A Sibéria ensinará

SIBERIA WILL TEACH

Turun Sanomat 13.2 2010 22:58:58

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We started to say 'Siberia will teach' in the 90's when things were tough.

F1-champion Kimi Räikkönen has experienced his own Siberia in the morning of his rallying career's arctic cold winter conditions.

The snow season will end on Sunday in Rally Sweden and a few tests and two winter rallies have given Räikkönen a rawish lesson of WRC-challenges on icy roads.

Räikkönen could probably go after Tunturi and Rally Sweden to a third snow rally in the middle of the snowbanks with a reasonable experience to lift up his pace the same way that happened from Friday to Saturday.

But the season is moving on to gravel rallies in Mexico, Jordania and Turkey.

I heard from Citroen's engineers that without the shoveling job on Friday Räikkönen would have been after the opening day 9th. And if he hadn't been stuck behind Abu Dhabi's Al he would have been 8th.

One can realistically count that Räikkönen's pace would have been enough for point positions.

Because he got extra program more than anyone could have anticipated, Räikkönen's goal was to only gain experience and the feeling he wants to get behind Citroen's steering wheel.

He found it comfortably on Saturday although the soft, car-swallowing banks became more familiar than needed. The last times told that Kimi has found the rhythm he has been looking for when driving a WRC-car.

The international rally-media is wondering with a round lip when Räikkönen is keeping his own line and isn't giving statements everytime he stops.

The Swedish filmstar Greta Garbo (1905-1990) was known as a big silent. The local media already said that Räikkönen is playing Garbo to the media.

So welcome Mr. Garbo! One thing is certain, Kimi will never become a motor mouth that the press would unanimously dig.

Hagfors/Heikki Kulta

Tradução para Inglês: Nicole (Planet Forum F1)

Mais uma excelente coluna de Heikke Kulta!!! Puxa, oitava colocação seria tudo de bom!!!! Mas vamos que vamos.. é só o primeiro de muitos rallies no ano! hahaha...

Beijinhos, Ice-Ludy