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[Stephen]

...does anyone else find the continued press intrusion on Kimi Raikkonen's social life a tad unnecessary, if not a little boring?

He's fit enough for F1, so why can't he enjoy his life? I doubt his antics are any more notable than other drivers in the pitlane, and certainly not when compared with yesteryear.

Is it just me?

[madbrad]

yeah a party animal F1 driver is nothing new. maybe they can't find anything interesting to report on.

[Freddie]

Well, they always write what they believe people want to read, not what is the most interesting. Maybe when there are more people like us, they will not write such rubbish anymore because there would be nobody left to read it !

[7UpJordan]

Nigel Mansell and Alan Jones never needed to be fit to race in F1.

[madbrad]

Or Fatgio

[deMuRe]

So is all this talk of modern F1 cars having huge amounts of G-Force putting almost imcomprehensible amounts of strain on the body, requiring fitness levels the average person will never get a load of bollocks?

[welshie]

No it's not a load of bollox, the physical strain on the body is extremely high. But it is actually possible too be super fit even if your not 100% healthy.

[x_laura_x]

I think it's because he's so boring in the pit lane they need to find something exciting about him, just to prove he's not a robot...

[welshie]

I've heard he dances like one tho

[darwin dali]

We're charging our battery
And now we're full of energy
We are the robots
We are the robots
We are the robots
We are the robots

We're functioning automatic
And we are dancing mechanic
We are the robots
We are the robots
We are the robots
We are the robots

Ja tvoi sluga, (I'm your slave)
ja tvoi Rabotnik (I'm your worker.)

we are programmed just to do
anything you want us to
we are the robots
we are the robots
we are the robots
we are the robots

we're functioning automatic
and we are dancing mechanic
we are the robots
we are the robots
we are the robots
we are the robots

Ja tvoi sluga, (I'm your slave)
ja tvoi Rabotnik (I'm your worker.)

Ja tvoi sluga, (I'm your slave)
ja tvoi Rabotnik (I'm your worker.)

[repeat to fade]
We are the robots

[madbrad]

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,
Mata ah-oo hima de
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,
Himitsu wo shiri tai

You're wondering who I am-machine or mannequin
With parts made in Japan, I am the modren man

I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain I.B.M.
So if you see me acting strangely, don't be surprised
I'm just a man who needed someone, and somewhere to hide
To keep me alive-just keep me alive
Somewhere to hide to keep me alive

I'm not a robot without emotions-I'm not what you see
I've come to help you with your problems, so we can be free
I'm not a hero, I'm not a saviour, forget what you know
I'm just a man whose circumstances went beyond his control
Beyond my control-we all need control
I need control-we all need control

I am the modren man, who hides behind a mask
So no one else can see my true identity

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo
Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
For doing the jobs that nobody wants to
And thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
For helping me escape just when I needed to
Thank you-thank you, thank you
I want to thank you, please, thank you

The problem's plain to see: too much technology
Machines to save our lives. Machines dehumanize.

The time has come at last
To throw away this mask
So everyone can see
My true identity...
I'm Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy!

[Freddie]

Styx'ing it again eh ?

[7UpJordan]

I've heard he dances like one tho

You're thinking of Liverpool's Peter Crouch.

[madbrad]

Mika talked like one.

[darwin dali]

Back to fitness - in today's news:
Toyota's F1 team doctor Riccardo Ceccarelli believes grand prix racing is the most physically demanding sport in the world.

To tackle the common belief that sitting in a formula one car is akin to reclining in a deck chair, Ceccarelli put F1 test driver Franck Montagny head-to-head in a fitness test this week against top Australian football player Brendan Fevola, who is widely considered one of the fittest men in the AFL league.

Fevola, 26, fared better in tests for leg power and vertical jumps, but after runs on an exercise bike, Montagny - the 29-year-old Frenchman who early in his career had his feet reconstructed after an horror crash - had better aerobic capacity, according to the newspaper The Australian.


Ceccarelli said Formula One drivers boast some of the best aerobic capacity, upper body and leg strength, and ability to perform while dehydrated and with heart beats of up to 200 per minute, in the entire world of sport.

And "it is not only the physical stress but the brain stress," Ceccarelli explained.

He added: "A driver's brain has to run faster than his car, which is more than 300kmh, with no rest. That makes this sport very difficult."