No title hunt this year.
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No title hunt this year.
I have always admired Kimi & was convinced that he would bring at least one F1 World Championship to McLaren, but after these remarks i really don't care if he returns nor do i want him to return. He has given up, i sure as hell don't want a quiter on our team. It's obvious that he has already signed with Ferrari. Bring on Alonso, even though he is already signed with McLaren for next year he still wants to win this year-a true sign of a winner. I've lost a lot of respect for Kimi. 
From F1-Live.com
Kimi says no to title challenge
At least for this year...
Raikkonen 27 points behind Alonso in the championship
Kimi Raikkonen has ruled himself out of the hunt for the 2006 world title.
The Finn, who came close to bagging F1's biggest prize in 2003 and again last year, is tipped to leave McLaren at the end of the year after expressing frustration with his current silver-shod racer.
''The title battle will be fought between Ferrari and Renault,'' the 26-year-old told La Gazzetta dello Sport after finishing a distant fifth in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
At 27 points behind the drivers' championship lead of Fernando Alonso, Raikkonen set a different target for 2006, widely thought to be his last season before switching to Ferrari.
Kimi continued: ''Me? I'll look for winning some races. At least I'll try.''
The blonde-haired racer also conceded to the Italian sports newspaper that he does not have 'a good car' this year.
Raikkonen said: ''(Barcelona) is an unforgiving track where you can't hide your flaws.''
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From F1-Live.com
Kimi says no to title challenge
At least for this year...
Raikkonen 27 points behind Alonso in the championship
Kimi Raikkonen has ruled himself out of the hunt for the 2006 world title.
The Finn, who came close to bagging F1's biggest prize in 2003 and again last year, is tipped to leave McLaren at the end of the year after expressing frustration with his current silver-shod racer.
''The title battle will be fought between Ferrari and Renault,'' the 26-year-old told La Gazzetta dello Sport after finishing a distant fifth in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
At 27 points behind the drivers' championship lead of Fernando Alonso, Raikkonen set a different target for 2006, widely thought to be his last season before switching to Ferrari.
Kimi continued: ''Me? I'll look for winning some races. At least I'll try.''
The blonde-haired racer also conceded to the Italian sports newspaper that he does not have 'a good car' this year.
Raikkonen said: ''(Barcelona) is an unforgiving track where you can't hide your flaws.''
Source GMM
CAPSIS International
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I agree, it's way too early in the season to publicly say something like that...
Privately, the teams need to be realistic and somewhat transparent with their internal people. That's something else.
However, telling the media that your ambition for this season is limited to "trying to win a couple races" is really bad form.
There are only a handful of championship-winning teams in F1, so it's not exactly common sense to publicly diss your team like this. Who knows if his next team (or two) don't work out and suddenly he will realize (belatedly) that he has burned bridges with the top 3 teams...
Look at Jacques Villenueve and how his career ended prematurely ... partly due to the fact that he thought perhaps a little too highly of himself, wanted too much money and failed to see that F1 is a team-based sport...
Privately, the teams need to be realistic and somewhat transparent with their internal people. That's something else.
However, telling the media that your ambition for this season is limited to "trying to win a couple races" is really bad form.
There are only a handful of championship-winning teams in F1, so it's not exactly common sense to publicly diss your team like this. Who knows if his next team (or two) don't work out and suddenly he will realize (belatedly) that he has burned bridges with the top 3 teams...
Look at Jacques Villenueve and how his career ended prematurely ... partly due to the fact that he thought perhaps a little too highly of himself, wanted too much money and failed to see that F1 is a team-based sport...
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u guys r crazy
u blame kimi?
hes just being realistic, mclaren threw away (at least) 2 of his championships and now they cant even make a car to get on the podium, would u rather have him lie?
go get the current issue of f1 magazine and read the barcelona race report
that car is a piece of ****
get back to me after u read it.
and dont blame the guy for being realistic
u blame kimi?
hes just being realistic, mclaren threw away (at least) 2 of his championships and now they cant even make a car to get on the podium, would u rather have him lie?
go get the current issue of f1 magazine and read the barcelona race report
that car is a piece of ****
get back to me after u read it.
and dont blame the guy for being realistic
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Originally Posted by AMG_55
u guys r crazy
u blame kimi?
hes just being realistic, mclaren threw away (at least) 2 of his championships and now they cant even make a car to get on the podium, would u rather have him lie?
go get the current issue of f1 magazine and read the barcelona race report
that car is a piece of ****
get back to me after u read it.
and dont blame the guy for being realistic
u blame kimi?
hes just being realistic, mclaren threw away (at least) 2 of his championships and now they cant even make a car to get on the podium, would u rather have him lie?
go get the current issue of f1 magazine and read the barcelona race report
that car is a piece of ****
get back to me after u read it.
and dont blame the guy for being realistic
No way, I complete disagree with you. How disheartening is it to the crew and fans that he publicly state things like this? What you talk about in the backrooom and the front room are two different things. While I hope the best for Kimi, I think he was immature to publicly state this.
