Kimi's future - No racing in 2010?

What a clowns! Kimi won for Ferrari 1 WDC and 2 WCC and still no respect for him or his talents! Pitiful! Some Ferrari fans... This is the top tier of motorsport, anyone who wins a championship in F1 is truly a magnificent racer without no doubt!! So, Ferrari paid him a hefty amount of money, he delivered and won WDC...he got sacked because of Spanish bank, still no bad words from him..not even one!! Have a respect for a great champion. He might even come back after one year, who knows... or he might try to make a history and be the first F1 and Rally WDC champion. He always was and is his own man, nothing fake, you have to respect that, its very rare!

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Originally Posted by Shalafi

What a clowns! Kimi won for Ferrari 1 WDC and 2 WCC and still no respect for him or his talents! Pitiful! Some Ferrari fans... This is the top tier of motorsport, anyone who wins a championship in F1 is truly a magnificent racer without no doubt!! So, Ferrari paid him a hefty amount of money, he delivered and won WDC...he got sacked because of Spanish bank, still no bad words from him..not even one!! Have a respect for a great champion. He might even come back after one year, who knows... or he might try to make a history and be the first F1 and Rally WDC champion. He always was and is his own man, nothing fake, you have to respect that, its very rare!

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He certainly is a great driver, but you could stop moaning about other people's opinion.

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Originally Posted by ioan

He certainly is a great driver, but you could stop moaning about other people's opinion.

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Like you stopped moaning when peple criticized MS? Sometimes its just so ridiculous that one has to comment something...

But dont worry, this was my last statement about this subject..unless Kimi comes back to F1.

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Originally Posted by Shalafi

What a clowns! Kimi won for Ferrari 1 WDC and 2 WCC and still no respect for him or his talents!

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Are you surprised? That's what we get recently - Kimi is lazy and boring, Jenson is slow, Fernando is a crybaby, Lewis is a liar. These are champions, so let's bash them and praise non-champions instead... Ridiculous, but that's the way forums are.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Have to agree.
If Kimi would have done better than Ferrari would have kept him.

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You think Ferrari would have sacked Felipe instead? I seriously doubt that. Santander dictated Kimis departure, period. And Ferrari wanted the Spanish money.

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Originally Posted by F1boat

Are you surprised? That's what we get recently - Kimi is lazy and boring, Jenson is slow, Fernando is a crybaby, Lewis is a liar. These are champions, so let's bash them and praise non-champions instead... Ridiculous, but that's the way forums are.

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There are a lot of negatives comments everywhere, that's true. Goes to show you that no matter what you do, some people don't like it or even despise you.

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Originally Posted by Dzeidzei

You think Ferrari would have sacked Felipe instead? I seriously doubt that. Santander dictated Kimis departure, period. And Ferrari wanted the Spanish money.

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Yes - without any hesitation it's Santanders money behind Kimis move.
Ferrari gets a Santander money, Kimi and Alonso too and its says that Santander will start app. 500 bank filial in Brazil...

Money money

However it will be very interesting see Kimi as a WRC driver..

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Originally Posted by jas123f1

But same time Schumacher hade very good relation to Felipe and liked to see him as champion – and his good relation to the team made that Felipe become in reality as a first driver in the team - with help with his “Big brother” Schumi as advisor.
So Felipe hade his chance both 2007 and 2008, 2007 he was unlucky and the team decided to go for Kimi in a situation there it in reality was very difficult (almost impossible) to win the title anymore. But despite that Kimi become the World Champion 2007 after a super driving and whole team behind him.. even Felipe helped him in that ..

Also 2008 the car was fitted to Felipe and it was only because Kimis all-round talent which made it more equal for them – Kimi hade a “Ruben’s job” – to help Felipe to get the title.. and he did it .. 2009 the same Felipe was the first driver, but the construction of the car was not good enough to win the title – but even 2009 it was clearly show able that after Felipes accident the team gave Kimi full support and the results were much better .. in that car I would say SUPER .. Fisi understood it in fully first when was driving it..

Now Ferrari get “Santander money” to pay out their latest champion from F1 – but after al I’m not that much surprised that Kimi let them do it .. He has his title (despite he wasn’t the first driver) and to work in the team which doesn’t want him .. 17 million dollar is much money … to do NOT WORK.. and Kimi can always do something other.. Rally is one possibility..

Bur for me, newer more Ferrari ..
- I have seen too much.. All b*** s*** , whoi can forget what they did against Rubens, when Schumacher used even his talent to win his WDC-titles. Austria 2002 did show to every one it clearly – when Rubens was forced to give away his win to Michael Schumacher - i will never forget when Schumi explained after the race how “important” it was for the team that “he will win!!” – and he did it in a situation there he was leading the championship having 144 points against Rubens 77 and Rubens was on second place..

:)

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This is my last one to this thread -

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80553
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The team president (Luca di Montezemolo ) also paid tribute to former driver Kimi Raikkonen, who lost his seat to Alonso and is switching to the World Rally Championship.

"I'm sorry he's not here today," said Montezemolo. (Sure?)

"All the same, I wish to thank him on behalf of all of us for what he achieved in his three years with Ferrari.

"He staked his place in our history by winning the title in his first season, which was partly thanks to help from Felipe, to whom he repaid the compliment the following year.
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It looks more and more that Kimi made a big mistake when helping Massa 2008, because people where saying that he was making a bad job.. and because it ended that he was fired from his job.. ok .. Ferrari paid him 17 million euro Santander money and Kimi went to Rally to 2010 (and is probably back next year) – but it was a treachery from Ferrari … (However nice to hear it from Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo it himself) ..

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Originally Posted by jas123f1

but it was a treachery from Ferrari

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If that's so, it was also treacherous of Raikkonen to be taking money under false pretences, since Ferrari clearly thought they were employing a racing driver.

Kimi, it turns out, wasn't bothered about racing.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Yep, Kimi is better off out of there.

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The only accurate part of your post is that he is better off.