it's official -- kimi WAS the jinx

[bbt]

http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/08022007/...p-ferrari.html
Kimi Raikkonen's pre-season niggles persisted on Wednesday when the Finn spent much of his test day in the red shod garage.

La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that at Jerez the 27-year-old's new F2007 Ferrari broke down on the circuit with a failed engine at 1.30pm, as his team-mate Felipe Massa returned from a bout of 'flu and topped the times.

also:

http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/07022007/...ars-break.html
Finn Raikkonen, 27, has moved to the Maranello based team to replace the retiring Michael Schumacher, but some have suggested that he is not as complete a package as the great German.

"Raikkonen went to Ferrari because his McLarens always broke down," Italian Zanardi, who last drove in formula one for Williams in 1999, told La Gazzetta dello Sport.

He continued : "But now it seems like his red car is always broken and (Ron) Dennis' machines run like clockwork."

[nugundam93]

oh noes!!!!!!!1!

i'd give him the rest of preseason testing muna.

[vhenok]

hehe BAD NEWS yan!

[jeff1101]

Hmm, this isnt the first time this happened to the scarlet car. M. Schumacher had his string of bad luck last year when his engine failed in the deciding race. I think the switch to V8s has leveled the playing field where reliability is concerned.

Anyway have you seen the recent rush of team car debuts for the 2007 series? I actually like the Ferrari cars look this time around. With the Marlboro branding gone theres actually more red and less of the white to disrupt the nice convoluted contours of this years Ferrari car.

Heres my list of favourite car in order of attractiveness (to me at least).

1. Ferrari F2007 - Nice new shade of red for this year actually makes it look better, I also like the new narrow waist (a la coke bottle) of the cars rear end).

2. Mclaren MP4-22 - I dont like the color of the new livery, too much red disrupting the black and silver. The number of aerodynamic protrusions on the bodywork along with the slim waist (like Ferrari) make this car look ***y.

3. Spyker F8-VII - Its a surprise to me that I like this car. The color scheme is totally new for any team in F1 so far and surprisingly well suited to the look of the car. The sharp, straight and narrow nose cone certainly is very recognizable and unique compared to the rest of the teams. Overall a very nice looking car.

4. Renault R27 - I kinda like the new color scheme for this car, other than that it looks very similar to last years car (which I like). Also the aero plate shields on the side pods that doubles as side view mirrors is a new feature I kinda like simply for its originality although how long they will carry it for the rest of the season I dont know.


Also rans...

1. Williams FW - although fast at the test, it looks boring...
2. Toyota TF-107 - looks too much like last year, again I like bodywork protrusion more than the next guy, but unlike other teams were the protrusions are nicely curved, Toyotas treatment stick straight out making it look too much like a porcupine.
3. BMW Sauber F1.07 - they're trying too hard to look like a Williams car. I think a color change would be in order...

[overdrayv]

Spyker F8-VII -The color scheme is totally new for any team in F1 so far and surprisingly well suited to the look of the car.

McLaren had been using orange livery in their early years.


Arrows had orange livery too.

BMW Sauber F1.07 - they're trying too hard to look like a Williams car. I think a color change would be in order...

it's very unlikely since white and blue are BMW's colors. furthermore, white is traditionally Germany's racing color.

[bbt]

actually, it's ONE OF germany's racing colors... the other, of course, being silver/bare metal

[hubertq34]

this is not good for ferrari fans like me...

[Helios]

kimi> a jinx?

hah! i knew it, those icy-cold eyes of his and that visayan accent sounds fishy to me

naah, those italians are a bunch o' superstitious folks. kimi just needs to get italianized. theirs a proud race anyway (no pun intended).

[XTO]

though kimi was identified as being super aggressive, it may be true
because of the past season records. 2007 F1 season will be the decider.
whether he's a jinx or not. let's see in a few weeks time.

[jeff1101]

If you ask me its not that he's a jinx its more like he just drives his cars way too hard...

[number001]

I read somewhere that Alonso also drives his cars equally hard. That's why Mclaren had to redesign this year's car around him.

Despite that, Alonso hardly has any major reliability problems, save for that engine blow-up at last year's Italian GP at Monza

[squala]

McLaren had been using orange livery in their early years.


Arrows had orange livery too.

I miss this Orange Arrows car. Ever since they left, as well as the yellow Jordan and the green Jaguar, F1 is starting to lose its colors, literally and figuratively. Last year, even I sometimes mistook the McLaren for a Midland.

it's very unlikely since white and blue are BMW's colors. furthermore, white is traditionally Germany's racing color.

I think it should be Williams that ought to change colors. It seems that blue and white isn't so lucky for them anymore. The loss of BMW partnership, Webber's God-knows-what number of breakdowns, and a relatively slow car might be a sign for a livery revamp. C'mon, there are millions of colors out there!

[forza1]

well, i think Massa is an underdog but I think he will win it all just a feeling. he did well in last years race. He knows everyone in ferrari, he knows the car, the system of ferrari & he is comfortable with them. Just look at his practice times in spain he's at top.

[CVT]

This is going to be an interesting 2007 F1 Season.....

1901:nolurk:

[overdrayv]

I miss this Orange Arrows car. Ever since they left, as well as the yellow Jordan and the green Jaguar, F1 is starting to lose its colors, literally and figuratively. Last year, even I sometimes mistook the McLaren for a Midland.

almost all teams are either red or blue. Honda might go green with possible partnership with BP.

I think it should be Williams that ought to change colors. It seems that blue and white isn't so lucky for them anymore. The loss of BMW partnership, Webber's God-knows-what number of breakdowns, and a relatively slow car might be a sign for a livery revamp. C'mon, there are millions of colors out there!

unless Williams find another title sponsor that have a different corporate color other than blue. HP, Allianz, RBS, lenovo and at&t all have blue as their corporate color.

[jeff1101]

almost all teams are either red or blue. Honda might go green with possible partnership with BP.


unless Williams find another title sponsor that have a different corporate color other than blue. HP, Allianz, RBS, lenovo and at&t all have blue as their corporate color.

They could still stick with the blue but leave off the white. That would look cool, I especially like Ferrari's colors now after they stripped of most of the white colors from their livery...

[number001]

I think it should be Williams that ought to change colors. It seems that blue and white isn't so lucky for them anymore. The loss of BMW partnership, Webber's God-knows-what number of breakdowns, and a relatively slow car might be a sign for a livery revamp. C'mon, there are millions of colors out there!

Maybe the Williams team has yet to get over their traumatizing split with BMW. Which explains why they choose to live in the past by using the same old colors backs from the "glorious" BMW days (j/k- I wouldnt know the real reason why stuck to that color scheme).

[overdrayv]

They could still stick with the blue but leave off the white. That would look cool, I especially like Ferrari's colors now after they stripped of most of the white colors from their livery...

[jeff1101]

now that is what I call nice. The shade of blue is spot on. Is that the colors of the new car now? I saw a side view shot of the FW29 with a white band on the front wing/nose and side pods which made the car look generic like from last year. But if thats the color they're using now, Im all for it. (although I dont see the lenovo branding )

[overdrayv]

it's the FW27C in interim winter livery, which was based on the livery of Frank Williams Racing Cars customer Brabham BT26A.