Kimi's future - No racing in 2010?

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Originally Posted by F1boat

To all the Finns, how serious is Kimi about the WRC?

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Nobody really knows, but he was very quick from the go, posting similar times with very promising Finnish rally drivers (who had a similar car) in Jyväskylä. Anyway, I'm not interested in rallying at all, couldn't care less, sorry rally fans.

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Originally Posted by Koz

[Kimi] should have accepted Toyota's offer. With a big name like his they would have stayed in the game.

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Unlikely, the decision was taken a board level influenced solely by P&L. The Toyota board don't exactly have a glorious history of understanding F1. They thought Ralf Schumacher would be their saviour once upon a time, and look where that got them. I don't think they were ever seriously considering Kimi.

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Originally Posted by henners88

I certainly think F1 will be a poorer place without Kimi in 2010. A sabatical is not an option in F1 as there is far to fierce competition to get a seat. Sitting out for 12 months and missing valuable race time is not attractive for potential employers and this will be a grave mistake should he wish to come back IMO.

Kimi would certainly be my first choice for the Mclaren seat, but I'm just abit dissappointed that his management seem to have based their negotiations purely on salary. Maybe it was a misjudgement by not thinking anyone else would enter the frame. :(

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Kimi has a contract with Red Bull for 2011 and will come back refreshed and ready.

Vettel will be off to Mercedes in 2011 and thats where Kimi comes in, with Heidfeld the one-year stop gap until then.

I'll check this in a year - bet you I'm right :)

I don't know, ever since he won the championship he hasn't looked at all bothered!

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Originally Posted by henners88

I certainly think F1 will be a poorer place without Kimi in 2010. A sabatical is not an option in F1 as there is far to fierce competition to get a seat. Sitting out for 12 months and missing valuable race time is not attractive for potential employers and this will be a grave mistake should he wish to come back IMO.

Kimi would certainly be my first choice for the Mclaren seat, but I'm just abit dissappointed that his management seem to have based their negotiations purely on salary. Maybe it was a misjudgement by not thinking anyone else would enter the frame. :(

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I never liked the Robertsons anyway, Keke Rosberg was always the best man to manage Finnish drivers. When Mika Häkkinen was driving and he had Keke as a manager, you sort of knew that a deal would be reached, cause Keke was/is just so good at it (even getting JJ Lehto a drive at Benetton). Keke wisely told Nico not to go to Mclaren as a sidekick to Lewis and look where he is now, number one driver for Mercedes.

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

Nobody really knows, but he was very quick from the go, posting similar times with very promising Finnish rally drivers (who had a similar car) in Jyväskylä. Anyway, I'm not interested in rallying at all, couldn't care less, sorry rally fans.

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I feel for you. But I am always interested when drivers change their discipline.

Shame...F1 is poorer without Kimi. Still at least we may get De La Rosa back :S

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Originally Posted by I am evil Homer

Shame...F1 is poorer without Kimi. Still at least we may get De La Rosa back :S

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With Raikkonen out the way, who is going to crash into Sutil now?

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Originally Posted by F1boat

To all the Finns, how serious is Kimi about the WRC?

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My opinion is that rallying is only a nice hobby for Kimi. Despite he was setting promising stage times in Neste Rally there is really long way to be in TOP. And if Kimi is seriously driving only winning is target and he can't get it in WRC in short time. He should make 3-5 years commitment to rallying to see if he is capable to be a winning driver also in rally world. I don't think he will do that. I heard from the media that Kimi is planning to do few rallies and maybe Le Mans next year. Let's hope he will make a come back for 2011. But still McLaren or Mercedes hasn't announced all their drivers!

Well that's a blow!

Something is wrong with Formula one when a very recent WDC is left out in the cold.

Will he be a Prost and come back and add another WDC to his record? Or a Mika, who found he just never rediscovered the fire to return.