Kimi: Mercedes drive or sabbatical?

[Tom Vandenhove]

Oh no ...

[phil1993]

I think its McLaren or bust and he'll go to McLarn next year and maybe stay in 2011

[sejtur]

Q: You have seemed to have had ups and downs. Did you always give 100 percent or have there been moments where you lacked motivation?
KR: No, there has never been a lack of motivation. All the stories came from the media - basically you guys. I never had any motivation problems. Sure if you have good results life tends to be easier, but then these things happen.

[phil1993]

I think when Kimi goes, a part of F1 will die. Yes, it won't be as big as when Schumi went or when Senna died, but the volume of fans wearing Kimi shirts or sporting Kimi memorabilia was quite phenominal, and only on par with Hamilton (although this is largely due to Spa being the #2 British GP for us British fans).

[syafiqa]

kimi finally spoke out..
what can i conclude
its all about money force him to departure
other reason,he lack of leadership, charismatic, not a team player bla bla bla
He want to drive for them (fully committed),but the team dont want him because of that reasons

Whatever it is,i still believe he will drive for the next season
hope he can get a winning car
And prove to them that he is a worthy champion

Yeah..part of F1 will die if he gone..coz he carried a brand of 'kimi raikkonen'
which make him so special

[Totopupu]

Why so many sad comments?

Kimi say since near 2007 that if he dont find a team with a good car, he will go in an other racing serie.
Alonso and other great driver thinks like Kimi : they dont want to stay 1 or 2 years in F1 in the middle of the grid.

And Kimi will be on McLaren next year

[amoljoshi]

Why so many sad comments?

Kimi say since near 2007 that if he dont find a team with a good car, he will go in an other racing serie.
Alonso and other great driver thinks like Kimi : they dont want to stay 1 or 2 years in F1 in the middle of the grid.

And Kimi will be on McLaren next year

Yes I know he`ll be there. I have full faith in Roberstons. They know how to manage Kimi.

[Jacobss]

I must say, that I'm today very sad. First of all, he's out of Ferrari, second he is still thinking about leaving F1.

I though it would be no so bad if he leaves Ferrari and goes to McLaren, but it's seems he isn't even decided yet if he stay. And I must say that even if he stays in F1, he will be no WDC anymore. I still believe on lack of motivation, even if he say something different - if driver already before the season say "I don't now what to do" it's means there's no motivation at all. "I will stay, maybe not" - It's ridiculous.

And if he leaves, I don't now if there's a reason for me to watch the next F1 season. Although I'm watching F1 long before Raikkonen, there are no drivers which I like (Hakkinen, Schumi).

[blizzard]

I can fully understand you ladies (syafiqa) and guys (sejtur, phil and the others).

I actually had tears in my eyes when Schumi retired. And Suzuka 2006 was one of the sadest days in my life and the emptiness I felt for days after Brazil was really no nice feeling at all.

I hope for us all and especially for you who are his fans that he will stay in F1.

So good luck to him and you and keep your head up! I´m quite optimistic that he will stay in F1.

[amoljoshi]

I must say, that I'm today very sad. First of all, he's out of Ferrari, second he is still thinking about leaving F1.

I though it would be no so bad if he leaves Ferrari and goes to McLaren, but it's seems he isn't even decided yet if he stay. And I must say that even if he stays in F1, he will be no WDC anymore. I still believe on lack of motivation, even if he say something different - if driver already before the season say "I don't now what to do" it's means there's no motivation at all. "I will stay, maybe not" - It's ridiculous.

And if he leaves, I don't now if there's a reason for me to watch the next F1 season. Although I'm watching F1 long before Raikkonen, there are no drivers which I like (Hakkinen, Schumi).

Well you have watched how Kimi acts to situations. Thats how he is mate.

I don`t think there is any problem in his motivation.

[sejtur]

I can fully understand you ladies (syafiqa) and guys (sejtur, phil and the others).

I actually had tears in my eyes when Schumi retired. And Suzuka 2006 was one of the sadest days in my life and the emptiness I felt for days after Brazil was really no nice feeling at all.

I hope for us all and especially for you who are his fans that he will stay in F1.

So good luck to him and you and keep your head up! I´m quite optimistic that he will stay in F1.

I hope he'll get one more WDC with McLaren, after a close and exciting year fighting with Alonso, and then retires and starts a family. He has to go sometime, doesn't he?

When schumi left I was sad also, but he gave us many good moments, so that was good. But for Kimi, I have the feeling he hasn't really proven himself yet to many people. It's still an unfinished chapter for him IMO.

@ Jacobss, what you say about kimi's motivation is not right, because what he said now, he said because he didn't expect to leave Ferrari so soon. He always said this was his last team. Now, he can't go to any "higher" teams in F1, so I at least understand that he thinks about going away.

[blizzard]

I can fully understand you ladies (syafiqa) and guys (sejtur, phil and the others).

I actually had tears in my eyes when Schumi retired. And Suzuka 2006 was one of the sadest days in my life and the emptiness I felt for days after Brazil was really no nice feeling at all.

I hope for us all and especially for you who are his fans that he will stay in F1.

So good luck to him and you and keep your head up! I´m quite optimistic that he will stay in F1.

I hope he'll get one more WDC with McLaren, after a close and exciting year fighting with Alonso, and then retires and starts a family. He has to go sometime, doesn't he?

When schumi left I was sad also, but he gave us many good moments, so that was good. But for Kimi, I have the feeling he hasn't really proven himself yet to many people. It's still an unfinished chapter for him IMO.

@ Jacobss, what you say about kimi's motivation is not right, because what he said now, he said because he didn't expect to leave Ferrari so soon. He always said this was his last team. Now, he can't go to any "higher" teams in F1, so I at least understand that he thinks about going away.

I wouldn´t say he hasn´t proven himself. I think that he was one of F1´s brightest stars from 2003 - 2006.
Whenever I think about Kimi in his McLaren days I think of a driver I very much admired. Still absolutely unbelieveable that he didn´t win a championship at McLaren. In terms of pure talent Kimi must be a 3 times world champion by now.

It would be sad, if he was leaving with only that single championship, because he could have had so much more.
It was only because of reliability, to be honest he was better than Schumi and especially Montoya in 2003, but Mercedes let him down. In 2005 he was the very best without a doubt, but Mercedes let him down once again. In 2004 and 2006, McLaren built an average car.

He could have won 2 championships at McLaren, but the very poor reliability cost him.

Hamilton is so lucky, it´s annoying, no technical failure in 3 years, while Kimi had a tech problem in either qualifying or the race almost every 4 weeks in 2003 and 2005.

It´s actually quite bizarre, that he won the championship in 2007, only his third or fourth best season during his career, whereas he didn´t win it when he was brilliant.

Fate is strange at times isn´t it?

Good luck Kimi, wherever you go.

[Ali]

And Suzuka 2006 was one of the sadest days in my life

Off-Topic: show

Indeed. Very indeed. I felt the same when Schumi's comeback was cancelled.

[sejtur]

Blizzard, I mean it's far better to go out with a boom than on a low. Schumacher's exit way better because he still was fighting for the WDC. Lost it because of terrible luck in the last races. But to say that Suzuka 2006 was one of my saddest days... no. I wish it was though.

[JoostLamers]

You can chagne the poll a bit IMO, it says 'Stays at Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro' but he doesn't have a contract for 2010..