Would Kimi be an unappealing champion?

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Originally Posted by fousto

He would be a great champion - plus you might get to see some decent chicks hanging around and get free Vodka after the race. Go Kimi GO !!

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:laugh:

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Originally Posted by F1boat

I think that Kimi's dull behaviour was a result of McLaren's corporate image. I think that he'll be different in Ferrari. Look at DC.

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I think Kimi's dull behavior is inherent.

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Originally Posted by Priorat

Driving is what really matters. For behaviours outside of workplace look for the pink press. And for those who want funny press conferences, don't care:
Kimi wining will produce lots of stupid comments from Alonso

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Wining? You mean drinking wine? FYI Kimi´s fav drink is called Black Russian. I would not call him a wine drinker.

If youre talking about WHINING, then Id say Alonso is the whiner of those 2. Remember, after a minor difficulty during last season he started whining about not getting full support from his team. Everyone knows thats BS.

However, if you mean the way Kimi talks, youre right. I wouldnt hire him as an opera singer. But if I could pick any guy to drive for my F1 team, Id definitely pick Kimi. No question about it.

I'm OK with Raikkonen as he is now. I don't want him to be what he is not. He's certainly a character in the F1 paddock and he would be an interesting figure among the F1 champions.

Besides that, I believe we can expect a slight change in the way he reacts, in the years he will spend as a Ferrari driver. His image as the 'Iceman' was more appropriate for a McLaren-Mercedes driver. I'm not saying he will become exuberant as an Italian, but the warm atmosphere at Ferrari is contagious.

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Originally Posted by guernsey kau

I'm afraid Kimi Raikkonen has to be favored for the 2007 world championship. "Afraid", I say, because, from what I've gathered, he would make a very unappealing champion. He seems equal parts dull (his interviews), cold (no signs of human feeling), and coarse (the incidents at strip clubs, telling Martin Brundel he was "having a s--t").
Has anyone out there got any contradictory information--anecdotes, comments from people who know him, firsthand observations? If you've got info that confirms my impressions, that would be of interest, too. The next-best thing to a star to cheer is a villain to root against.
Oh, by the way: Kimi's countryman Mika Hakkinen was also criticized for his dull interviews, but if you watched closely, you could see his warmth, his sly humor. And behind-the-scenes comments that I've read tend to describe Mika as decent, classy, with a private sense of fun---quite different.

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i agree, mika was part of the water battle in the press confrence one time with irvine, which was funny!

Me and my dad actuly laughed when he said he was having a....ahem, never mind, because that's the first time he actuly showed humor and smiled.

Hopefully ferrari can work his dullness out of him, but what can you expect driving for mclaren up to now? How can you happy about the realiability there?

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Originally Posted by F1boat

I think that Kimi's dull behaviour was a result of McLaren's corporate image.

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Don't think so, because he was like that already in Sauber. I'd say that his interviews have become more understandable than they were then. :p : Anyway, "The Ferrari era" might change him slightly, but not completely.

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Originally Posted by Dzeidzei

Wining? You mean drinking wine? FYI Kimi´s fav drink is called Black Russian. I would not call him a wine drinker.

If youre talking about WHINING, then Id say Alonso is the whiner of those 2. Remember, after a minor difficulty during last season he started whining about not getting full support from his team. Everyone knows thats BS.

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I think he means "winning".

Would Kimi be an unappealing champion?

I don't think so, because if people post threads on a public forum about someone then I would say that makes a person appealing.

At least if Kimi is Champion in 2007 he can say things like.......
"I drove the SH!*$ out of the car" OR "Everybody behind me had to eat SH!*T for today’s victory"

Maybe that will make him appealing if not the POSTS on the Forum. :)

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Originally Posted by Dzeidzei

Wining? You mean drinking wine? FYI Kimi´s fav drink is called Black Russian.

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Very interesting. This is a major "chick drink," just after the Cosmopolitan. I think Kimi and Fast Freddie need to go to finishing school -- or Paris Island.

As long as he brings another title to the Scuderia I will be happy.