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General => Rotary and General Chit-Chat => Topic started by: clive on November 12, 2012, 08:37:58 AM

Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: clive on November 12, 2012, 08:37:58 AM
This amused me,

Kimi Raikkonen has sent his Lotus team 500 black and gold T shirts with the slogan across them.

"Leave me alone I know what I\'m doing" :Giggle

So refreshing to have this guy back
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: Brett on November 12, 2012, 08:40:49 AM
Genius :D

I love a bit of Kimi, no nonsense :)
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: Grant Monkhouse on November 12, 2012, 08:53:41 AM
Ha quality, I heard him say it over the team radio when he won the other week as they were telling him to look after the tyres.
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: AMH on November 12, 2012, 10:07:23 AM
There were a couple of funny radio transmissions during the race that they kept repeating in friday\'s F1 show on Sky - didn\'t get tired of hearing them.

I thought the t-shirts had the \'yes, yes, yes\' on them as well?
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: marf on November 12, 2012, 11:35:02 AM
I was cracking up at his radio messages, classic Kimi.
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: Will66 on November 12, 2012, 12:06:07 PM
Kimi Raikkonen needs to win more races just for those moments of brilliance where his lack of subtlety masks his talent with a moment of comic genius. I am always reminded of his response as to why he wasn\'t at Michael Schumacher\'s retirement party in 2006 which was "I was taking a s***."
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: jetpilot on November 12, 2012, 12:54:58 PM
Quote from: Will66;841106I am always reminded of his response as to why he wasn\'t at Michael Schumacher\'s retirement party in 2006 which was "I was taking a s***."

It is so refreshing these days, in any form of motor sport, to have someone who is not a groomed pr machine and says or does what they want!

I will never forget a world superbike race, Assen i think, Carl Fogarty put a pretty aggressive move on Franke Chilli, the next thing you know is there is an enraged late 30\'s Italian storming down pit lane in his dressing gown to have "words" :)
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: kevint on November 12, 2012, 01:12:45 PM
Quote from: Will66;841106Kimi Raikkonen needs to win more races just for those moments of brilliance where his lack of subtlety masks his talent with a moment of comic genius. I am always reminded of his response as to why he wasn\'t at Michael Schumacher\'s retirement party in 2006 which was "I was taking a s***."

Brundle\'s quick witted response:  â€œObviously, you have a nice, light car on the grid then.”  :D
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: re japi on November 14, 2012, 06:03:47 AM
Have you seen Kimi at Topgear? That was awesome :)
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: shaunwil on November 14, 2012, 05:42:49 PM
He is awesome, loved how he would go off for an Ice cream at the worst times !

http://f1humour.tumblr.com/post/35356121148/recreate-kimi-t-shirt-challenge-accepted

Shaun
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: gsb876 on November 14, 2012, 11:24:32 PM
well funny, heard the radio chat lol
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: steve garbutt on November 14, 2012, 11:26:56 PM
I had to rewind three times cause it was so funny :)
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: Ada7 on November 15, 2012, 02:44:57 PM
I must be the only one that doesn\'t like him then.
Great driver but never going to win sports personality of the year

Adam
Title: Kimi Raikkonen
Post by: marf on November 15, 2012, 02:49:11 PM
Quote from: Ada7;841435I must be the only one that doesn\'t like him then.
Great driver but never going to win sports personality of the year

Adam

He just doesn\'t play the corporate game. The fact he is still being employed should speak to his skill and experience regardless of the persona he chooses to display in front of the camera :)