[Eee Pee]

 

 

[Pudu]

Okay, that was pretty cool (despite the purple).

 

[proton007]

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Okay, that was pretty cool (despite the purple).

Yeah, and it also does a good job at depicting why F1 is such an expensive sport. 

 

[Shootinputin187]

A finnish F1 fan here 

. I have actually been lucky enough to go into the "VIP" section on top of the pit. My dad had a job and the corporation wich he was working for was sponsoring williams so i managed to get into the pits and meet the drivers and everything, it was just FANTASTIC, i was in spa francorchamps (belgium 2 times), monza, abu dhabi and hockenheim. 

 and i actually know Kimi personally, i have been in his yacht and house couple of times, REALLYY chill out guy, very typical finn 

 

[proton007]

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A finnish F1 fan here 

. I have actually been lucky enough to go into the "VIP" section on top of the pit. My dad had a job and the corporation wich he was working for was sponsoring williams so i managed to get into the pits and meet the drivers and everything, it was just FANTASTIC, i was in spa francorchamps (belgium 2 times), monza, abu dhabi and hockenheim. 

 and i actually know Kimi personally, i have been in his yacht and house couple of times, REALLYY chill out guy, very typical finn 

Do you drive in any competitive events? Is it true you have weekend rally races in Finland? How long does it take for you to get you driving license?
 
Sorry but I just want to know what they said in Top gear is true or not.

 

[billybob_jcv]

It is stuff like this (and fighter jets and space vehicles) that make me have hope for the future of the human species. If we can do all *that* just for sport, what can't we accomplish??

 

[wuwhere]

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Yeah, and it also does a good job at depicting why F1 is such an expensive sport. 

 
Very expensive indeed. Not many sport teams can get fined 100 million dollars and keep on going.

 

[chunkfnk]

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A finnish F1 fan here 

. I have actually been lucky enough to go into the "VIP" section on top of the pit. My dad had a job and the corporation wich he was working for was sponsoring williams so i managed to get into the pits and meet the drivers and everything, it was just FANTASTIC, i was in spa francorchamps (belgium 2 times), monza, abu dhabi and hockenheim. 

 and i actually know Kimi personally, i have been in his yacht and house couple of times, REALLYY chill out guy, very typical finn 

 
Is it true that Kimi's a very talkative person once he gets out of the racing mindset? I'm wondering if what David Coulthard said was true.

 

[proton007]

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Is it true that Kimi's a very talkative person once he gets out of the racing mindset? I'm wondering if what David Coulthard said was true.

If by "getting out of racing mindset" you mean drunk, then I think its possible.

 

[Pudu]

I read that he loves taking the pi$$ out of photographers and is all smiles and jokes until the camera comes out and then puts on the emotionless straight face. He's hilarious.

On another note, I'm usually able to tell drivers by helmet but ...



C'mon guys, work with us here. I think at speed it's going to be a bit of a challenge.

vs

Apparently Lewis will have the red roll hoop camera ... but still not very useful when viewing from that camera.

 

[wuwhere]

I look forward to another exciting F1 season. RB would still be very strong. With McLaren losing Hamilton, they won't be as good as last season. Lotus should pick up some momentum. If Ferrari has a consistent car they would be a strong contender. And Mercedes just landed an aggressive driver.

 

[Shootinputin187]

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Do you drive in any competitive events? Is it true you have weekend rally races in Finland? How long does it take for you to get you driving license?
 
Sorry but I just want to know what they said in Top gear is true or not.

 
We have weekend rally events, we call them "jokkis" thats the one in top gear where they drove with those bad looking old crappy "rally" cars. You have to be old enough to see over the steering wheel and reach the pedals 

 (i have driven couple of jokkis races). Then we also have "real" rally events. Its what we call F-Cup, anyone can participate you just need a F-cup certified rally car (could be BME M3 or Suzuki swift) and a drivers license, but they look and go (almost) like real rally cars, its great fun to watch those races. And we also have lot more motorsport events, its in our blood 

 
 <-- typical F-Cup rally car.
 
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Is it true that Kimi's a very talkative person once he gets out of the racing mindset? I'm wondering if what David Coulthard said was true.

 
Yes...he talk very much when he gets a bottle of beer 

 and some good company around him.

 

[proton007]

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We have weekend rally events, we call them "jokkis" thats the one in top gear where they drove with those bad looking old crappy "rally" cars. You have to be old enough to see over the steering wheel and reach the pedals 

 (i have driven couple of jokkis races). Then we also have "real" rally events. Its what we call F-Cup, anyone can participate you just need a F-cup certified rally car (could be BME M3 or Suzuki swift) and a drivers license, but they look and go (almost) like real rally cars, its great fun to watch those races. And we also have lot more motorsport events, its in our blood 

 
 <-- typical F-Cup rally car.
 
 

 
Thats really cool having a sporting culture. I'm hoping it definitely helps with daily driving as well, if everyone is a good driver.
 
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Yes...he talk very much when he gets a bottle of beer 

 and some good company around him.

 
Yeah, he's well  famous for his antics when drunk!

 

[Shootinputin187]

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Thats really cool having a sporting culture. I'm hoping it definitely helps with daily driving as well, if everyone is a good driver.
 
 

 
Yea generally finnish people are good drivers (especially the men side of things), but there are few exeptions......it doesnt matter what kind of surface we are on (snow, tarmac, gravel, water) we always find a vehicle wich has motor in it and goes fast 

 
 
 
 <-- snow mobile (ITS SO MUCH FUN!!!)
 
 <--- boat racing in finnish archipelago

 

[Eee Pee]

Just read this, "The fastest time by a 2012 car at this test last year was a 1'18.419 by Grosjean. Massa's beaten that with a 1'17.879 today."