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Wolfie wrote:

spinster wrote:

Wolfie wrote:

Julia wrote: the sad thing with these things is that we outsiders newer will know the best/juiciest part of the negotiations and what almost happened... I mean we probably are very unaware over last years best/juiciest twists and we are probably going to know only a little part of the truth even this year. And I am especially curious about the Kim-RB deal because many things in it doesn't make sense to me at the moment... no obsession, not at all

but as long as Kulta isn't starting to write doome day predictions again or Kimi starting to look too desperate in the interweaves. I take this as a nice soap opera to follow and I am quite sure that Kimi knows what he is doing and in the end gets to do next year the option which is best for him personally and what he likes to do most... and i just keep my finger crossed its some sort of motorracing you actually can follow

But Julia, it doesn't have to be a sad thing since we have already proven that we are experts in filling out the blanks

Nicole,

What do you think about the next topic...

Everyone writes down what he thinks what is going to happen with Kimi...everyone has one chance...

We keep that in one topic...and when Kimi decide and it's official than we'll give a special present for that person...

just a thought but it's fun...

Great idea Spinne

But what if the majority is right

Wolfie wrote:Ah but that's mission impossible unless someone has some inside information...

It's taking long though

spinster wrote:

Wolfie wrote:Ah but that's mission impossible unless someone has some inside information...

It's taking long though

I know BUT we take the one who's the closest call...

Wolfie wrote:

spinster wrote:

Wolfie wrote:Ah but that's mission impossible unless someone has some inside information...

It's taking long though

I know BUT we take the one who's the closest call...

It's weird when you don't know if you are witnessing Kimi's last rallies or not

But it's not as if this would be the first time we fans would be hanging in the air

TS asked Rosberg last night , how he sees these rumor around Schumacher
- If Michael enjoys, he continues. If he does not enjoy, he quit.

Do you believe that Schumacher still enjoys driving then?
- Yeah, but of course it is quite impossible to know as a third part. I do not believe that Michael would stop, Rosberg says.

Ring Exchange no big significance

Some experts believes that it is 100% sure Schumacher will drive for next season at the beginning, but if he notice that he alienated the new Pirelli tire as much as this year's Bridgestone rubbers, he closes his career a second time at the end of next year.
Rosberg, doesn't sign the potential impact of tire change on Schumacher's driving and solutions
- It does not depend on the tires. It does not matter, even if we put on the Pirellis right now, it does not change anything.

Frage: "Eure Fahrer sind für 2011 bestätigt, aber dann läuft Marks Vertrag aus. Was passiert danach? Denn mit Kimi Räikkönen habt ihr ja einen sehr interessanten Fahrer in der Red-Bull-Familie..."
Horner: "Wir haben viele gute Fahrer, auch einige sehr talentierte Youngsters. Mark nimmt seine Karriere nur noch Jahr für Jahr, was auch Sinn macht. Wir werden diese Brücke überqueren, wenn wir dort sind."

Frage: "Wärst du grundsätzlich daran interessiert, Kimi wieder in der Formel 1 zu sehen?"
Horner: "Für Kimi macht eine Rückkehr nur dann Sinn, wenn er das wirklich will und wenn er die nötige Leidenschaft und das nötige Verlangen empfindet. Außerdem bleibt die Zeit nicht stehen, wie man am Beispiel Michael Schumacher sieht. Manchmal ist es nicht gut, einen Schritt zurück zu machen."

Frage: "Hast du kürzlich mit Kimi gesprochen? Oder Helmut Marko?"
Horner: "Ich nicht. Kimi konzentriert sich auf die Rallye-WM. Der gehört sein Herz und darauf möchte er sich konzentrieren. Die Formel 1 liegt für ihn in der Vergangenheit."
Räikkönen-Comeback unwahrscheinlich

Frage: "Glaubst du also nicht, dass er noch einmal zurückkehren wird?"
Horner: "Das würde mich sehr überraschen."

Frage: "Sébastien Buemi liebäugelt neuerdings auch öffentlich mit einem Red-Bull-Cockpit für 2012. Was für eine Meinung hast du von ihm?"
Horner: "Sébastien ist ein Mitglied unseres Juniorenprogramms. Jeder Fahrer in der Boxengasse möchte im Moment unser Auto haben. Aber wie gesagt, wir werden diese Brücke erst überqueren, wenn wir dort angekommen sind. Unsere Fahrer für 2011 sind fixiert und danach ist es noch ein Weilchen hin."

Frage: "Kommen wir zum letzten Thema. In der Red-Bull-Familie gibt es mit Kimi Räikkönen einen hochinteressanten Fahrer. Mark Webber hat nur einen Einjahresvertrag unterschrieben. Gehört Kimi zu den Fahrern, die 2012 für seine Nachfolge in Frage kommen?"
Marko: "Die Frage stellt sich nicht, weil sein Interesse ganz klar im Rallyesport liegt."

Frage: "Ist vorstellbar, dass er im Winter mal einen Tag testen wird, quasi just for Fun?"
Marko: "Nein, weil die Testrestriktionen so hart sind, dass wir jeden Kilometer mit den Fahrern nutzen müssen, die bei uns unter Vertrag stehen."

Frage: "Red Bull ist Hauptfinanzier seines Engagements in der Rallye-WM. Sind Sie damit zufrieden, auch von der Publicity her?"
Marko: "Wir sind sehr, sehr zufrieden mit Loeb und Ogier. An Publicity ist durch Räikkönen noch nicht so viel rübergekommen, wie wir uns erwartet haben, aber das hängt auch damit zusammen, dass er relativ oft Unfälle baut und die Resultate ausgeblieben sind. Wenn der sportliche Erfolg da ist, dann ist der Werbeeffekt genauso da. Das geht Hand in Hand."

Frage: "Wie schaut die Perspektive für Kimi in der Rallye-WM aus? Geht es mit Citroën weiter?"
Marko: "Momentan hat die Formel 1 Priorität. Von da runter werden dann die weiteren Entscheidungen getroffen."

spinster wrote:OLD NEWS sorry

But i'm not that worried... Come on the only reason that Kimi got so many coverage in the beginning of the season was because he's/was an F1 hero... Everyone wanted to known what he was going to do there so that made a lot (even no Kimi fans) looked to his performances....

But after (for the most of the autosport fans) some quite mediocre rallies of Kimi there are only really kimi fans following him...

I'm sure Kimi can't stay that long in WRC except if he pays the season himself... even for sponsors Kimi is not that attractive in WRC... and please don't be upset with what I say...it's the way it is...

Sponsors are interested in heroes who drives for Championships...

Wolfie wrote:

spinster wrote:

Wolfie wrote:Ah but that's mission impossible unless someone has some inside information...

It's taking long though

I know BUT we take the one who's the closest call...

It's weird when you don't know if you are witnessing Kimi's last rallies or not

But it's not as if this would be the first time we fans would be hanging in the air

Julia wrote:

spinster wrote:OLD NEWS sorry

But i'm not that worried... Come on the only reason that Kimi got so many coverage in the beginning of the season was because he's/was an F1 hero... Everyone wanted to known what he was going to do there so that made a lot (even no Kimi fans) looked to his performances....

But after (for the most of the autosport fans) some quite mediocre rallies of Kimi there are only really kimi fans following him...

I'm sure Kimi can't stay that long in WRC except if he pays the season himself... even for sponsors Kimi is not that attractive in WRC... and please don't be upset with what I say...it's the way it is...

Sponsors are interested in heroes who drives for Championships...

You do recognize that you are still trying to convince the wrong persons here... have you tried to call Kimi and bang some sense in him that he shouldn't even talk to the media that WRC is a option for him next year?

no seriously, I give you and wolfie thumbs up if in the end of the season its revealed that all this rallytalk was just a smokescreen and he was always going to go to RBF1 in 2011... because it surely looks like he is seriously looking for options to stay in WRC and that there arent any visible serious options in F1 for next year ... and thats the reason many of us are trying to make sense of his options in WRC.

brendakarli wrote:Anelise,

any translations?

Räikkönen: I have no plans for next year

Kimi Räikkönen has said that he is yet to finalise plans for the 2011 season following a sudden end to recent rumours that he may be returning to Formula 1 with Renault. Although a continuation in the World Rally Championship is believed to be the most likely option, the 2007 F1 World Champion reiterates that no arrangements are yet in place.

Having departed Ferrari at the end of last year, Räikkönen has spent 2010 rallying for Red Bull’s Citroën Junior Team. However, after claiming to the Finnish press prior to the Japanese Grand Prix that Renault was using his name in a publicity stunt – a statement the team hotly contested - an F1 comeback seems unlikely.


“I don’t have any plans for next year,” he told Fox Sports ahead of this weekend’s French rally. “There’s different options and we will see which is the best, what I feel is the right thing for me, and then we’ll make the decision.”

When asked to explain his goal for the rest of this season’s WRC campaign, which features events in Spain and Great Britain after this weekend, Kimi replied:

“To try and make the best out of all of the rallies; there’s two tarmac rallies, so that should be a bit easier.

"Here in France it’s a new rally for everybody, so it should be a bit better for us because other people don’t have experience from the past here – so hopefully we can improve and get some good results.”