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I have to ask this question again.. Anyone knows who's the sponsor on the intake above the driver's head in Red and white? Does it say "Kimi" and if so, why?

Its not unusual for f1 team to have their drivers names on the cars. Not everything printed on the car has to be a sponsor commercial. Remember Mclaren back in the days

So it is confirmed its Kimi's name?

Even on Romain's car?

I do remember the McLaren's featuring their drivers names, but after that no other team have done it again

it wasn't on Grosjean's car. On his car he had 'Romain' written in this place, not Kimi.

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=lotus+ ... ,s:0,i:179

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I thought the names Kimi and Romain where there just temporarily and Lotus are going to put Honeywell there when and if they seal the sponsorship deal.

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They used driver names simply because they had to remove the tobacco sponsor's ad 'WEST".

You can clearly see they used driver names but with the distinct 2 lines of WEST logo. This was probably until the sponsorship contract ran out.
Later there were races where the same space did not have the WEST logo, and simply had the driver name.

Either ways, I think in the case of Lotus, the space seems to be for a sponsor, rumored to be Honeywell but not just yet.
Maybe by the next season or by Melbourne.

Eromyllerryksen in the middle of a Formula One star Kimi Räikkönen advertise your car in Spain.
At the same time, the data Kimi Räikkönen and Jenni Dahlman-Räikkönen legal separation Myller, hung in the balance in Finland, Kimi himself basked in Spain car hero of the ad.

Kimi described yesterday, Friday, Catalonia, Costa Brava Renault Megane ad. Rantahietikolla described in samples from Kimi posing with a description of a group of dark-colored long sleeve sweater and jeans.







It seems like Kimi is in good shape for the new season.

thanks for the clarification guys

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Aren't they denying that though, and doing some legal actions against the paper the published this?

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Ok more than I heard.. Just read it in a Swedish newspaper today.

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All this and still not distracted. He is the Iceman indeed.

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who cares about his personal life.... All that should matter is the racing. Everyone has up and downs int heir personal life

Riku Kuvaja said that the story is total bullshit.

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Actually I don't think it involves Kimi in any way who Jenni spends her time with. I couldn't care less who she's dating or not-dating.

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and his drive at mclaren

Kimi has apparently switched from Arai helmets to Bell HP7, which he tried out during last week's tests.

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Gro uses Bell. Maybe easier for Lotus?

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I really think Kimi will have his work cut out more this year against Romain.

If there's a driver on the grid who can deal with a competitive team mate, it's Kimi.

I would like to see a lot more laps for Lotus in testing... I like the speed, but they seem to spend a lot of time in the pits. Usually it Kimi as he likes things changed a lot on the car, but none the less.

promising times from kimi?

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Lotus had trouble with telemetry. They could not run long runs, just short ones because the connection between pit and car was cutting.

Times are fast...

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Quote: Autosport:

F1 Testing: Kimi Raikkonen frustrated by data issue on day one
Tuesday, February 19th 2013, 18:05 GMT

"Kimi Raikkonen Lotus F1 2013Kimi Raikkonen ended day one of Barcelona Formula 1 testing frustrated as a data issue limited Lotus's mileage.
Raikkonen was second quickest, just 0.007 seconds behind pacesetter Nico Rosberg's Mercedes.
But the Finn's tally of 44 laps was the lowest of the day, as problems with data-logging diagnostics interrupted Lotus's programme.

"We only did short runs," said Raikkonen."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105625

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Would like him to get more laps under his belt especially when you consider how many laps some of the others have done, always seems to be some kind of niggling problem with Lotus.

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What makes you think so? Kimi is coming into this season stronger than the last.

Woww..Again two and a half hour already passed for today and no time set yet.

Yeah it's embarrassing.

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Offical reason: gearbox change

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From Autosport Live:

Well that seems to b pretty much testing over in with less than 100 laps..Woww

Well, still better than last year I guess, when they had to skip a whole test because of the chassis issues.
I wonder though if they want Kimi to still test a bit instead of Grosjean, assuming they can fix the car for tomorrow.

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new gearbox... hope to have him out in the next hour....

Fingers crossed!

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3rd fastest is nice.... BUT, these tires are falling apart so fast for these teams... Kimi added a second per lap for the 3 following laps.

http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews ... 14278.html

Some gems in there.

About the issue they've been having:
Q: Looking at 2013 and the new car, the first test in Jerez seemed to be pretty positive for the team. Can you confirm that?
KR: We didn’t have any real issues in Jerez. The biggest problem here and in Jerez is basically the new software. We lose all the data when we are running - that is not very good when you are testing and you have some issues with parts and you cannot see it in real time. The car itself is running well - we just have to get that stupid data logging system fixed.

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Q: Does it surprise you that you are still Ferrari’s last world champion?
KR: Ha! Yes it’s nice. But it will change one day. Maybe this year, maybe next year!

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