Kimi's engine....won't be changed

Remy Zero · #1 04-06-2007, 05:00 AM

Ferrari have no plans to change Kimi Raikkonen's engine for the Malaysian Grand Prix following the completion of Friday's practice sessions.

"We are going to keep it, there is no reason to change it," said Raikkonen after practice. "That is the situation right now."

Raikkonen's engine had some problems during the final part of the Australian Grand Prix, a race dominated by the Finn from start to finish.

Team boss Jean Todt said however that talk about replacing the engine in Malaysia was only speculation.

"Rather than talking about technical issues, it is a sporting matter," said Todt. "Since last year it is one engine for two weekends, we just completed the first race in Australia and we are going to keep both engines for Malaysia.

"The rumours started from speculation. It is true in the last laps of the Australian Grand Prix, Kimi had a problem with a pipe and he lost some water, very little water.

"We did some more checks and if it did not happen then Kimi simulated the problems during the free testing here in Malaysia and nothing demonstrated that we should change our programme which is to keep the same engine for Malaysia."

Raikkonen's teammate Felipe Massa dominated practice at Sepang today, setting the fastest time in both sessions. Raikkonen was fourth quickest.

autosport.com

**GTE** · #2 04-06-2007, 06:04 AM

no only hope it does the distance...

62 250 GTO · #3 04-06-2007, 12:03 PM

50 degrees in practice... that's hot!

**ferraridude615** · #4 04-06-2007, 12:33 PM

100 degree heat + already overheated engine + Kimi at the wheel= Scary thoughts about the race this weekend

**SoftwareDrone** · #5 04-06-2007, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ferraridude615

100 degree heat + already overheated engine + Kimi at the wheel= Scary thoughts about the race this weekend

Yeah - scary for the competition!

**R2112** · #6 04-06-2007, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by SoftwareDrone

Yeah - scary for the competition!

+1

**jk0001** · #7 04-06-2007, 02:26 PM

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**ferraridude615** · #8 04-06-2007, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SoftwareDrone

Yeah - scary for the competition!

Definitely, just as long as the Ferrari doesnt pull a McLaren

Scuderia980 · #9 04-06-2007, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ferraridude615

100 degree heat + already overheated engine + Kimi at the wheel= Scary thoughts about the race this weekend

'already overheated engine'... it's scary because no one really knows the truth--where the engine is at..it has all been speculation thus far...

**1_can_dream** · #10 04-06-2007, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Scuderia980

'already overheated engine'... it's scary because no one really knows the truth--where the engine is at..it has all been speculation thus far...

Hopefully the team knows the truth of where the engine is at.

**Korr** · #11 04-06-2007, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 1_can_dream

Hopefully the team knows the truth of where the engine is at.

Yeah! I hope their plan doesn't backfire on them.

**tifosi12** · #12 04-07-2007, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Korr

Yeah! I hope their plan doesn't backfire on them.

The reality is, that we will never know in case the engine blows up: It could have been Melbourne related or just bad luck in Sepang. We couldn't tell the difference.

tonyc · #13 04-07-2007, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by 1_can_dream

Hopefully the team knows the truth of where the engine is at.

I hope so! On SpeedTV it was mentioned that Ferrari ran another engine with less then ideal water cooling and it survived the second race distance. Let's hope their simulation is as good as a Sepang race!