Happy Birthday Kimi Räikkönen!!!

O jeito tímido, calado e o talento dentro das pistas transformaram o finlandês loiro de olhos azuis e muito lindo da Sauber em Kimi Räikkönen. No ídolo Kimi Räikkönen.
No ídolo que me fez rir, me fez chorar, me deixou feliz, me deixou triste, me fez ir do desespero a euforia em apenas algumas voltas. Mas que NUNCA, em hipótese alguma me decepcionou.

O ídolo que me ensinou que não importa quem eu seja ou onde eu esteja, eu não sou melhor do que ninguém e que ninguém é melhor do que eu. Me ensinou a nunca desistir dos meus sonhos não importa o quão impossíveis eles pareçam, me ensinou que eu tenho que ser quem eu realmente sou e não quem querem que eu seja, que eu tenho que viver a minha vida do jeito que me faz feliz e que dane-se o que os outros pensam de mim. Me ensinou que erros, acertos, vitorias e derrotas são inevitáveis na vida e que eu tenho que lidar com isso sem esquecer de quem eu realmente sou, me ensinou a nunca passar por cima dos meus princípios pra conseguir meus objetivos.

O ídolo que me deu amigos, de todas as coisas que o Kimi trouxe pra minha vida, os amigos, as amizades verdadeiras que conquistei por causa dele, foram as mais importantes, e alguns desses amigos ficaram em minha vida para sempre me fazendo lembrar que o meu coração tinha razão em escolher o Kimi.

Meu pai uma vez me perguntou por que o Kimi – alguém que eu nunca vi pessoalmente e que nem sabe que eu existo – era tão importante na minha vida, acho que a resposta tá no texto acima.

Kimi não precisa saber quem eu sou, eu não preciso – mas é um dos meus maiores sonhos – conhece-lo pessoalmente pra que ele seja tão especial e importante na minha vida, são as lembranças – das mais tristes as mais felizes – são as lições que eu aprendi com ele – que me tornaram a pessoa que sou hoje – mesmo a distância, são os amigos, é isso que tona o Kimi essencial e importante na minha vida.

Acho que é isso que eu tenho pra dizer, ou melhor, para agradecer ao kimi hoje, no dia em que ele completa 32 anos de vida.

“Today, the day you complete 32 years, I would like to thank you for everything, for everything you taught me, thanks for tears, but mostly thanks for every smile.

Today on your birthday, I would say that no matter what happens or where you are, I will always be with you.

That’s it, just wanted you to know how much you are special and important in my life.

Thank you for everything and Happy Birthday Kimi Matias Räikkönen”

Bjus, Ana Lú ☺

Kimi Räikkönen sets up his own motocross team

Fonte: Octeto | Helsingin Sanomat/Dica: Sleenster

Kimi Räikkönen sets up his own motocross team

On Thursday rally driver Kimi Räikkönen will officially present his own motocross team, which will take part in next season's championship.

The Ice1Racing team has two Finnish riders, Toni Eriksson, 24, and Ludde Söderberg, 20. The pair from Vantaa will compete in the MX1 class, which is the premier class in the World Championship.

The team will use Kawasaki motorcycles and the team leader is seven times enduro champion Kari Tiainen. Räikkönen has won the world championship title in F1.

Räikkönen as a child has already dreamt of motocross even though he became a successful track and rally driver.

The purpose of the team is to offer young people and gifted Finnish riders a path to the top of the series. There are also junior riders in the team.

Räikkönen will participate in a World Championship series next season but in a completely different discipline. He participates in the World Rally Championship series with a Citroën DS3 car.


Ana Lú ♥

Solberg and Raikkonen test DS3 WRC

Fonte: Oceto | maxrally.com/Dica: Sleenster


Solberg and Raikkonen test DS3 WRC
By Anthony Peacock

The 2003 World Rally champion Petter Solberg and 2007 Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen have both finally got to test the Citroen DS3 WRC that they will use this year – with mixed verdicts.

Solberg drove the car for around 250 kilometres in Sweden on Saturday, while Raikkonen covered a slightly shorter distance on Sunday. While Solberg said that the car suited him, he also had to battle with understeer throughout most of the day.

“There was a lot of understeer that we had to try to eliminate and we almost succeeded,” said the Norwegian. “But I’d like to try and beat Sebastien Loeb. We’ve got to try.”

Raikkonen enjoyed his first taste of the DS3 and is also aiming to up his game in 2011, according to co-driver Kaj Lindstrom, who accompanied ‘the iceman’ on his Swedish test. “We’re about to start our second season, which means that we have to improve in every area,” said Lindstrom. “In the second year, the mistakes get fewer and it’s easier to have good results. But we’ve still got to be very careful on each event.”

Raikkonen has been tipped for a top-six finish in Sweden next week by his team manager, Benoit Nogier.


Ana Lú ♥

Kimi Räikkönen returns to the public after a period of mourning

Fonte: Octeto | MTV3/Dica: Sleenster

Kimi Räikkönen returns to the public after a period of mourning

Kimi, who lost his father tragically before Christmas has not appeared in public since the beginning of the year.

The mourning period is now officially behind us because Kimi will return to the public on Thursday, February 3 at the Helsinki Fair Centre.

At that time the MP 11 motorcycle trade show will begin at the exhibition centre, where Kimi and enduro legend Kari Tiainen's common motocross team ICE1RACING is represented. A press conference outlining the team's goals this year is arranged in connection with the exhibition.

During the coming year Kimi's time will be taken up by the motocross team and also by the World Rally Championship series which starts on Thursday, February 10 at Rally Sweden.

– Kimi returns from a break now and the work will begin on Thursday next week, Kimi's PR manager, Riku Kuvaja tells to MTV3.


Ana Lú ♥

Raikkonen tipped for top six in Sweden

Fonte: Octeto | wrc.com (via @officialwrc)

Raikkonen tipped for top six in Sweden

Kimi Raikkonen's team manager has tipped the ex-Formula One world champion to challenge for a top six finish on Rally Sweden next week.

Benoit Nogier, who will oversee the ICE 1 Racing operation on 10 rounds of the World Rally Championship, believes the Finn can shine on the snow-coated Swedish stages.

“I expect him to be in the battle - not for the podium but for the points,” said Nogier. “I think a top six finish for Kimi in Sweden is something we can expect and I hope he will be at this level on Friday, to expect this result on Sunday.”

Raikkonen, who got his first taste of Citroen’s new DS3 WRC during a test in Sweden last weekend, finished 10th in the final WRC drivers’ standings in 2010. Nogier said he was delighted when Raikkonen confirmed he would be returning for a second season in the WRC.

“It was very important [he has come back] because with Kimi we had the worst part with him last year, it was his first season in rally,” said Nogier. “We had two or three bad moments in the season, but it was very important to carry on with him now and to begin to build something very interesting and to start to not crash the car, but finish the rally and start to get good results. He can do this.”

Nogier said he expects Raikkonen to approach the season on a rally-by-rally basis, adding: “The goal will change rally after rally. Of course, we will try to get the best results we can from the beginning of the season. For the new events, for example Australia, it is important to just reach the finish line of the rally.”

He continued: “Kimi enjoyed driving the C4 so I cannot imagine that he will be disappointed with the DS3. I am very optimistic that Kimi will like it.”


Super animada para a volta do WRC.
GO Kimi!!!

Ana Lú ♥