Raikkonen commits to 10 WRC events
Eu sei que esta notícia é parecida com a de ontem, mas há mais detalhes nesta matéria feita pelo site do WRC do que na de ontem. Fala sobre os ralis em que Kimi não participará: México, Argentina e Itália e outros detalhes do funcionamento da parceira entre ele e a Citroën.
Raikkonen commits to 10 WRC events
More details have emerged about Kimi Raikkonen's second term in the World Rally Championship following Citroen Racing's season launch at its Versailles headquarters near Paris on Monday.
Raikkonen, 31, finished 10th in his debut campaign at world level last season but has held off confirming his 2011 programme following the sudden death of his father Matti prior to Christmas, and amid uncertainty over the continued support of sponsor Red Bull.
However, Citroen Racing boss Olivier Quesnel has said that the ex-Formula One world champion will definitely begin his campaign on Rally Sweden next month and will go on to tackle a minimum of nine further events.
Raikkonen will run under the ICE1 Racing banner from Citroen Racing’s base and with a full complement of Citroen engineers and mechanics. He will skip the rounds in Mexico, Italy (Sardinia) and Argentina and is due to get behind the wheel of the DS3 WRC for the first time at a test in Sweden this weekend.
“Kimi has signed up for 10 rallies and if everything goes well maybe [it will be] more rallies,” said Quesnel. “We are very pleased to have him. Of course we would like to have him for all rallies but it depends on him what he does.”
Quesnel said he expected Raikkonen to make more progress in 2011 following an encouraging learning year in 2010, when he claimed a best result of fifth on Rally of Turkey back in April.
“I don’t know when it will happen but when everything clicks for him it will be impressive,” said Quesnel. “I am not sure he can beat Sebastien Loeb or Sebastien Ogier or [Jari-Matti] Latvala and so on but I am sure he can be [in the] top five without any problem.”
Fonte: wrc.com/ via @Rally SportLive
Puxa!!! Tomara que a confiança de Quesnel seja realmente algo que se torne realidade. Top 5 em alguns ralis seria bom demais!!! Bom, impossível não é, afinal, Kimi já conseguiu um quinto lugar em sua estreia, ano passado, na Turquia.
Beijinhos, Ludy
Raikkonen commits to 10 WRC events
More details have emerged about Kimi Raikkonen's second term in the World Rally Championship following Citroen Racing's season launch at its Versailles headquarters near Paris on Monday.
Raikkonen, 31, finished 10th in his debut campaign at world level last season but has held off confirming his 2011 programme following the sudden death of his father Matti prior to Christmas, and amid uncertainty over the continued support of sponsor Red Bull.
However, Citroen Racing boss Olivier Quesnel has said that the ex-Formula One world champion will definitely begin his campaign on Rally Sweden next month and will go on to tackle a minimum of nine further events.
Raikkonen will run under the ICE1 Racing banner from Citroen Racing’s base and with a full complement of Citroen engineers and mechanics. He will skip the rounds in Mexico, Italy (Sardinia) and Argentina and is due to get behind the wheel of the DS3 WRC for the first time at a test in Sweden this weekend.
“Kimi has signed up for 10 rallies and if everything goes well maybe [it will be] more rallies,” said Quesnel. “We are very pleased to have him. Of course we would like to have him for all rallies but it depends on him what he does.”
Quesnel said he expected Raikkonen to make more progress in 2011 following an encouraging learning year in 2010, when he claimed a best result of fifth on Rally of Turkey back in April.
“I don’t know when it will happen but when everything clicks for him it will be impressive,” said Quesnel. “I am not sure he can beat Sebastien Loeb or Sebastien Ogier or [Jari-Matti] Latvala and so on but I am sure he can be [in the] top five without any problem.”
Fonte: wrc.com/ via @Rally SportLive
Puxa!!! Tomara que a confiança de Quesnel seja realmente algo que se torne realidade. Top 5 em alguns ralis seria bom demais!!! Bom, impossível não é, afinal, Kimi já conseguiu um quinto lugar em sua estreia, ano passado, na Turquia.
Beijinhos, Ludy
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