Kimi Gone?#170731

By Jabberwocky - 18 Nov 09, 00:22

- 18 Nov 09, 00:22#170731

or spends 2010 getting up to speed with rallying

A racing car that does not win, is just art

Re: Kimi Gone?#170737

By Jensonb - 18 Nov 09, 00:31

- 18 Nov 09, 00:31#170737

racechick wrote:
Jabberwocky wrote:well 17 million a year on the dole, or 16 millon a year to work..... hmm let me decide

yeah but come on.. to drive a mcLaren F1 car.....Id do it!!

He's already done it though, and he has a championship. Kimi is not a man who wastes his energy on sentimentality, he just wants to drive and get his cash. I guess he's happy to satiate the former want with rally cars for a year.

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Re: Kimi Gone?#170738

By Frosty - 18 Nov 09, 00:39

- 18 Nov 09, 00:39#170738

Will be sad to see him go really wanted him in that second McLaren seat!

Remember "competitive animals know no limits"

Re: Kimi Gone?#170740

By nikon133 - 18 Nov 09, 00:43

- 18 Nov 09, 00:43#170740

racechick wrote:
Jabberwocky wrote:well 17 million a year on the dole, or 16 millon a year to work..... hmm let me decide

yeah but come on.. to drive a mcLaren F1 car.....Id do it!!

Well, he's done it

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Re: Kimi Gone?#170770

By f1ea - 18 Nov 09, 03:56

- 18 Nov 09, 03:56#170770

Crap news. But FAR from being Ferrari's fault!
On 1 hand you got a great driver unwilling to commit further than 1yr, does not want to do PR, did not bring glory to Maranello. On the other, a great driver willing to commit for the long term, brings in a smiling Santander, sponsors are happy = team's happy. May or may not bring glory to Maranello, but if he can't then no one can.
Who would you choose??

Kimi dug his own grave here. He even had a chance at Mclaren and dogged it cause he wanted more than the bankload he's already getting from Ferrari...

Came out fighting indeed.

Re: Kimi Gone?#170780

By racechick - 18 Nov 09, 06:32

- 18 Nov 09, 06:32#170780

nikon133 wrote:
racechick wrote:
Jabberwocky wrote:well 17 million a year on the dole, or 16 millon a year to work..... hmm let me decide

yeah but come on.. to drive a mcLaren F1 car.....Id do it!!
Well, he's done it

Well i know he has, and it must be mind blowing driving those cars, so to turn a top one down for 1 mil when we're talking such high figures...cant want it bad enough. Maybe like Jabberwocky says it'll make him realise what he's missing, not sure tho, I think his eye has been on rallying for a while.

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Re: Kimi Gone?#170781

By ivey - 18 Nov 09, 06:37

- 18 Nov 09, 06:37#170781

Kimi out of F1

.

I'm really sad great drivers have to leave like that

"I've never known anyone as competitive as me and I think Alonso is very close." - Lewis.
if only the relationship worked..

Re: Kimi Gone?#170783

By Amanda - 18 Nov 09, 06:49

- 18 Nov 09, 06:49#170783

There goes my dream 2010 McLaren team

I hope he does come back but if he left because of £1-2m then he obviously wasn't motivated enough.

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Re: Kimi Gone?#170804

By Gaz - 18 Nov 09, 12:01

- 18 Nov 09, 12:01#170804

Amanda wrote:There goes my dream 2010 McLaren team

I hope he does come back but if he left because of £1-2m then he obviously wasn't motivated enough.

He's WRC bound apparently.

Might watch that more next year.

Re: Kimi Gone?#170807

By headless - 18 Nov 09, 12:08

- 18 Nov 09, 12:08#170807

I hope he is a succes in rally.

You're like a dog chasing a car. You'll never catch it and you just wouldn't know what to do with it if you did

Re: Kimi Gone?#170809

By Gaz - 18 Nov 09, 12:11

- 18 Nov 09, 12:11#170809

headless wrote:I hope he is a succes in rally.

Sebastian Leob's gonna be Like "merde! who iz zis finish driveeeer hee' iz like too quick, merde!!"

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