I am all about F1 to the chagrin of my partner, so I always blog about F1 online and you know what? I love it! And yes I do have my favourite F1 Drivers like Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen and Jenson Button. I see Sebastian Vettel and Robert Kubica as the new guard making this era of F1 the most exciting since the era of Senna, Prost, Piquet and Mansell.
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Kimi Raikkonen to race in Rally Finland
We all know Kimi Raikkonen loves speed so it will come as no surprise that Kimi is to race in Rally Finland next month. Apparently he’s quite handy with (asphalt) as one would expect as well as snow but not gravel although he’s doing rally tests there.
Raikkonen will be co-driven by Kaj Lindstrom who was co-driver for 4 time rally champion (WRC) Tommi Makinen. The insight he gives regarding the difference between the two drivers is interesting. The feedback is more less the same in terms of accuracy but the range or ideas and options for developing the car are of course in favour of Makinen.
Still I think it will be interesting to see where Raikkonen ends up and we wish him well in Rally Finland. What’s more curious is that the Ferrari end of season party has been booked at the permanent Valencia track. Alonso going to Ferrari is a certainty, we’re pretty sure of that. We even think he’ll be driving in 2010. The central question is who he ends up replacing. Putting all of this into context one can’t help feel that Fernando Alonso will be announced as a replacement for Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari at Monza?
Jaime Alguersuari is Red Bull’s new test driver
I’ve never heard of Jaime Alguersuari (Spain) before until Red Bull announced today that he is to replace Brendon Hartley (New Zealand). A quick look on Wikipedia shows he is a British Formula 3 champion currently racing in the Formula Renault World Series.
A few questions come to mind – could Jaime be the next Fernando Alonso?
What’s wrong with Brendan?
Does Sebastian Buemi need to watch his back?
One thing’s for sure – Jaime will only get to listen in on F1 briefs and debriefs as testing is severely restricted which means very little if any time in the car. All congratulations to him nonetheless.
Top 11 F1 Cars since Ayrton Senna
A special feature looking at the best F1 Cars since Ayrton Senna won his last championship with McLaren Honda in 1991. However the best F1 car will not only be judged on the championship result. Unlike history we will also pay hommage to the championship challenger F1 car.
Brawn GP001
Red Bull Renault RB5
Ferrari F2008
McLaren Mercedes MP-22
Renault F1 R27
Ferrari F2008
Mclaren Mercedes MP4-13
Williams-Renault FW18
Benetton-Ford 194
Williams-Renault FW14B
McLaren-Honda MP4-4
More to follow…
Could Carlos replace Max as FIA President?
Carlos Gracia, the head of the Spanish motorsports federation, has warned that Max Mosley xould stand for re-election again although I think we all know that this is not going to happen.
FOTA insulted Max not the FIA. Carlos has suggested that he would not flinch in running for president against Mosley although again Mosley won’t be running so I think this is more of a scare tactic for any other potential candidates like Jean Todt.
I wonder if he would start favouring Ferrari when Alonso comes aboard.