Kimi comes back to rallying

Kimi comes back to rallying

by Anthony Peacock

26th April 2013

Kimi Raikkonen will squeeze in a rally in between the Spanish and Monaco grands prix next month – but sadly he won’t be competing. Or will he? 

The 2007 Formula One World Champion – who competed full-time in the WRC from 2010-2011 – will be attending the start of the 15th anniversary Gumball Rally, which starts from Copenhagen on May 18th. After that, we’ll have to wait and see. 

The Gumball Rally isn’t quite rallying as we know it: instead it’s all about a load of supercars driving around Europe – a bit like the Carrera Panamericana, but with better parties. As one team’s motto puts it: “we don’t drive fast, we fly low.” But as it’s all on public roads, officially there is no competitive element. 

And while Kimi isn’t taking part, he has some very good friends who are: car number 34’s team description is simply: “four crazy Finns.” The Finns in question are the ‘Dudeson brothers’: four Finnish stuntmen with their own TV show, which is broadly the equivalent of Jackass. 

The first stage is from Copenhagen to Stockholm, followed by a stage from Stockholm to Helsinki – and rumours keep persisting that car 34 might have an unscheduled guest driver on the opening leg... 

Other confirmed drivers for the Gumball include the legend that is David Hasselhoff and a car crewed by members of the band Cypress Hill, as well as professional skier Jon Olsson. 

The Gumball 3000 finishes in Monaco, after going via St Petersburg, Tallinn, Riga, Warsaw and Vienna.

Fonte: maxrally.com

Putz! Meu coração chegou a saltar quando li o título desta matéria, será que Kimi vai competir?! Fiquei curiosa agora, principalmente por causa do piloto convidado do carro 34. Será?! :) #Let'sWaitAndSee

Mas tenho uma coisa a dizer: Oh God! Kimi Räikkönen e a galera do The Dudesons?! Isto não vai prestar! rsrsrsrs...

Só quero ver o que vai dar o reencontro destes finlandeses. Em Mônaco 2011 a gente bem viu o que houve! rsrsrsrs...

Beijinhos, Ludy