Alonso: Ferrari will be ‘last team I’m racing with’
March 16, 2010 by SJ Skid
Filed under People & Events, SJ Skid
Hard work, the most testing and a ton of work in the simulators led to Ferrari’s one-two finish to start the Formula 1 season, Fernando Alonso says in his debut post-race blog for the team.
He also reaffirms that Ferrari will be his final stop as a racer: “I’ve said it many times over the last [...]
Twitter Item of the Day: Where’s Kimi? Not with the living F1 champs
March 15, 2010 by SJ Skid
Filed under F1B Twitter, F1B's TIOTD, People & Events
One of the kinda neat deals at Bahrain — other than the fantastic racing / rim shot! and I’m here all week — was Formula 1 bringing together as many living champions as possible.
Admittedly, I figure the powers that be got together and said, “Well, heck, we have about 20% of them on the [...]
Frantic F1- Goodbye Kimi
March 15, 2010 by Andrew Middlemore
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Frantic F1, People & Events
Dear kimi.
How is it going my friend? I hear the first WRC rally has not netted you points like your first F1 race did. I guess you need to put your back into it more. Sorry that was a bit tasteless wasn’t it? I will move swiftly on in that case then.
You see [...]
Raikkonen smashes, crashes and rolls at Mexican rally
March 5, 2010 by SJ Skid
Filed under Other Racing, Parc Fermé, People & Events
The official WRC headline says it all:
“Raikkonen out!”
Kimi Raikkonen crashed today near the end of the SS7 stage of the Mexican rally. According to the WRC, the accident happened on a section “littered with hairpin corners.”
Kimi and his co-driver are reportedly OK.
The crash ended what was another very up and down day for the former [...]
Kimi ‘not happy’ with WRC debut, but shows some speed
February 14, 2010 by SJ Skid
Filed under Other Racing, Parc Fermé
Kimi Raikkonen rallied back to finish 30th in the Swedish Rally. Mikko Hirvonen won the event and Sebastien Loeb finished a fairly distant second — after essentially deciding to play it safe and get the points.
These guys need a medal system!
It isn’t just me saying Loeb turned the aggression down — that’s how the [...]


































