Massa test drove it today, and he himself said it looks and feels like a Formula 3 car.
Gone are the days when Formula1 was a glamor sport.
Idiot Bernie Fossil.
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Massa test drove it today, and he himself said it looks and feels like a Formula 3 car.
Gone are the days when Formula1 was a glamor sport.
Idiot Bernie Fossil.
Kimi Raikkonen admits that 2008 was not his finest of seasons, but at the launch of the new F60 challenger today, the 2007 champion makes clear that he expects to be back in the title hunt this year.
"The last year was not exactly what I wanted but it is in the past now and we try this year again," he said in a video interview. "Of course there is a big question mark how quick the car is and who makes the best car because the rules have changed a lot. I think we are very confident that the car should be very good and we will see that in the next few weeks - how good it is against the others. For sure we try to win both championships but we start testing and then go from there."
The latest generation of Formula One machinery is not particularly attractive with a number of drivers skirting around the issue that the new regulations result in an ugly package. But for Raikkonen, the look is not that important.
"It looks different because of the new regulations but I think after looking at it for a little while you get used to it and for me it looks different but it looks very good," he said. "I'm happy to see it tomorrow on the running at the circuit and see how it goes."
The former champion is well-known for his dislike of Formula One activities away from the track and is looking forward to getting back to racing when the season kicks off in March.
"The racing is the most important thing, the nicest thing for us so it is nice to get back in the car, especially with a new car which is always good fun. It will be very nice to bet back in racing when we start in Melbourne," he concluded.
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"It looks different because of the new regulations but I think after looking at it for a little while you get used to it and for me it looks different but it looks very good," he said.
It's ugly.
No matter how long you look at it.
Too Right it looks weird a big no no :no:Quote:
Originally Posted by Noxide
Ferrari has confirmed that a decision about whether to use Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems in its newly launched F60 has not yet been taken.
As Felipe Massa on Monday put the first laps on the new car at Mugello, he also marked the Maranello-based outfit's track-debut of the energy-recovery technology.
Ferrari has had a troubled development phase with KERS, developed in conjunction with Magneti-Marelli.
"When we realise that the performance guaranteed by KERS is up to expectations, then it is our task to use it," team boss Stefano Domenicali said.
The team was satisfied with the F60 roll-out, but Brazilian Massa acknowledged to the Italian newspaper La Stampa that a few expected 'little problems' did crop up.
"We used KERS a little at the beginning, gradually increasing the power and so far it has been positive," he said.
Domenicali said he expects KERS to continue to be a challenge for Ferrari, and declined to give a yes or no answer as to whether the system will be fitted to the car in Melbourne in 72 days.
"Reliability played a very heavy burden on us last season, so the first objective is to understand the potential of KERS and then solve all the reliability problems," the Italian explained.
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It's not really that complicated...
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Originally Posted by Noxide
For the Kimi fans
Ferrari's world champion of 2007 Kimi Raikkonen is an 'unbelievable' character, team boss Stefano Domenicali said on Wednesday.
At the traditional 'Wrooom' ski and media event in the Italian Dolomites, Domenicali was asked about the famous personality of the team's reticent Finnish driver, who carries the nickname 'Iceman' on his helmet.
"Kimi lives in another world; on another planet," he is quoted as saying by the German news agency SID.
Domenicali's point is reinforced by an anecdote of the Italian press following the launch of the new F60 earlier this week.
According to colleagues who attended the Mugello roll-out of the 2009 car, while drivers Felipe Massa, Michael Schumacher, Luca Badoer and Marc Gene conversed in the paddock, 29-year-old Raikkonen was asleep in a car in the carpark.
"Kimi isolates himself," Domenicali confirmed.
"If he feels pressure, then it's only because he has put it on himself."
"Nothing that is coming from the outside affects him at all - and that is unbelievable," he said.
Domenicali said he would never expect Raikkonen to emerge from the winter break and 'has suddenly learned Italian', or is 'suddenly smiling'.
"That is not the way he is," the Italian explained. "But he is completely impatient to drive and win races again."