Kimi Kimi Kimi

Written by Sdakamiswa from the blog SDAKAMISWA's FIX on 22 Oct 2007
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*Chanting* ICEMAN: ICEMAN: ICEMAN

In his 15th career victory Finlands Kimi Raikkonen wins the FIA (International Automobile Federation) Formula One Drivers World Championship.

This ladies and Gents makes ICEMAN the BEST driver in the world.

KIMI RAIKKONEN

KIMI RAIKKONEN

*Age: 28 (born on Oct. 17, 1979 in Espoo, Finland).

* Began go-karting aged 11 and entered the British Formula Renault series in 1999. He was champion the following year with 7 wins from 10 races.

* Sauber signed him up as a F1 driver at the end of 2000, despite his lack of experience. FIA president Max Mosley was one of the doubters, only reluctantly handing him a super licence after Sauber pleaded his case.

* Raikkonen scored a point on his grand prix debut in Australia in 2001. By the end of that season he had scored nine points and been signed by McLaren as replacement for compatriot Mika Hakkinen.

* Dubbed the 'ICEMAN' by McLaren team boss Ron Dennis for his calmness under pressure, he pushed Ferrari's Michael Schumacher all the way in 2003 but missed out on the championship by two points.

* The Finn was also runner-up to Fernando Alonso in the 2005 championship, winning as many (7) races as his rival.

* ICEMAN joined Ferrari at the end of 2006 as replacement for retiring seven times world champion Michael Schumacher.

ferrari car
FERRARI F2007

Sources:
http://today.reuters.co.uk
http://www.f1.com
http://f1.gpupdate.net
http://www.kimiraikkonen.com

5 Comments

MADENZA
22 Oct 2007 04:16

My prayer was answered, Hamilton wilol win next time, Hooray KIMI

Sdakamiswa
22 Oct 2007 14:12

a.. An F1 car is made up of 80,000 components, if it were assembled 99.9%
correctly, it would still start the race with 80 things wrong!
a.. Formula 1 cars have over a kilometre of cable, linked to about 100
sensors and actuators which monitor and control many parts of the car.
a.. An F1 car can go from 0 to 160 kph and back to 0 in 4 seconds.
a.. At 550kg a F1 car is less than half the weight of a Mini.
a.. In an F1 engine revving at 18000 rpm, the piston will travel up and
down 300 times a second.
a.. Maximum piston acceleration is approximately 7000G (humans pass out at
7-8G).
a.. Drivers haven't had to resort to pressure suits like fighter pilots
because they only experience high G's for very short periods of time.
a.. If a connecting rod let go of its piston at maximum engine speed, the
piston would have enough energy to travel vertically over 100 m.
a.. If a water hose were to blow off, the complete cooling system would
empty in just over a second.
a.. Gear cogs or ratios are used only for one race, and are replaced
regularly to prevent failure, as they are subjected to very high degrees of
stress.
a.. The fit in the cockpit is so tight that the steering wheel must be
removed for the driver to get in or out of the car. A small latch behind
the wheel releases it from the column. Levers or paddles for changing gear
are located on the back of the wheel. So no gearstick! The clutch levers
are also on the steering wheel, located below the gear paddles.
a.. To give you an idea of just how important aerodynamic design and added
downforce can be, small planes can take off at slower speeds than race cars
travel on the track.
a.. Without aerodynamic downforce, high-performance racing cars have
sufficient power to produce wheel spin and loss of control at 160 kph. They
usually race at over 300 kph.
a.. The amount of aerodynamic downforce produced by the front and rear
wings and the car underbody is amazing. Once the car is travelling over 160
kph, an F1 car can generate enough downforce to equal it's own weight. That
means it could actually hold itself to the ceiling of a tunnel and drive
upside down! In a street course race, the downforce provides enough suction
to lift manhole covers. Before the race all of the manhole covers on the
streets have to be welded down to prevent this from happening!
a.. If you've ever changed a tyre, you know that you have to jack the car
up off the ground to be able to replace the wheel. And it takes ages. F1
cars have integrated pneumatic jacks in the chassis (rather than the manual
jacks normal cars have) - two in the front and one in the rear. By
connecting a pressurised nitrogen hose to a port located behind the driver,
the pit crew can jack the whole car up in less than a second when the car
stops in the pit.
a.. The refuelers used in F1 can supply 12 litres of fuel per second. This
means it would take just 4 seconds to fill the tank of an average 50 litre
family car.
a.. Top F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in around 3 seconds.
a.. Race car tyres don't have air in them like normal car tyres. Most
racing tyres have nitrogen in the tyres because nitrogen has a more
consistent pressure compared to normal air. Air typically contains varying
amounts of water vapour in it, which affects its expansion and contraction
as a function of temperature, making the tyre pressure unpredictable.
a.. During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre loses about 0.5 kg in
weight due to wear.
a.. At ~ 350 mm wide, F1 tyres are much wider than normal tyres (~185 mm
wide).
a.. Normal tyres last 60 000 - 100 000 km. Racing tyres are designed to

Luke
22 Oct 2007 14:30

Thrilled for Kimi - he deserved to win a couple of past championships which were ultimately denied him only be McLaren's poor reliability.

Glad he's able to carry Schumi's torch for Ferrari, and that the team came back so well in the second half of the season.

Sorry for Lewis, but he'll get his championship sooner rather than later, providing McLaren don't start losing reliability again. This season - and the last race in particular - will have taught him so much.

Sdakamiswa
22 Oct 2007 14:40

am with u Luke, Lewis is still young, he has done so well in his rookie season, his chance is coming, Im sure he will win a couple of championships, i think he has the potential to surpass Schumis achievements (cos of his age) provided he is with a good (competitive + reliable) team + he remains focused.. I think he is going to be with Mclaren for a while though I dont see him leaving that team not anytym soon

doza
28 Oct 2007 08:30

ya this is boys stuff am not even going to comment i just love it when man sweat to prove themselves

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