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Feb142020 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Raikkonen drove the new Alfa down the track for the first time

Kimi Raikkonen presented this year's Alfa Romeo car at the Fioran racetrack today. The C39-marked race car was dressed in a black snakeskin this time. The inspiration for such a color image, which will most likely not be used during the season, can be drawn from the team's logo. This one contains a large snake that is a red man. The entire symbol is otherwise exempt from the symbol of the important Italian Visconti family from the 11th century. Another proof, it is only a promotional image, is also the logo on the bonnet, which is in the shape of a heart, as it is Valentine's Day today. The official image is expected to be presented on Monday morning in Barcelona before the first pre-season tests this year. The Swiss team will once again compete in an unchanged racing line-up this year. The race car will know even more

October302019 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Raikkonen's crazy Audi RS6 is for sale - for a crazy price

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Kimi Raikkonen is known both in the world of Formula 1 and in the world of rallying. The Finn won the world title with Ferrari in 2007 and has an enviable collection of steel (and carbon) horses in his garage. Among them, there will now be no more Audi RS6 year 2014, which in the factory specification with a 4-liter V8 engine via four-wheel drive to the ground transferred 552 horsepower and accelerated to 3.9km / h in just 100 seconds. After a professional procedure (installation of a BSR tuning chip), an incredible 680 horsepower was extracted from the eight-cylinder, and acceleration to 100 km / h should take less than three seconds. If, as a potential new owner, the extra power bothers you, disassembling the chip should be a fairly straightforward process. The RS6 is for sale on 22-inch Vossen rims and has a mileage of 69.000 kilometers

Avg292019 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Raikkonen: Drinking is safer than sports!

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Kimi Raikkonen's performance in the race in Belgium is in question, as the Alfa Romeo racer injured his leg during the summer holidays. Marcus Ericsson, the team's reserve racer, has arrived at the Spa Francorchamps racetrack and will take over the car if Raikkonen is unable to continue after free practice. "We need a backup plan," explained the 2007 season champion. "It would be foolish not to have a backup racer present in case I can't drive. That's why every team has a third racer. It's not the easiest thing for Marcus to have. Weekend performance in the Indycar series, but that's just the way it is. " It is not known what problems Raikkonen has, but the racer, who also holds the nickname "King of Spaja" due to his success at this Belgian racetrack, says that he will probably have no problems. "The situation is improving

Jul212019 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Pickle Time: Kimi to Ferrari instead of Vettl?

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The time of pickles, or "silly season" as a period when, in the absence of real news and rumors of one kind or another, spread in Formula 1, served as a new, crazy rumor. Namely, Sebastian Vettel is expected to leave the Ferrari team after this season. But the fact that the German will end his cooperation with Ferrari is part of many rumors, but now it is rumored that he will be replaced by Kimi Raikkonen. The Finn left his place in the car from Maranello to Charles Leclerc before this season, but according to the rumors of the Italian media, he is expected to return to the Ferrari team for the third time in his career. Vettel ranks third in the F1 Championship with 100 points behind leader Lewis Hamilton, although the four-time world champion with Ferrari is expected to be one of the main favs this year

Mar82019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Raikkonen: Our position is a great unknown

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Kimi Raikkonen said that it is very difficult to assess the position of the Alfa Romeo team before the start of the season in terms of competitiveness, as it could not fully explore the full potential of the car in tests. The team seems to be positioned in a tight fight in the middle of the table, not at the very top of the table, as it seemed after the first test week in Barcelona. "Where we are at the moment remains a big unknown. But I believe it is the same for the other teams. We will do our best and see what this will bring in the first race, from then on it will be necessary to continue development throughout the season. where we would like to be but I believe we would get the same answer from other teams. " "In testing, we didn't focus on setting up a fast lap

Mar22019 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

VIDEO: 'On-board' round with Raikkonen's helmet

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You simply should not miss this clip. Alfa Romeo and Kimi Raikkonen allowed us a very rare shot of a lap in Catalonia, taken by a Finn with a camera mounted in his helmet. Would you be happy with such a view even during race broadcasts? KIMI MODE 🎥 Admit it. You've always wanted to see things from the Iceman's perspective 👀 Jump onboard for a very special installation lap in Barcelona ... # F1 @alfaromeoracing pic.twitter.com/czGRhQek6k - Formula 1 (@ F1) March 2, 2019

Feb282019 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

VIDEO: Raikkonen just fixed his race seat himself

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Kimi Raikkonen posted a video on his Instagram profile of himself doing a minor seat repair from his Alfa Romeo car. The Finn is obviously not only good at turning the steering wheel of F1 cars, but he wrote next to the video: "I didn't go to school in vain." View this post on Instagram I didnt go to school for nothing. A post shared by Kimi Räikkönen (@kimimatiasraikkonen) on Feb 28, 2019 at 7:15 am PST

Feb202019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Raikkonen at the top of the morning part of the third day of testing

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Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time of the morning part of the third day of testing in Barcelona. The Alfa Romeo racer was below the 1:17.762 mark for the first time this week with a time of 1: 18 after completing a few laps with a C4 tire (the second softest version) in the last hour. Before that, Sebastian Vettel would be at the top with Ferrari, which was the only one with less than a second behind the Finn with eighty laps. The third is currently Nico Hulkenberg. The French team has decided not to use the DRS system at least in the morning after Daniel Ricciard spectacularly flew off part of the back wing on the start-finish plane yesterday. Danil Kvyat broke through to fourth place in the last moments of the morning work, thus ousting his former teammate Max V to fifth.

Feb182019 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Raikkonen: The Alfa Romeo C38 is a big step forward

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After the first day of testing in the Alfa Romeo C38 car, Kimi Raikkonen estimated that the team has made a big step forward this year, compared to last year's car. The Finn surprisingly joined the Sauber team before this season, which was then taken over by Italian Alfa Romeo. The former Ferrari racer tested Sauber's car last year in Abu Dhabi, and is confident of progress in tests after the end of the season, after the first day of testing in Barcelona, where he set the fifth time. “The first day was very positive,” said the 2007 season champion, who started the day by spinning in the first lap but then drove 114 laps. "Right at the beginning we didn't change the settings much, just a little bit here and there. The guys did a very good job during the winter and we have a package available,

Feb142019 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

VIDEO: Raikkonen behind the wheel of the new Alfa Romeo F1 for the first time

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Kimi Raikkonen has already driven the first kilometers in his Alfa Romeo car this year in Fioran this morning. The car surprised with a special painting for Valentine's Day, and even more with a radically different front wing, which we have not seen on any other car. Given that the upper elements of the wing end in front of the sides of the wing, the question is whether it is their actual design, or perhaps it is a “feint” with which they want to confuse opponents. Seme solo Kimi Raikkonen alla guida oggi. #AlfaRomeoRacing #FUnoAT # F1 pic.twitter.com/gMdvjvIqpC - Giuliano Duchessa (@GiulyDuchessa) February 14, 2019