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[bud]

I love Kimi, F1 was plain without him!

[Jabberwocky]

I don't know how I would feel being Kimi's race engineer, i would be to scared to say anything to him or just be laughing my head off whenever he says something over the radio.

well done Kimi

Ted Kravitz said it was not Kimi's race engineer who said it to him. Kimi's race engineer said it would just annoy him.

[darwin dali]

ESPNF1:
How long will your celebrations of this win last?
KR: I have almost two weeks. As long as I manage to get myself to the next race I think the team is happy. Maybe I will try to get home at some point.

[Hammer278]

I love Kimi, F1 was plain without him!

Agree, but strange...since he seems like a very plain guy but the way he expresses himself just wins over everyone.

[madbrad]

I guess he must have got in his contract that he can do whatever he wants off the track, like be drunk for 13 days! I understand other teams have some say in what their drivers do in their private lives as it could have an effect on his performance. Damon hill was not allowed to ride his motorbike EVER while he was with Williams. I would suspect Maclaren demand certain things, like fitness/gym time and wellness/diet stipulations, etc. I only guess that about them because of the things I hear about them.

[IheartKimmi]

I was at the Malaysian GP when it was rained out. We were directly across from the Ferrari pits and because I am nuts about him I followed him (with my binoculars) to the pits and saw him getting a drink and then an ice-cream. I was shouting to my kids 'oh look Kimi is getting and ice-cream' We got pics, but not digital, and when I find them I will post them here.

When Mika left MacLaren and Kimi joined my kids had big silver hands with MIKA/DAVID. I changed it to KIMI and a MacLaren PR woman rushed up to me to ask where I had bought them!! I explained I had changed Mika to Kimi and she said good job
My dream team was Kimi and DC and MacLaren I was one happy bunny then,

[stonemonkey]

ESPNF1:
How long will your celebrations of this win last?
KR: I have almost two weeks. As long as I manage to get myself to the next race I think the team is happy. Maybe I will try to get home at some point.

Brilliant.

[What's Burning?]

I was at the Malaysian GP when it was rained out. We were directly across from the Ferrari pits and because I am nuts about him I followed him (with my binoculars) to the pits and saw him getting a drink and then an ice-cream. I was shouting to my kids 'oh look Kimi is getting and ice-cream' We got pics, but not digital, and when I find them I will post them here.

When Mika left MacLaren and Kimi joined my kids had big silver hands with MIKA/DAVID. I changed it to KIMI and a MacLaren PR woman rushed up to me to ask where I had bought them!! I explained I had changed Mika to Kimi and she said good job
My dream team was Kimi and DC and MacLaren I was one happy bunny then,

Your nuttiness about Kimi is bordering abnormal behavior. Good for you!

[scotty]

Kimi Raikkonen has given his entire Lotus team T-shirts emblazoned with his now-famous radio message during his Abu Dhabi Grand Prix victory.

The 33-year-old Finn took his first win since his return to the sport this year and his team's first since the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix.

On Friday 500 T-shirts carrying the slogan: "Leave me alone, I know what I'm doing" arrived at the factory.

The T-shirts are black, with the words in gold, reflecting the team's colours.

The phrase is a reference to Raikkonen's remarks on team radio during the race.

Raikkonen inherited the lead when Lewis Hamilton's McLaren retired with fuel-pump failure.

Following Hamilton's retirement, Raikkonen's engineer Simon Rennie told him his advantage over second-placed Fernando Alonso's Ferrari and that he would keep him updated on the Ferrari's pace, to which Raikkonen responded: "Just leave me alone, I know what I am doing."

Later, he was reminded to warm up his tyres while driving behind the safety car, and Raikkonen said: "Yes, yes, yes, yes. I'm doing it all the time. You don't have to remind me every second."

After the race, Raikkonen said: "I understand the team is just there to try to help and they are doing the same job as I am doing.

"But I am not a big fan of being told many things because I know pretty well what I have to do [and] what is going around, so if I have some questions I will ask and they will help.

"It's not the first time and it's not the last. It's just a normal thing. People will probably try to make a big story out of it, but it happens every weekend."

Raikkonen, a notoriously singular character, said after the race that the victory meant more to the team than it did to him.

"It's great. It's more important for the team and the people who work here. They do all the hard work," he said.

"I just try to deliver on a Sunday and a Saturday. It is one win for me but for them I think it is a much bigger thing."

Raikkonen's last victory was in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix, when he was driving for Ferrari.

The Italian team paid him off a year early at the end of that season to make way for Alonso's arrival, and Raikkonen spent two unsuccessful years in rallying before returning to F1 with Lotus this season.

He is third in the championship behind Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Alonso with two races of the season remaining, but is out of contention to win the title.

[LewEngBridewell]

I hope the team wear the T-shirts at Austin. Just for sh!ts and giggles, you know.

[stonemonkey]

They have to.

He must be pretty close to the team atm, the win means more to him than he lets on.

[LewEngBridewell]

They have to.

He must be pretty close to the team atm, the win means more to him than he lets on.

Love Kimi, love Lotus. I hope they continue to do well together

[stonemonkey]

They have to.

He must be pretty close to the team atm, the win means more to him than he lets on.

Love Kimi, love Lotus. I hope they continue to do well together

!st year back with the car not to his liking early on, 2 races to go and 3rd in the championship, finished every race so far and a win and only once out of the points. He seems to have got to grips with the tyres now so I think it's looking pretty good.

[NocturnalTendencies]

Kimi doing a James Hunt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66CmBq9UG6U

[Hammer278]

They have to.

He must be pretty close to the team atm, the win means more to him than he lets on.

Love Kimi, love Lotus. I hope they continue to do well together

!st year back with the car not to his liking early on, 2 races to go and 3rd in the championship, finished every race so far and a win and only once out of the points. He seems to have got to grips with the tyres now so I think it's looking pretty good.

Credit to Lotus as well, it's not easy getting a car to the finish every race in a season...and if they manage it, it's a great great feat.