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[Jabberwocky]

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

[RA Dunk]

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

or be the end of him...

[Gaz]

NobleF1 - Autosport

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

[myownalias]

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.

[Jabberwocky]

or spends 2010 getting up to speed with rallying

[Jensonb]

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.

[Frosty]

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

[nikon133]

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

[f1ea]

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...

[racechick]

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.

[ivey]

Kimi out of F1 .

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

[Amanda]

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.

[Gaz]

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.

[headless]

I hope he is a succes in rally.

[Gaz]

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!!"