Raikkonen's Jordan Adventure

Kimi Raikkonen is ready for the Jordan Rally this Thursday, His main objective is to finish the rally and compare himself with the other drivers and from there try to reduce the time gap. We have to remember that the Jordan rally will be only Raikkonen’s fourth-ever world championship rally, and only his eighth-ever rally of any description. Like I said before we have to give him more time to adapt to the World Rally Championship. He is a brave person. He came from F1 champion to a novice rally driver. It looks to me that He chose what He likes to do over earning more money, and I like that way of thinking.

Kimi just tested his Citroen C4 WRC in the south of France for two days. He said after the test "The test went really well: we were able to have a bit more time in the car, which is what I need most. There was no real pain in the back and I’m feeling good: I’m looking forward to the rally. But Jordan is probably the most unfamiliar territory we will face so far".

Don't miss the Jordan Rally that starts this Thursday April 1st. You can follow it on http://www.wrc.com/

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

Ferrari Is The Fastest. For Now

The Formula 1 season started and the Ferrari Team is running faster than anyone. They did a top two finish in Bahrain (Alonso first and Massa second). The other teams have to catch up with them, like McLaren-Mercedes (Hamilton and Button), Mercedes Benz GP Ltd (Schumacher and Rosberg), and RBR-Renault (Vettel and Webber).

Niki Lauda said this about Schumacher's performance "I’d suppose he needs about three races to get back up to the same level he was at. When you take all that into account, he did a superb qualification lap, even compared to Nico who was only three-tenths faster. My guess is that in Kuala Lumpur he will have regained that ability to switch on for a fast lap that every permanent driver has to have." Meanwhile Ross Brawn from the Mercedes Benz GP team said "We accept we were not competitive enough and we have work to do to close the gap to the leaders, We have a development plan that should bring the required improvements."

We will have to wait and see what happens in Australia next weekend. Enjoy this new season!

Picture courtesy of www.mercedes-gp.com

We Will Be Much Stronger. Raikkonen Said After Mexican Rally

Sebastien Loeb with Citroen won the Mexican Rally and is the current leader of this year's World Rally Championship. After the Rally last stage Loeb said "I had a good advantage today and I wouldn't take any risks for being the first car to take the road. I drove calmly the last two stages, and tried to maintain the concentration."

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Kimi Raikkonen couldn't finish the rally because He had an accident in the first stage of the rally. He said after the accident "I had bad luck, the car came all the way trough a braking zone, We touch the border of the road and the car turned over several times" Then he said "I expected good things from this rally, but it is only my seventh race and I am still learning. It is normal that when you are learning something takes you by surprise, and that is what happened". Kimi felt sorry that He couldn't race more, but then He said "I am sure that in the next race We will be much stronger".

This is the video of Kimi's accident and what He said after the accident: