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Re: The Kimi Rally Monster Cool Lounge

Post by Kriss » 11 Nov 2011, 19:54

Moominpappa wrote:I think like lui. I so hope that it's not only the money. I so much hope that Kimi continue driving WRC full time.
I doubt that he will finance it :fear:

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Post by Moominpappa » 11 Nov 2011, 19:57

Kriss wrote:
sleenster wrote:Sounds like McLaren negotiations all over again. :(
probably with the same result :confused:
Hopefully :wave:

Kimi has improved very fast and I (as like Kaj) want to see how good he could be as rally driver.
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Post by Mar » 11 Nov 2011, 20:42

In my case, I don't understand what has happened this afternoon, to begin with.

During the FIA press conference, Williams says he can't comment on Kimi but then he goes out of the press conference, and a few minutes later he says a Finnish journalist that they are talking the money issue with Kimi :huh: How can he go from "I can't comment" to say they have to agree on the money?

Then we have the issue about a team boss saying to the press that he is talking with a driver but he wants too much money. True or not, it puts the driver in a bad light, it could be interpreted as "the driver is greedy". Me not like it :confused:

I would not be too surprised, though, if that were the real situation. There is a guy in Autosport I trust (he is really related with motorsport, I have checked it earlier with things not related to Kimi), and he said about a week ago that he had heard Williams and Kimi had already agreeded everything except the money.

And I would not be surprised if Kimi was asking for an important amount of money. He could simply take it a bit like: if I'm going to do this job, you are going to pay me what I deserve or I just stay at home. I still remember how Sleenster told last winter "once a pay-driver, always a pay-driver" and she was right. Look how Quesnel said several times they wanted Kimi to spend more money but he wouldn't... and so on :roll::

May this end like the McLaren story? Maybe. In my case, it would hurt less, though :lol: First, because I'm a McLaren fan and second because that Williams is sooooooooooo bad. The thought of watching a world champion lapped again and again and again every race, hurts :(

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Post by sleenster » 11 Nov 2011, 21:49

I don't think Kimi and Williams are as close as everyone thinks they are actually. For weeks McLaren/Kimi were saying all they needed was his signature, and look how that turned out :roll::

Is there any news about the sponsorship from Qatar? If a company was really interested in sponsoring them would it really take that long to reach a deal? :confused: All these stories about how Williams is going there to try to get sponsorship, how much convincing does Williams have to do anyway? :confused:

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Post by Kriss » 11 Nov 2011, 21:52

Mar wrote: May this end like the McLaren story? Maybe. In my case, it would hurt less, though :lol: First, because I'm a McLaren fan and second because that Williams is sooooooooooo bad. The thought of watching a world champion lapped again and again and again every race, hurts :(
I agree completely :thumbsup:
(maybe that's why he wants more money :zz: I'm just kidding )

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Post by iceman1 » 12 Nov 2011, 04:58

Frank Williams MTV3 interview about Kimi Raikkonen


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjoI5JzhPSk

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Post by Mar » 12 Nov 2011, 09:09

Thanks Iceman! :thumbsup:

Domenicalli :roll::

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Post by Claudie_Schnaudie » 12 Nov 2011, 10:03

Thanks :)
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Post by Juustoleipa » 12 Nov 2011, 10:15

If i put my speculations here i'd say: They want to agree with the future plans and the price of it. If the contract is over 1 year long, there are certain risks for Kimi. For example he propably don't want to find himself stuck somewhere with no signs of developement if it turns out to be like that after first year.
For Williams it's the same thing. How much they want to invest on such a risk? What do they get from it and is there another options that would bring the same with less risks?
Kimi is offcourse more known than any other option at the moment.

Personally i don't believe any of this until something is official. It may just be another show for the fans and the sport. If there is something going on, managers will offcourse take every dollar possible becouse it's their job and their income depends of the contract also.
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Post by beefree88 » 12 Nov 2011, 10:22

Mar wrote:In my case, I don't understand what has happened this afternoon, to begin with.

During the FIA press conference, Williams says he can't comment on Kimi but then he goes out of the press conference, and a few minutes later he says a Finnish journalist that they are talking the money issue with Kimi :huh: How can he go from "I can't comment" to say they have to agree on the money?

Then we have the issue about a team boss saying to the press that he is talking with a driver but he wants too much money. True or not, it puts the driver in a bad light, it could be interpreted as "the driver is greedy". Me not like it :confused:

I would not be too surprised, though, if that were the real situation. There is a guy in Autosport I trust (he is really related with motorsport, I have checked it earlier with things not related to Kimi), and he said about a week ago that he had heard Williams and Kimi had already agreeded everything except the money.

And I would not be surprised if Kimi was asking for an important amount of money. He could simply take it a bit like: if I'm going to do this job, you are going to pay me what I deserve or I just stay at home. I still remember how Sleenster told last winter "once a pay-driver, always a pay-driver" and she was right. Look how Quesnel said several times they wanted Kimi to spend more money but he wouldn't... and so on :roll::

May this end like the McLaren story? Maybe. In my case, it would hurt less, though :lol: First, because I'm a McLaren fan and second because that Williams is sooooooooooo bad. The thought of watching a world champion lapped again and again and again every race, hurts :(
Back then Kimi had an offer that was better for him, than what Macca offered so he easily refused to accept less than he wanted (and I don't mean financially). Now I'm not sure if he has a relly good other choice. Anyway we'll see how he decided even if we won't necessarily know why. :fear:
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Re: The Kimi Rally Monster Cool Lounge

Post by Mar » 12 Nov 2011, 11:00

beefree88 wrote:
Mar wrote:In my case, I don't understand what has happened this afternoon, to begin with.

During the FIA press conference, Williams says he can't comment on Kimi but then he goes out of the press conference, and a few minutes later he says a Finnish journalist that they are talking the money issue with Kimi :huh: How can he go from "I can't comment" to say they have to agree on the money?

Then we have the issue about a team boss saying to the press that he is talking with a driver but he wants too much money. True or not, it puts the driver in a bad light, it could be interpreted as "the driver is greedy". Me not like it :confused:

I would not be too surprised, though, if that were the real situation. There is a guy in Autosport I trust (he is really related with motorsport, I have checked it earlier with things not related to Kimi), and he said about a week ago that he had heard Williams and Kimi had already agreeded everything except the money.

And I would not be surprised if Kimi was asking for an important amount of money. He could simply take it a bit like: if I'm going to do this job, you are going to pay me what I deserve or I just stay at home. I still remember how Sleenster told last winter "once a pay-driver, always a pay-driver" and she was right. Look how Quesnel said several times they wanted Kimi to spend more money but he wouldn't... and so on :roll::

May this end like the McLaren story? Maybe. In my case, it would hurt less, though :lol: First, because I'm a McLaren fan and second because that Williams is sooooooooooo bad. The thought of watching a world champion lapped again and again and again every race, hurts :(
Back then Kimi had an offer that was better for him, than what Macca offered so he easily refused to accept less than he wanted (and I don't mean financially). Now I'm not sure if he has a relly good other choice. Anyway we'll see how he decided even if we won't necessarily know why. :fear:
What scares me is that Kimi does have another choice: to stay at home. :fear:

He doen't need the money so he is in the position of saying "you give me what I deserve (money or whatever) or I don't take it"

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Post by Claudie_Schnaudie » 12 Nov 2011, 11:02

Yeah but I think that he would be bored very easily! I think that he needs something to do! Well maybe he would care more about his Motocross team? Well anyway I´m almost sure that he will at least drive something. But of course when it comes to Kimi you never know what´s going on in his head
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Post by sleenster » 12 Nov 2011, 13:21

Both Williams on the back row of the grid Image

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Re: The Kimi Rally Monster Cool Lounge

Post by Mar » 12 Nov 2011, 13:28

I simply...
The change of the rules for next year is so small that I don't really know how can they improve.
Maybe I'm a bit negative at the moment because of what happened today morning, but at the moment I can only look at it like lose-lose situation. ::oops:;

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Post by sleenster » 12 Nov 2011, 13:38

Well, if Kimi wants to get paid for driving around at the back then he better get paid well for it :roll::

Although if Kimi doesn't budge on salary issues usually he'll be the one that loses out because there are a long line of drivers waiting for that seat, with some of them bringing sponsorship as well.

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