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| Alonso To Ferrari, Raikkonen To BMW ?; Health warning its as.com | |
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| Steelstallions | Aug 30 2008, 07:19 PM Post #1 |
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http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl...l%3Den%26sa%3DG http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html/modul...ticle&sid=93082
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| Rob | Aug 30 2008, 07:21 PM Post #2 |
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No, I don't want to have to cheer for Alonso yet. |
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| RJHSaints | Aug 30 2008, 07:31 PM Post #3 |
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I sort of want to see it. Sorry, Rob. It would answer a lot of questions regarding how good Massa and Raikkonen are if they were up against Alonso and Kubica respectively. Also, although presumably this would mean Heidfeld either moving to another team or dropping out of F1 altogether, I would still be interested to see it happen. Imagine Alonso, Raikkonen, Kubica, Massa and Hamilton all potentially in winning cars next year. It would be a very good spectacle, you can't deny that. |
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| Rams | Aug 30 2008, 07:41 PM Post #4 |
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Somehow I can't see Kimi wanting to move to BMW, unless they turn up faster than Ferrari next year but I think that's unlikely. |
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| John | Aug 30 2008, 07:45 PM Post #5 |
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If Kimi is having motivation problems at Ferrari... I fail to see him being more motivated at BMW... He will retire. |
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| Red Andy | Aug 30 2008, 07:57 PM Post #6 |
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Would BMW be happy with parting with the kind of salary Kimi would demand? Somehow I doubt it. BMW have taken up Kubica's option for 2009, but for 2010 he is a free agent and therefore BMW will need to convince him to stay - the best way to do this will be to give him a car capable of winning the championship. With this goal in mind, spending significant amounts of money on a driver whose ability and motivation is now being questioned would not be a bright move for BMW, especially since they have a star driver already in Kubica. |
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| RJHSaints | Aug 30 2008, 08:06 PM Post #7 |
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Well, it might be that Raikkonen would be willing to take a pay cut to join BMW, especially since he is reportedly not enjoying life at Ferrari now. |
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| ELUSIVEJIM | Aug 31 2008, 08:25 AM Post #8 |
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Yes i agree with John. Kimi will not move away from Ferrari unless he is retiring. Hopefully at the end of this year. Kimi in my personal view is not the type of driver who helps the image of F1. We need personalities and drivers who have a desire to push themselves to the limit not fold when everything is not going their way. If Kimi continues to drive the way he has over the last few GP i would not be suprised to see him pushed out of Ferrari by the fans as the Italians will not put up with 2nd rate performances. |
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| Alien_SAP_Fiend | Sep 1 2008, 11:03 AM Post #9 |
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Do you mean like last year, where he was 26 points behind the leaders with MS fans baying for his blood and came back to win the title? Things were going his way, were they? He folded, did he? |
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| John | Sep 1 2008, 11:12 AM Post #10 |
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I am/was a MS fan and I never bayed for anyone's blood... why should I after all MS had retired by 2007... So actually they where Ferrari fan that where voicing concerns over the performance of one of their teams drivers... they may well have been formally MS fans as well of course but first and foremost they are Ferrari fans get it right
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| ELUSIVEJIM | Sep 1 2008, 11:51 AM Post #11 |
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Do you not mean a rookie folded??? Kimi was VERY lucky to win the 2007 Championship. He is also no where near the talent of M Schumacher. I bet M Schumacher would have been a 8 time Champion is he had stayed one more year. I will eat my shorts is Kimi wins at Spa this year
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| everythingoes | Sep 1 2008, 11:56 AM Post #12 |
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You've started selling edible shorts in your store, haven't you, JIM?
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| John | Sep 1 2008, 11:57 AM Post #13 |
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I hope you are feeling peckish... Kimi was winner at Spa the last 3 outings... it is one of his favorite tracks... even if not on form he must be favorite to win it...
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| Alien_SAP_Fiend | Sep 1 2008, 01:14 PM Post #14 |
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Sorry, it should have read some MS fans... Here's an interesting story from September 2007 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/62457
He's currently 13 points behind with 6 races remaining, one of which is his favourite track. Why all this insistence that he's unmotivated? |
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| RJHSaints | Sep 1 2008, 05:33 PM Post #15 |
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I have to admit the hate for Raikkonen is a little extreme, at least from ElusiveJim. Yes, he was crap at Valencia and hasn't qualified well for a few races, but all drivers go through bad patches of form, even Schumacher did. Let's judge Raikkonen at the end of the year. If he wins two titles, it would be hard to criticise him much, regardless of whether you may think he was a bit lucky. |
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