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not feeling too good. Although I have to believe the new car is ready to go, but I fear if they can bring the updates as the year goes on that you need

Ferrari should have replaced massa with kimi for 2013. Fernando and Kimi in one team? wcc would have been won easily, wdc would have been close between these two.

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So do we know for sure Allison and Permane are both gone? I fear they know the $$$$$$$$$ is not there for Lotus or something big. If not why leave when they had a year like last year to grow on....

Thanks for many good posts... having a F1 vacation. 28th and practices will be the time i creep back from the "closet"

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We will know more after the launch. I couldn't care less if permane is out of the door.
Regarding Allison, so far no credible source has mentioned hin leaving. So far it's all internet speculation. Allison strikes me as a guy who would fulfill his contract rather than just grab the money from a bigger team.

Lotus sign up with Alpinestars. More info on lotusf1tem. Kimi is in Enstone, there is some pics on LotusF1 twitter.

I agree 100%... Allison is KEY... he is very bright and does well on a mid field budget

Less than a day and a lot of things will hopefully be clear

So Allison confirmed at Lotus but not Permane

Source?

Even if he goes, the team will do ok. Lotus already lost bigger names, like Bob Bell. McLaren lost Fry and they built second or even the fastest car last year.

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no... I think Allison is a huge name.... plus I think if I remember right Bob Bell is an engine man not designer of cars... correct me if I am wrong

According to Wikipedia he has a doctorate in Aeronautical Engineering. He was technical director since 2003, so he was responsible for 2005 and 6 titles and he was also CEO and TP for a short time.

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Read it somewhere. It says that Lotus confirmed that Allison is staying although he was approached by bigger teams

Allison was being head hunted by Mercedes, but he is not interested.

"Lauda calls Allison every day, but the contract of James is bullet proof. And he doesn't want to leave."
http://www.speedweek.de/art_32214.html

The fact that he apparently intends to stay where he is suggest that he has sufficient faith in the ownership and management that all is well.
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/01/ ... t-enstone/

Good to hear! ... i knew at the car launch when kimi shaked hands with allison he will be staying.

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Why does the E21 feature Kimi's name? Is that a new sponsor or what?

i think they not got the deal done with honeywell yet, and they are suggesting that the logo could go there, and its the same colours,

Kimis new helmet. I like it. http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/f1/uutiset.shtml/2013/01/1699057/raikkosen-uusi-kypara-julki---katso-kuvat#

Kind of digging it.

Love the helmet

Like it and will likely once again be one of my top 3 F1 helmets out there for this season.
That top part is just perfect, but could have done with slightly simpler design on the side.

Wow..Nice helmet..More like the kimi helmets..! Great that there is more of black in his helmet...

Updated my sig. Haven't posted here in a while

Love the helmet very much

Uffe Tagström says Kimi knows what he wants , he gives to Kimi five different proposal and Kimi picks the one he likes most.

Kimi's new helmet looks nice !!

Got to say, that's a pretty awesome looking helmet, I liiiike it.

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Not as stylish as the 2012 helmet.

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Button vs Alonso, 2004 Hockenheim - Button completely failed to do an "around the outside" as Raikkonen did (1.25):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSLhCi09rqQ

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Boullier says Kimi is the team's lead driver.

"He is definitely the lead driver in the team, even though they have equal status and both cars are technically very similar," Boullier told AUTOSPORT.

"Kimi is the natural fit to be the lead driver, but then we will see how the season develops."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105346

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Well, of course he has to say that. He thrashed Grosjean in every way possible except for some quali sessions in the first half and most of them were justifiable

I hope we dont get a repeat of the early stages of last year, where Kimi was stronger than Romain but was held back by the team.

Either way, I think Romain will up his game this year. And Kimi should qualify better if the tyres turn out to be as described/predicted. Several wins from Kimi this year and I will be really pleased. Although I think it'll be very tough out there!

" Raikkonen is arguably the least capable World Champion on the grid.

Last season he showed a strong conservative nature, not wishing to dive in and risk the car in major moves, ducking out of a key overtaking move on Vettel which lost him an early race victory. He finished a lot of races, but it wasn't exactly balls out stuff."

wow... Davies is killing Kimi on this site.... I think passing Schumi at Spa and Hulkenburg at Austin are two of the best moves all year... I am curious where he thinks Webber or Alonso made a bigger "balls move" than Kimi this year

^ Tell me about it. Was a shocking read and kinda made me laugh too..... a little. Is AD the one who favours Alonso?

I agree, some of Kimi's moves last year were TOP drawer. I was very impressed. Especially for someone who had not taken part in regular wheel-wheel racing. It was like the Kimi of old days, very daring and agressive. Really looking forward to seeing him race this year. Providing the car is under him and dialled in correctly.

he seemed to imply he ranks the likes of Webber as better... very odd....

Fairly sure he said "least capable World Champion".

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I'd definitely rank Kimi ahead of Button not so sure about Vettel/Alonso/Hamilton though. It was crass for Davies to question Kimi's overtaking skills, he seemed to do more overtaking without DRS than most last year

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correct, but he later goes on to rank Webber highly was my point and he did not seem to rank Kimi highly either as a Champ or driver period...