Kimi Bashers -c'mon down.

Glad I wasn't on that list, but I have a feeling Kimi is going to just get stronger as the season progress's Mike.

 

No flames here! People forget that the great MS also had runs of lackluster performances. Knowing now about Ferrari's windtunnel disaster it is easy to understand why they did poorly for a few races.

 

its just a blip. He does this. Ferrari probably has a sponsor with him 24-7 to make sure he stays away from the bottle. Face it Ferrari has a good car now. Massa would have won today if his car didnt stall. We will see in a few more races where he is.

 

Great post, Mike! I chuckled all the way through...

 

Hey, when the detractors started fussin I switched to this avatar.

Today the racing world is as it was meant to be.

 

Some people would have bi+ched about anybody who replaced their beloved Schrumi....

Jack

 

It was great to see Kimi back on form and beating Alonso (reigning WDC) and LH (current WDC points leader) at the British GP to boot.

Sorry Massa had to start at the back...tough break for Ferrari and Phil. Stuff like this and the DQ is tough with such a close race going on. Will MCL protest that a mechanic touched the car outside of the pits?

Forza Ferrari

 

I agree that Kimi is driving well, but I think the most awe inspiring driving came from Massa today. He made the English GP fun to watch IMO.

 

THis is good stuff. The future has a way of turning on you when it flashes by, especially if you think you know what it is.

I love the comment that Massa would have won if he hadn't stalled his car. That is a master of prognistication. Like the guy who said Tiger would have won if he made the putt, or the Yankees would win if they score more runs than their opponents.

The point is Kimi is accomplished as a driver and clearly becoming more accomplished with every race as a strategist.
The interesting thing that no-one is mentioning is how Hamilton was comprehensively beaten by both Kimi and Alonso who both started behind him

 

well, i've been home very little these past couple of weeks, and seemed to have missed natta on F-chat. Watched the race live this morning (no Fox necessary, thanks) and it's nice to see Kimi lay a beatdown when he had to...and won the race accordingly. Thanks for the rundown, Mike. There are several of us here, we share a similar attitude regarding 'bandwagons' 'lynching' or 'jumping ship'. It says A LOT about someone who swings by their ballz(or Ov's if you're a woman) so easily week to week. it says even more about those having covert biases and claiming not to. I remember all those ridiculous posts about "Kimi The Cancer". I've always maintained that Kimi and the team would need a little time to find a good balance with his car. The car is getting better and better, and Kimi is showing he can drive AND WIN! There have been some ludicrous comments made here on F-chat, and i recall one that said Kimi would not win another race this year, after Melbourne. Err, ok...

 

Lewis had a bad day (for him) and still finished on the podium. Consistency is what wins championships. No DQs, no starting from the back. SF is gonna have to play their A game to beat him.

 

You have been doing some digging Mike I must remember this !! Well funny tho.
Iam only guilty of taking the mick out of his drinking habits..
full credit to him .
Credit for Massa great battle to the front and full marks to hamilton for admitting he made a mistake and being on the podium again
great racing ..

 

I was just about to make a post on this! Thank you! Makes me proud that I've stuck with him thus far. And how bout Massa? pit lane to 5th? damn fine drive for the red team if you ask me.

 

Good post.

 

what ??!!

since when does a professional racing driver need half a season to get good balance ?

It seems to be the swift kick in the pants from LdM and some improvements in the Ferrari that have made the difference here.

We all should know that KR is a good driver but his performances left a lot to be desired with his poor race attitude, by that I mean his poor attacking form, or complete lack of attacking form. Massa was trying in the races where the Ferrari wasn't quite up to it to at least have go and try to make a fist of it while KR just sat back and looked like he was waiting for something to happen.

Some good judges I was with at the Melbourne GP with all had the same line of thinking, Massa the first half, Kimi the second half.

When we saw KR win the first race so easily we "thought" it was game over but he crawled into his shell for the next 6-7 races

Glad to have him back, now keep him off the sauce, let's hope it's not too late


...and was Ron wearing Prada ??

 

Kimi doesn't build or design the F$@%#^ Car! I suppose when Shumi had his spell of bad runs it was his fault right? You do remember some of ths crappy runs he's had yes? What was his excuse? Did you lynch him for his 'lack of motivation'??? Sometimes it takes a bit longer/more work(between all) than you anticipate to find the sweet spot--something Kimi and SF anticipated coming into the season, only fans don't really care to hear that sort of thing. Development is not always linear or constant in a positive direction. Of course you should already know that but you still make such a comment. You guys are so ridiculously selective in your way of bashing it's becoming comical. And your(and many others here) take on his 'attitude', his 'heart', is more yap that says more about your perceptions and expectations rather than what is really going on within the human being you are bashing. I am a paid athlete, and i hear that bs all the time--towards myself and other fellow athletes. how dare anyone assume to know for a fact what i or any other competitor is feeling... the folks on F-chat know it all i suppose...

 

per Kimi, you are right...if it were up to F-chatter's Kimi would've been fired already! Of course, some F-chatter's here are experts on the 'drive' 'motivation' 'attitudes' within competitors. They seem to have an acute sense of what another human being is feeling/thinking, and deem it as fact. Comical at best.

 

I've always been a Kimi fan. i think Massa is better at working with subpar equipment but Kimi is the fastest driver out there when the car is working how he wants it to work. Nuff said.

 

I've been waiting for this post Mike. I was actually getting a little riled up over some of the asinine posts made in the last few weeks.

In the words of Tony Shaw from the May edition of F1 Racing magazine:

"Kimi's a pretty straightforward bloke -- he gets in the car and drives the ****ing wheels off it, and that's what racing drivers are supposed to do."

Per the magazine/article, Tony Shaw was Kimi's race engineer in Formula Renault, so he may know what he's talking about. Just maybe.


And lastly, my favorite picture of Kimi to date (quickly followed by my second favorite picture of him):
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Massa did a better job than KR up to the last WEEK ... FACT!!

stop taking the high road because he's won 2 races in a week, he can just as easily lose that confidence he has found

I have always believed, and yet to see anything to prove it wrong, that at the elite level of ANY sport that attitude is the difference between winning and losing (well, maybe taking drugs in the TdF has helped a few)

You see football teams that get used to losing and even in a winning position they seem to find a way to lose and vice versa for winning teams, even when in a bad situation they can still manage to find a way to win because their attitude is that of a winner.

Kimi lost that confidence, otherwise how do you explain Massa doing so much better in Qual and the race than the higher talented KR ?

 

I try to stay away from being either a Massa or Kimi "basher' because of the points made in the first post in the thread. I did questions Kimi's abilities and motivation throughout the first half of the season and don't feel bad about doing it. I don't recall once calling for his resignation this very minute or saying he will bring the whole team crashing down.