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Kimi and Kaitsu gave a name to Benoit Nogier - Ralli-Pena

Posted on 9/3/2011, 14:08 by: Ice Lady87

Kimi and Kaitsu gave a name to Benoit Nogier - Ralli-Pena

Anette's column:

This is my fourth year in WRC. During the years you learn to know many different people and you learn to know them well. Lately it has been difficult to recognize part of Citroen's personnel because their external being has changed radically. Some 30 and some 20 kg.

This is a true story: Miiro Koivula from France who is in charge of Citroen's tv-department has lost 20 kg since December. The weight dropping has made him look at least 5 years younger. He told me that he eats mainly meat but he didn't know the diet's English name.

Others from the team is also on the same diet. Ralli-Pena aka Benoit Nogier is also one of them who gets thinner and thinner. He was team manager in Kimi Räikkönen's team last year. Ralli-Pena has lost almost 30 kg and now the man is glowing. The name Ralli-Pena was given by Räikkönen and K.Lindström.

It's great to see how they can support to lose weight within the team if there is need for it. The heroes who are on the WRC-tour have to travel a lot and they have really irregular sleeping- and eating-times. Those things don't help anyone to maintain their divine body.

I will flee for a salad now.

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Last Post by: Ice Lady87 (9/3/2011, 14:08)

Kaj Lindström tells that the duo gets to test the car at the end of January

Posted on 22/1/2011, 18:41 by: Ice Lady87

Kaj Lindström tells that the duo gets to test the car at the end of this month.

Lindström hopes that the starting season would go easier on every level. According to him it still isn't easy for Kimi to drive rally although he has one full WRC-season behind him.

- If we are talking about the outside quarters and media, the expectation-level was more like an utopy. One has to remember that the genres are so different. On the other hand Kimi would have made all the WRC-drivers laughing stocks if he would have done well there during his first year and achieved great results, Lindström says.

- I think he drove very well when looking at his driving experience. We knew that mistakes would happen. We did those mistakes under a magnifying glass. It was easy to pick on them and gloat at them. All and all it was a learning year and there were some good achievements too but then again driving off and retirements also happened during the year.

- We knew during December how we would continue. It was finetuning of the contracts and other things that take time. Of course some uncomfortable things happened before Christmas. At that point it was meant that we would tell about it only at this point.

- The situation is the same for everybody. The cars change a bit technically and they get new cages. They are a little lighter and clearly smaller from the outside and the distance of the axle is also smaller. Technically they have gone more towards a mechanical car compared to the old WRC-car.

- We will start driving our second season. It means that we still try to improve our skills on every level and go forward. The pace will get faster through that. I think that when you drive for the second year the amount of mistakes also drops. If you drive in a clean way then the results will come through that but let's not start building any huge expectations. Just take it rally by rally.

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Last Post by: Ice Lady87 (22/1/2011, 18:41)

Kaj Lindström as he says Kimis rally deal has been put on ice

Posted on 29/12/2010, 18:31 by: Ice Lady87

IL quotes Kaj Lindström as he says Kimis rally deal has been put on ice for the time beeing as he gets his things back in order.
He hopes Kimi continues his rally career as he hints Kimi has some other options too.(this news is from MTV 3 and seems they have once again added their own to the news, Kaj doesnt say the last sentence in Iltalehti news. Dunno if there is something in the written version.)

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by MOMOD

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Last Post by: Ice Lady87 (29/12/2010, 18:31)

French Rally review (Kaj Lindstrom)

Posted on 8/10/2010, 15:15 by: Ice Lady87

A French visit
by Kaj Lindstrom

First of all I have to admit the level of expections being quite high before the Rally d’Alsace in France. We are not speaking too much about this with Kimi beforehand, but, obviously, we had a good feeling for a good result in this brand new rally.

It was suppose to be a tarmac rally, but the weather made it quite different.

Cutting the corners made the roads worse and worse all the time. It was so full of mud and sand the you could not tell it being asphalt instead of gravel. Most likely, in the end of the day, we could have gone faster with the gravel tyres.

Well, it gave a different characteristics for the whole rally. The circumstances were tricky because of dark weather and because of very steep downhill sections. Actually it became worse and worse stage by stage. It’s was difficult and not only for us. While comparing our stage for example to Mikko Hirvonen, you could see him having the same problems like we did.

In day one we had a technical issue with the car. But it was solved and we had P7 after Friday. But after that we got too much extra program on Saturday. We slipped out of the road with the very slow speed. While it was mud all over the place, the car got stuck from the bottom on the edge of the ditch.

Il took some time to decide how to go from there. I tried my very best with my poor French to get a rope. Finally they found a piece of rope and with that we could pull the car to the road and keep on going again.

Obviously, the motivation was not the best of them all anymore after loosing half and hour to our competitors, so we just tried to focus on collecting good experience in these very tricky circumstances.

Then we had an other spin and this time the car was so deep in the gradient that we could not get it back anymore.

On Sunday there would have been only one proper stage to drive, so Kimi decided that’s it and we packed our things on Saturday evening and left for home. It was a sensible decision, while we could save the car and the engine for the next Rally Catalunya. Especially while we would not have learnt anymore of tarmac rally, that’s for sure.

Sebastien Loeb clinched one world title more on his account. He is there in the level of his own. We had a chant with Seb on Saturday evening in the hotel and, of course, we sent him a sms to congratulate him for the victory and for the championship.

Now we head for Spain. There will be at least two nice days on a real asphalt. Day one will be 70% on gravel and 30% on tarmac.

After two DNFs it...

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Last Post by: Ice Lady87 (8/10/2010, 15:15)

Lindström is pleased with Kimi's self-critisism

Posted on 21/8/2010, 12:56 by: Ice Lady87

Lindström is pleased with Kimi's self-critisism

Kimi Räikkönen was very critical at himself after the morning because he didn't find the rhythm at once and the man thought that he was driving badly. In the afternoon at the second attempt Kimi improved right on the first stage 16,1, on the second 13,6 and on the third 18 seconds.

– When there was hay on the tarmac for the first time Kimi didn't immediately know what kind of traction it has. It went better in the afternoon. Self-critisism is a great trait in a man. When you do something and it doesn't go well you shouldn't be satisfied.

– I told Kimi in the morning 'Kimi, just continue the same way and don't start overtrying even though it doesn't feel that the times are starting to drop. It will come in the end, Kaj Lindström said.

– I mean it certainly wasn't any normal tarmac when there was hay on the road. Fortunately it got a little better in the afternoon, Räikkönen said.

Turun Sanomat, Trier

HEIKKI KULTA
English translation: Nicole

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Last Post by: Ice Lady87 (21/8/2010, 12:56)

Kaj promises: Kimi can do much better

Posted on 14/8/2010, 21:15 by: Ice Lady87

Co-driver promises: Kimi can do much better

Kaj Lindström, who reads notes for Kimi Räikkönen in WRC, is convinced of the former F1 driver's talent in the rally car.

-We've made progress in every race which is the most important thing for us this year, Lindströn said in a press release of the Citroen junior team.

The next WRC race is driven on Germany's tarmac roads next weekend.

-Our performance in the first asphalt rally in Bulgaria was the most impressive one this season. I know that there's a lot more to come from Kimi, Lindström continued.

Räikkönen himself goes to Germany with a cautious mind and is aiming for a good position.

-This is a new competition for me again. In my first asphalt rally with the Citroen C4 WRC car I immediately found a good feeling. The most important thing for me is to get used to driving a WRC car on this surface. Based on my previous experience I can say that driving on tarmac feels a bit more natural for me but driving a rally car is still a copletely different thing than driving on track, Räikkönen reminds.

(MTV3)

Source: http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/ralli/uutiset.s...2010/08/1170542

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Last Post by: Ice Lady87 (14/8/2010, 21:15)

In Kimi's ride - Kaj Lindström; Home race went well and not so well

Posted on 4/8/2010, 13:31 by: Ice Lady87

In Kimi's ride - Kaj Lindström; Home race went well and not so well

Hello to everyone again. Finland's WRC-rally is behind us and the weekend went very nicely with the exception of Myhinpää 1 ja Kolonkulma special stages. Generally speaking the race went according to expectations. Considering Kimi's experience, he drove pretty good SS-times. I believe that our speed was improved by the previous Bulgary Rally's good speedlevel. In that race Kimi had to listen to the notes for the first time in top speed and it helped him also in Jyväskylä's fast roads. In Jyväskylä Kimi's listening to notes was very good and focused.

But, but. Mistakes happen, that was known already before the season started. As first-timers we drove Myhinpää too carefully and Kimi wasn't happy with his performance. On Saturday's first special stage Kolonkulma we drove into the ditch. It was a pure error of assessment. Kimi lifted his foot from the brake a little too early. There was about 10 km/h too much speed and we ended up in the ditch.

There was bad luck when driving out of the road. The car's left-side tires bounced to the ditch after hitting away from the rims. The car didn't break in the accident at all but when we drove back to the road we had to take more speed and there the front bumper got broken.

We continued to the finish of the special stage with two undamaged tires. We had only one spare tire with us, so it took some time after the stage to get the other tire back on its rim. That asked for a bit of excersice to say the least. But we succeeded, although we got a couple of minutes of time-penalty in the end.

Citroën is a strict car for changes. When the front bumper was missing at the same time the car's driving characteristics weakened substantially. Next two stages was driven to say "greetings" since the car wasn't working.

It was all the time a great feeling to drive in Jyväskylä. Along the routes and in service we got plenty of encouragement and a big thank you for that. We met numerous representatives of our partners in service as well.

I'm looking forward for the next German Rally with confidence and I'm waiting for it eagerly. The race is driven in three weeks in the area of Mosel on tarmac roads. It was good fortune that we were able to continue from the Kolonkulma special stage because from the rest of the rally we got very important noting- and driving experience for the end of the season. Now that we have experienced Jyskälä, I'm expecting a lot from the German R...

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