Raikkonen to test at the end of this month

Raikkonen to test at the end of this month

World Rally Championship series starts in February in Sweden. Citroen with a new DS3-car driven by Kimi Räikkönen's and his co-driver Kaj Lindstrom says that the duo gets to test the car at the end of this month.

Lindstrom hopes that the season starts easier in all aspects of it. According to him, driving is still not easy for the former F1 driver, although the 31-year-old Raikkonen is now over one full season in the championship.

- If you talk about third parties and the media side, so they probably expected values were more than a utopy. You have to remember that the genres are so different. On the other hand Kimi would have made all the World Rally Championship drivers look ridiculous if he had survived the first year there and achieved great results, says Lindstrom.

- I think he drove very well for his driving experience. We knew that mistakes happens. We did the mistakes under the magnifying glass. At the end, it was a learning year and there were also some good performances, but then again we had problems, he continues.

Lindström says Kimi permanence in the World Rally Championship was completed earlier, several weeks ago, but the public information was confirmed only recently. Kimi's father died before Christmas, which contributed to the schedules.

- Yes, it was known since last year during December we would stay. The contracts and other things took some time. Of course, it was uncomfortable what happened before Christmas. So the intention was to told this matter only at this point, says Lindstrom.

According to him, the relations of power of the WRC are not pointed out yet. Only the Swedish Rally after the first stage will show what kind of situation Citroen and Ford are. Lindstrom points out that both are frequently developing and testing the car.

- The situation is the same. Cars are changing a bit technically and they received new cages. They are a little lighter, smaller from the outside and they have smaller distance between the axel too. The technical side has gone a bit more for the mechanical in the car than the old WRC car, he says.

- We're going to run a second year. It means that in every aspect of it we still need to improve our skill level and go ahead. I guess when you drive there for a second season you tend to decrease your mistakes. The second year I was there, I believe the number of errors had fallen. If you the drive clean, then the results appears, but let's not expecto too much. Let's go one rally at a time.

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Fonte: YLE/Dica: Luieluv/Tradução: Google/Adaptação: Ludy

Desculpem galerinha, eu ia fazer esta postagem ontem, mas não pude! Ela vem agora! Então semana que vem, final do mês, teremos Kimi e Kaj treinando pela primeira vez com o DS3. Puxa, desde novembro que o Mr. Iceman está fora do circuito e com tudo o que aconteceu, se enclausurou mais ainda. O que é perfeitamente compreensível!

Sobre o texto, concordo com Kaj em muitas coisas a primeira delas, no segundo ano os erros tendem a diminuir, afinal de contas, Kimi já terá uma experiência inicial, conhecerá a maior parte dos eventos do calendário, mas como Lindström disse também, nada de criarem expectativas gigantescas, como fizeram ano passado.

As pessoas acham que só porque Kimi é campeão de F1, tinha que chegar no rally e arrasar. Fala sério! Não é assim não! Nunca sentei em um carro de F1 ou de rally para saber que as coisas são completamente diferentes e a adaptação leva tempo! Aliás, Kaj definiu perfeitamente esta situação, se isto tivesse acontecido, Räikkönen arrasar no primeiro ano, ele teria feito os pilotos do WRC de ridículo realmente. Já pensou que mico seria Loeb e cia perdendo para um novato? Pior...que veio de outra categoria?! O que só prova que Kimi está no caminho certo, da adaptação, do aprendizado, da evolução...

Enfim, que chegue logo a semana que vem porque já estou sofrendo de Räikkönen dependência aguda!!! hahaha...

Beijinhos, Ludy