2/23/2010

Raikkonen Started His Transition from F1 To WRC

Kimi Raikkonen completed his first ever World Rally Championship (Rally Sweden) finishing in 30th. place. 37 minutes behind the leaders. He is competing for Citroen. Generally He set good stage times within the top ten overall. His problem was that He drove into a snow bank on the opening day. Without this incident He would have finished within the top ten and scored points on his debut. According to his Citroen boss Olivier Quesnel He is in a learning process and We have to be patient (including the media).

Kimi said this after the event "It was a really encouraging event, which allowed me to learn so much. From the start to the finish I felt I was improving all the time, which is what I expected from having more time in the car. Sure, we still have a lot to learn because the whole feeling is so different to what I had in Formula 1. But I'm getting a good idea of how to use the pace notes now and I understand the car a bit better as well. We wanted to have some more experience of the car and especially get to the finish, so we have achieved everything we wanted this weekend. Now I'm looking forward to driving gravel on the next rally in Mexico; it should be a bit easier for me I think".

Source from http://www.wrc.com/

The fans have to give Kimi more time to adapt from Formula 1 to the World Rally Championship. It is a transition that takes some time. He is a good driver, I think that He should do well in this Championship, and start scoring his first points soon.

Picture courtesy of Benjamin A Ward from http://www.rallysweden.com/

2/08/2010

Is It A Car Or An Airplane?

This is an incredible jump made by Travis Pastrana with a Subaru Impreza WRX STI. He jumped 82 meters over the waters of Rainbow Harbour in Long Beach to establish a new world record. Enjoy the video.


The World Rally Car was flying like an airplane.

Picture courtesy of http://www.topgear.com/

2/01/2010

The Experienced And Skillful Vs. The Young And Ambitious

The Michael Schumacher return saga continues as He impresses in his first Formula 1 testing session of 2010 in Valencia. His best lap was 1:12.947 and was 3rd. just behind Massa (Ferrari) and La Rosa (Sauber). He said "I feel like a young boy again and really enjoyed myself out there". As you can see He looks happy doing what He knows best which is to drive an F1 car. It is going to be very interesting to watch Schumacher who was born in 1969 competing against the young drivers like Lewis Hamilton (25), Felipe Massa (28), Fernando Alonso (28), Sebastian Vettel (22), and his teammate Nico Rosberg (24). It is the competition of The Experienced and Skillful (Schumacher)Vs. The Young and Ambitious. So far, Schumi is doing pretty well.

Picture courtesy of http://news.bbc.co.uk/

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