Rally de Portugal 2011

[Claudie_Schnaudie]

Haven´t been home since saturday so I couldn´t follow the rally! BUt glaaaaad that Kimi finished seventh His pace might have been not the best but it´s already an improvement that he doesn´t make that many mistakes anymore

Saturday you said that you're going to the hair-dresser. It's Tuesday, is you hair ready?

Nope on friday I said that I have to go to the hair dresser! On saturday, sunday and monday I´ve been at Berlin so I had no chance to write here
But yeah my hair is done

And glad that Kimi did fine

[Claudie_Schnaudie]

Haven´t been home since saturday so I couldn´t follow the rally! BUt glaaaaad that Kimi finished seventh His pace might have been not the best but it´s already an improvement that he doesn´t make that many mistakes anymore

Saturday you said that you're going to the hair-dresser. It's Tuesday, is you hair ready?

Welcome back from the hairdresser Claudie

thanks

[Kriss]

Nope on friday I said that I have to go to the hair dresser! On saturday, sunday and monday I´ve been at Berlin so I had no chance to write here
But yeah my hair is done

And glad that Kimi did fine

we missed you

[Moominpappa]

But yeah my hair is done

Picture, please

[Claudie_Schnaudie]

Nope on friday I said that I have to go to the hair dresser! On saturday, sunday and monday I´ve been at Berlin so I had no chance to write here
But yeah my hair is done

And glad that Kimi did fine

we missed you

Aaaw thanks Missed all of you, too!!

[Claudie_Schnaudie]

But yeah my hair is done

Picture, please

Haha no it´s nothing special!

[Moominpappa]

But yeah my hair is done

Picture, please

Haha no it´s nothing special!

I am sure that I like it more than pictures of Kimi

[Claudie_Schnaudie]

But yeah my hair is done

Picture, please

Haha no it´s nothing special!

I am sure that I like it more than pictures of Kimi

Meanie

[Kriss]

Raikkonen continues learning process

Kimi Raikkonen pleased with seventh place on Rally Portugal


Kimi Raikkonen insisted he has learned a valuable lesson on Rally Portugal following his second outing the new Citroen DS3 WRC.

The Finn had missed the previous round of the year in Mexico so Portugal marked his first appearance on gravel in the car, with his only previous experience coming on the snow of Sweden; where he finished in eighth place.

The former F1 title winner lost time with a puncture on the opening day and then found himself caught up in the dust of rival driver on Saturday, but suffered no further problems as he clinched seventh and he said he was happy with his performance through the weekend.

“Apart from a puncture on Friday afternoon and a bit of time lost in the dust of another competitor yesterday, we had a rally with no problems. We learnt a lot about the Citroen DS3 WRC on our first gravel rally with this new car.

“As the stages went on, we made progress with the set-up and I think my driving has improved as well throughout the three days. It's been a valuable lesson and I hope to pick up my pace on the next rally.”

Citroen Racing Technologies chief Benoit Nogier was also pleased with Raikkonen's performance which he insisted boded well for the future.

“Kimi Raikkonen drove a consistent rally,” he said. “He already showed his reliability in Sweden and he continued that pattern here. Having found a better set-up at the end of the first day, he made a lot of progress. That's very encouraging for the future.”

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[Kriss]

Kimi Raikkonen WRC Rally Portugal 2011 review

Trickiest Rally - Cleanest Drive

As we said at the beginning, the Rally of Portugal is a real tricky one. Obviously, the more difficult the special stages are, the greater challenge it offers for the drivers.

Well, we did three days without any major mistakes. I've got a good feeling deep inside and we got some nice points more, as well.

As a racing driver you would always want to go faster. While you got a result, you know, there would have been room to improve the performance. That's how it goes, but, right at this moment, Portugal was such a rally, that we can be quite satisfied with it.

Now we have done two rallies this year and kept the car solid on the road. Obviously, we have found better and better consistency to the driving. That's good.

The basis is there to look forward. While you get a rally going clean through, little by little you can start raising the speed, too.

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