Кими Матиас Райкконен

[6bIKoT]

В смысле что там лучшие люди все показывали и рассказывали, глядишь проникнется атмосфэрой и уйдет ))

Так я только за :hello:

Олдман, ты меня с кем то спутал - я не фанат ралли

[Nataly]

Совпадения.

[blanca]

Видиш значок О на очках, это бренд Okley

и правда.

вот блин, Алонсо превращается в тёмную сторону Кими.

ждём ещё одного в ралли? :think:

[6bIKoT]

Совпадения.

Наташ, это шутка или ты и правда так считаешь?

[Nataly]

Наташ, это шутка или ты и правда так считаешь?

Конечно, считаю. Делать Алонсо нечего, как во всем стараться походить на Кими. Детский сад, что ли?

[6bIKoT]

Конечно, считаю. Делать Алонсо нечего, как во всем стараться походить на Кими. Детский сад, что ли?

Да, а почему бы и нет?

[blanca]

Да, а почему бы и нет?

а и правда. почему бы ему не покраситься в блондина и вставить голубые линзы?

[6bIKoT]

а и правда. почему бы ему не покраситься в блондина и вставить голубые линзы?

Не, ну эт конешно перебор! Хотя, ты знаешь, после депиляции (а может эпиляции, я точно не в курсе, ему виднее)все может быть

[Devil Jester]

Что-то тут оффтоп сплошной

[6bIKoT]

Что-то тут оффтоп сплошной

:bat:

[Loiste]

Да, Ал отжигает. На самом деле - и кепка, и длина волос, и очки той же фирмы.. Просто Кими законодатель моды. Его перемены во внешности всегда очень широко обсуждались)

[blanca]

Что-то тут оффтоп сплошной

подкинул бы кто сабж для обсуждения.

[blanca]

Да, Ал отжигает. На самом деле - и кепка, и длина волос, и очки той же фирмы.. Просто Кими законодатель моды. Его перемены во внешности всегда очень широко обсуждались)

tribute to Kimi, heh

[SF1fan]

Видиш значок О на очках, это бренд Okley

сколько можно оверквотить эту... кепку? думал, темой ошибся...

[муся]

сколько можно оверквотить эту... кепку? думал, темой ошибся...

Так и сказать Алу, что баянищщще

[Kimster_]

Видиш значок О на очках, это бренд Okley

Блин, Киману конечно виднее что носить, но меня бесят эти очки классические, они совершенно не идут Кимычу, зачем он их носит непойму! Вот этот вариант рулит

[Kimi-Matias Räikkönen]

Блин, Киману конечно виднее что носить, но меня бесят эти очки классические, они совершенно не идут Кимычу, зачем он их носит непойму! Вот этот вариант рулит

Угу..

А в сочетании с короткой стрижкой и комбезом Маков - ваще пестня!

[Kimster_]

Угу..

А в сочетании с короткой стрижкой и комбезом Маков - ваще пестня!

Эх... Мечты... До сих пор в глубине души ещё верю что Кими вернётся, и до сих пор грустно, почему он решил уйти? Обидно, ведь он настоящий чемпион и был один из лучших, а сейчас скитается по всяким наскарам... Как всякие пилотишки второсортные типа Р.Шумахера, Кулдхарда, Монтои... Пожалуй если в след. году не вернётся то уже всё, т.к 3 года перерыва это уже очень серьёзно, тем более Ф1 сейчас постоянно меняется, да и спустя столько времени врятли Кими будет интересен топам, а в середнячковую команду Кими врятли пойдёт, даже если захочет вернутся.

[kotmod]

Угу..

А в сочетании с короткой стрижкой и комбезом Маков - ваще пестня!

Эх, да только конкретно эту модель очков (со второй фотки) разработали когда он был уже в Феррари (весной 2008го, емнип).

Да и вообще очками TAGHeuer стал снабжать его после ухода из маков, т.к. лицо бренда терять не хотелось, а давнее "часовое" спонсорство только с маклареном.

Так что не коррелируют они с комбезом маков. А жаль...

Но в целом очки Oakley Dispatch тоже ничего, зря вы так

[муся]

Нашлись вот такие интересные материалы о Кими, как я поняла на португальском языке. Гугл немножко позволяет более менее их читать.

http://www.octetort.com/2011/05/coluna-velocidade-e-batom-e-para-sempre.html

http://www.octetort.com/2011/05/nascar-kimi-is-praised-only-one-thing.html

Там блог не только о Кими, в целом об автоспорте.

[Loiste]

В четверг будет прекрасный состав прессухи - Кими, Латвала и Лёб.

[Loiste]

Ещё есть прекрасная статья за 2001 год. Переводить щас не могу, может кто возьмётся.. Она огромна..))

2001, City-lehti -magazine

Kimi Räikkönen

He is the F1-driver of the new generation. Way too inexperienced. Way too unpolished. Way too stubborn. And way too good way too soon.

"Say *****!"

There's still time for Monza qualification, therefore a Finnish man keeps a language course in a bus filled with Italian F1-fans.

"P****", an Italian boy repeats.

After the important substantive is learned it's time to move to names.

"Häkkinen!"

"Räikkönen!"

"Schumacher", an Italian tries to say but he is quickly silenced.

The teaching lesson stops for a moment while the Italians take pictures of Finns.

But repetition is the key to learning.

"Then say P*****"

Although the Finnish flag is waving in Monza it isn't the number one destination for Finnish formula-tourists. Budapest, Barcelona and Hockenheim are the traditional places.

In the plane that took us to Milan - Monza is 20 km from Milan – a rumour was circulating that the Finnish employees of Hewlett Packard had cancelled their trip because they feared terror strikes.

But Sonera's people aren't afraid like they are. The atmosphere is up in the roof and the truth is that other liquids than petrol are used.

"This is already my 11th drink" one Sonera-man crows behind his gintonic, half an hour before we arrive to Milan.

We are about to experience an exceptional motorsport-weekend: the main focus isn't on Michael Schumacher. The Italian paper Il Gazzetta dello Sport has dedicated almost two pages for flying Finns. Mika Häkkinen has announced that he will take a one year leave. He will be replaced by 21-year old Kimi Räikkönen who cost Ron Dennis 160 million FIM to get him out of Sauber. That's a lot of a driver who nobody knew anything about 13 months ago.

One can only guess Räikkönen's salary at McLaren but without doubt it will be more than the 6 million FIM Sauber paid him, according to Italian sources.

Nine points in 15 races with Sauber's car is a sensation. As is also the fact that Räikkönen has fought with his team mate, the big promise Nick Heidfeld evenly all through the season. Heidfeld has afterall a long career in F3, testing driver for McLaren and races in Prost-team. When looking at the amount of hours and the machinery, Räikkönen has made a miracle that resulted in Team Clerasil (the nick name on the paddock for the commando unit Räikkönen-Heidfeld) - breaking up. Omens were in the air right from the beginning. Räikkönen scored points in his very first race. People were mostly astonished by the fact that he was the only driver who didn't drive off the track during the whole weekend.

Who found this boy who seemed to have grown fastened into the steering wheel? You have to look to Norway for the answer. A karting-company guy Harald Huismann had a year before seen Räikönen's driving lines. He contacted manager David Robertson who had only a year ago pushed the teenager Jenson Button into Williams F1-team.

"This you have to see", Huismann had said.

Finally the opportunity to test for Sauber came, thanks to Steve Robertson. He was immediately convinced of Räikkönen's skills.

In September 12th 2000 Räikkönen sits for the first time in a formula-car. He has under him 800 horsepowers, which is 600 horsepowers more than in Formula Renault, which is Räikkönen's current vehicle.

Räikkönen decides to drive just like they tell him to drive.

"Don't push too hard"

And Kimi takes it easy.

"Now you can squeeze but try to spin in that specific corner."

And Kimi squeezes and spins in the exact corner.

On his 3rd testing day Räikkönen is faster than Sauber's test driver Pedro Diniz.

In November Räikkönen makes a 3-year contract with Sauber. Räikkönen's contract changes the whole F1-recruiting at once. The teams wake up and start to look for real talents from lower classes, which leads to more younger and inexperienced drivers rising up to F1.

The hunger for winning, speed on track and having a brilliant way to take in new things are enough.

"Räikkönen. Bueno!", a grey-haired taxi driver praises the boy who has just taken the 9th position in qualification. The taxi takes us to the village Il Triuggio. There the biggest heros in motorsport get peace. There is only one hotel, Hotel Fossati. It's the safehome for F1-stars. The lobby has hundreds of signed photos of drivers who have spent the night there. JJ Lehto. Carlos Reutemann. Niki Lauda. Michael Schumacher. Ayrton Senna. The elevator door is full of F1-team stickers.

You notice the difference to a normal middle class hotel when you speak to the manager. There is a helicopter field behind the hotel. The hotel has a Gerhard Berger-suite and two Schumacher-suites of which the bigger one is - of course - for the big brother. The garage is filled with Lamborghinis, Ferraris and Porsches. The tennis court can be changed into a football court in a minute if some of the drivers, usually Michael Schumacher, wants so. There is also a complete gym. The bathroom in the lobby is so clean that you could have a picnic on the floor. There is a guard 24/7 in front of the hotel and he is there for a reason. About 20 F1-groupies hang around the hotel during the whole GP.

Just as the sun has set, a slim guy walks by in the lobby.

"I'll go and eat. Let's talk after that", Räikkönen says while walking by. Before he has time to run down the stairs to the restaurant, the hotel manager grabs Kimi familiarly from the hand.

"Kimi, Kimi."

When his overwhelming attention stops Räikkönen goes into the restaurant. But you can't hide from other drivers in a F1-hotel. Olivier Panis hangs out in the hotel bar. He is there with a blonded girlfriend who wears a lot of makeup. Panis eats salty biscuits and talks with other employees from BAR. Heinz-Harald Frenzen carries a brown suitcase and looks small.

9.30 pm Räikkönen comes from his dinner. He had a salami pizza. And maybe a beer?

"Nooo, no alcohol before the race"

Räikkönen wears jeans and a loose sweater with the number 43. He sits on the sofa chair and doesn't even bother to correct his position. When touching his 8000 FIM Nokia Zippo he looks like a boardskater who couldn't be less interested.

They tell that Peter Sauber got upset because Räikkönen's team shirt was always hanging outside his loose jeans. Finally Kimi agreed to let go of his jeans but the shirt never disappeared inside the trousers. They say that Räikkönen is a boy who asks too often "why"? And if the answer isn't well enough justified, then he doesn't follow the advice or order. Mother Paula thinks that Kimi getting through the army was a bigger miracle than his victory in Britain's Formula Renault last year.

When manager Steve Robertson called Räikkönen and told him that he is now a McLaren-man, Räikkönen commented it by saying "aha." The coolness of Räikkönen is sometimes almost autistic, on the other hand it's acting like a machine and the ability to shut out everything that's irrrelevant from his mind, that is one of his greatest strenghts.

When Räikkönen's water bottle broke in the middle of the race in Hungaroring, his helmet was filled with one and a half liter of liquid. Räikkönen didn't see much and drove a couple of times to the lawn, but he couldn't make himself go to the pitstop even though his visor was sticky and his face was covered with sugary liquid. Whereas Häkkinen has been critisised of having no fighting spirit when he meets small setbacks, Räikkönen again can change his driving style and drive flat out with even three tyres.

One story. Summer 1988. It rains in Pori so that it's like standing in a shower. Matti, Paula and Rami Räikkönen are in the trailor. Big brother Rami, a skillfull karting driver himself, has said to his parents that he doesn't have the guts to drive in that weather. The family is fearfully watching how the self-made karting car goes round and round on an empty track. The driver is 8-year old Kimi. The mother hopes that the boy would already stop. Finally the car stops in the furthest corner. Kimi waves wildly to his parents and father Matti rushes anxiously out in the pouring rain.

"I'm out of gas, bring more."

A year earlier Matti Räikkönen had had it. The brothers Kimi and Rami held their 'Päijänne-race' nonstop on the lawn outside their house in Espoo. If the lawn was dry it was watered with a hose so that they could get their mopeds go into a slide getting the mud to fly everywher. The father decided to buy the boys a karting car and remove the "problem" to tarmac tracks. He probably didn't guess where his decision would finally lead to.

Matti Räikkönen did at worst four jobs so that he could fund Kimi's hobby and later on Rami's rallying. Mother Paula worked in an office.

"Now I have a chance to pay back to mom and dad. Things were many times put on ice because of money", Kimi says and you can't fail to see how satisfied the look on his face is.

All of a sudden the interview is stopped because the hotel manager's son comes with a chocolate cake.

The star just has to taste this magnificent cake, he absolutely has to.

“No thanks. No sweet", Kimi rejects.

Räikkönen's trainer Jukka Viitasaari says that Kimi has left almost all fat, red meat and sugar out of his food.

“He eats healthier than many top sportsmen."

The driver takes care of his body with the right nutrition - the salami pizza was an exception.

Viitasaari says that Kimi runs 10 km under 40 minutes and 3500 meters in Cooper-test (12 minutes). Although the F1-drivers are in top form these days those results are exceptional.

“Mika Salo ran 3200 meters", Viitasaari knows.

When Räikkönen is in Finland he runs in the surroundings of his childhood home in Espoon Keskus or in Helsinki central park, usually over 10 km at a time. In GPs Kimi has a habit of jogging around the track a couple of times.

Viitasaari thinks that Räikkönen's ability to control his body is phenomenal.

“Kimi could have become a gymnast. He learned to stand on his hands in four days. He immediately succeeded on the sleigh."

Räikkönen's co-ordination skills are developed in many ways. In one practice they put a one meter board on a football where Räikkönen has to balance.

“Häkkinen was is his youth in a circus school", Viitasaari reminds.

Viitasaari has trained many top sportmen. According to him he has only met one sportsman who has had as strong will to win as Räikkönen has, Arto Bryggare.

"When they fail they don't explain. In fact they aren't even able to talk because they are so disappointed in themselves because they couldn't win."

Anecdot: In the army that Kimi hated he was the 2nd best orienteer. The best one was an orienteer from the national team.

Respecting team mates too much is without doubt a hinder for winning. But there have to be drivers who Kimi adores, some driver's clean driving lines or something.

"I don't have any idols", Räikkönen says.

Only barely does he agree to admit that Schumi and Häkkinen has to be good drivers because they have won WDCs.

Snap. Snap. Snap. Kimi stares at his Zippo, writes a SMS, answers shortly and rubs his neck. If there is one thing where Kimi's professionalism is still questioned it's his dealing with the media. According to an experienced sport reporter, Kimi is in fact a warm person but his shyness makes his behaviour clumsy and the answers are often very short. Finns are used to that but abroad his behaviour is seen as unpoliteness.

Räikkönen's withdrawal can also seen by the fact that he hasn't much become friends with other drivers.

“I went out with Heidfeld a couple of times in the beginning of the season. Now that has stopped too. I don't really have any mates among the drivers, with whom I could spend time with."

Earlier the same day the F1-circles have been shocked when the Italian Alex Zanardi had an accident in Cart-serie. Zanardi is put in coma and they had to amputate his both legs. Isn't Kimi afraid? Isn't his mother afraid?

"I don't think about fear. If I would then I would be in the wrong profession but mothers are always afraid. Women are like that."

Kikka Kuosmanen who co-ordinates Räikkönen's press contacts in Finland says, that Kimi is a guy who simply thinks it's 'cool' to cruise 360 km/h. Cool, that's it.

"Yeah, I usually take a nap half an hour before the race", Räikkönen tells.

If Häkkinen is an iceman then Räikkönen is a carbonic acid iceman. And a man like that always means troubles for his team mate. The most cynical British reporters have claimed that David Coulthard is afraid of Räikkönen's performance. If Räikkönen can win Coulthard several times next season, then there might well be two Finns in McLaren in 2003. Although they doubt that Mika Häkkinen will ever come back.

"If Häkkinen starts to feel bored with changing diapers and being at home then he will come back. Otherwise he won't", a British reporter said.

It's 10 pm, Kimi has to go to sleep because he has a race tomorrow - an important race, Steve Robertson hints. But the wonder boy doesn't get to go to sleep that easily. The fans stalk everywhere. Two 20-year old girls grab him. The camera takes photos but Kimi doesn't smile. It's not his style. He grins.

Kimi Räikkönen came in 7th in Monza.

What is the magic drink then made of?

F1-commentators say that the formula of the magic drink is a top secret.

Bull Shit!

F1-drivers drink a 15 % energy drink, trainer Jukka Viitasaari tells.

It's a maltodextrin drink based on carbohydrates with added B-vitamine and salt. You get it in different flavours, berry or fruit. The drivers usually drink the same liquid that cyclists and runners drink.

They say that Räikkönen is a boy who asks too often "why"? And if the answer isn't well enough justified, then he doesn't follow the advice or order.

Говорят, что Райкконень - парень, который слишком часто задаёт вопрос : "Зачем?", и если ответ его не достаточно удовлетворяет, он как правило не следует совету.

When manager Steve Robertson called Räikkönen and told him that he is now a McLaren-man, Räikkönen commented it by saying "aha."

Когда Стив Робертсон позвонил Райкконену, и сказал, что он теперь гонщик МакЛарена, Кими прокомментировал это, сказав "аха".

When Räikkönen's water bottle broke in the middle of the race in Hungaroring, his helmet was filled with one and a half liter of liquid. Räikkönen didn't see much and drove a couple of times to the lawn, but he couldn't make himself go to the pitstop even though his visor was sticky and his face was covered with sugary liquid.

Когда бутылка с водой сломалась посредине гонки в Хунгароринге, его шлем был наполовину заполнен поллитром жидкости. Райкконен мало что видел, и пару раз вылетел на траву, но он не поехал на питстоп даже тогда, когда его визор был липким, а лицо покрывала сладкая жидкость.

Anecdot: In the army that Kimi hated he was the 2nd best orienteer. The best one was an orienteer from the national team.

Кими в армии , которую он ненавидел, был вторым лучшим ориентировщиком на местности. Первым был член национальной сборной.

"I don't think about fear. If I would then I would be in the wrong profession but mothers are always afraid. Women are like that."

"Я не думаю о страхе. Если бы я боялся, я бы не выбрал эту профессию, но матери всегда боятся. Женщины они такие."

[Nikotin_007]

В четверг будет прекрасный состав прессухи - Кими, Латвала и Лёб.

а шейк в четверг или среду?

[serglifar]

а шейк в четверг или среду?

В четверг, с 8 до 10 местного (и киевского) и с 9 до 11 московского времени.

Интересно, Бекси, с раллирадио (она же и пресуху ведёт), спросит у Кими про Соному, а то уже времени осталось всего ничего, а пока глухо как в танке.

[Nataly]

Когда бутылка с водой сломалась посредине гонки в Хунгароринге, его шлем был наполовину заполнен поллитром жидкости. Райкконен мало что видел, и пару раз вылетел на траву, но он не поехал на питстоп даже тогда, когда его визор был липким, а лицо покрывала сладкая жидкость.

А я думала, они простую воду пьют. От сладкой же ещё больше пить хочется.