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Lotus Renault GP is pleased to announce that Kimi Räikkönen will race for the team next season. The 2007 World Champion, who left Formula 1 at the end of 2009 to pursue a career in rallying, has decided to make a comeback at the pinnacle of single-seater racing. He has now signed a two-year agreement with Lotus Renault GP.
Agreed – I'd much rather have a WDC who left because of wanting to do other fun stuff than a guy who was forced out for mostly being a bit crap.xDama wrote:Who cares about Grosjean. Overrated, useless and old? That's Schumacher you're talking aboutMuulka wrote:I'm quite annoyed at this- that was Grosjean's seat, not for some overrated, unemotional, useless old man...
Well, Ferrari did pay him something like 40 million to not drive for them in 2010.beelsebob wrote:Agreed – I'd much rather have a WDC who left because of wanting to do other fun stuff than a guy who was forced out for mostly being a bit crap.xDama wrote:Who cares about Grosjean. Overrated, useless and old? That's Schumacher you're talking aboutMuulka wrote:I'm quite annoyed at this- that was Grosjean's seat, not for some overrated, unemotional, useless old man...
This is something I've always wondered about – it was well known that Ferrari ejected him unseremoniously, but... why... what did he do that was worth $40 million in pain?Giblet wrote:Well, Ferrari did pay him something like 40 million to not drive for them in 2010.
Have'nt you followed F1 at all???ESPImperium wrote:It would make sence to have two fast and strong drivers than one strong and one slightly weaker driver. Dont get me wrong, Petrov is a good driver, but is he in the class of what Kimi or Adrian are, not so much i think. I think he has taken over the Fisichella role well, a driver that is good with technichal feedback and development, but also happy to play second fiddle to a #1 driver. He is a capable driver of racing hard and fast, but not able to extract that final tenth into the car that can get that extra point or two.
It was all business in the end. Ferrari had no idea whether Philip Morris was going to stay on and Ferrari felt they needed to get Santander in as a new, potential title sponsor as soon as possible. Alonso was attached to that whole deal. It was the same for many teams at that time. No one lays out that kind of money unless they feel they really need to.beelsebob wrote:This is something I've always wondered about – it was well known that Ferrari ejected him unseremoniously, but... why... what did he do that was worth $40 million in pain?
AFAIK it was more about 25 million, but anyways, Raikkonen had a contract for 2010 at Ferrari, so to compensate him for not having a race seat, they paid his wage just like they would have if he would have raced.beelsebob wrote:This is something I've always wondered about – it was well known that Ferrari ejected him unseremoniously, but... why... what did he do that was worth $40 million in pain?Giblet wrote:Well, Ferrari did pay him something like 40 million to not drive for them in 2010.
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Right, what I'm getting at though is... even though Alonso is really good, if you were in ferrari's shoes, would you *really* sacrifice a driver's wage for a year just to get Alonso into the seat instead of Raikonnen? Surely there must have been more to it than just "we want Alonso over you" or they would have waited a year, no?Tomba wrote:AFAIK it was more about 25 million, but anyways, Raikkonen had a contract for 2010 at Ferrari, so to compensate him for not having a race seat, they paid his wage just like they would have if he would have raced.beelsebob wrote:This is something I've always wondered about – it was well known that Ferrari ejected him unseremoniously, but... why... what did he do that was worth $40 million in pain?Giblet wrote:Well, Ferrari did pay him something like 40 million to not drive for them in 2010.
Not sure what to think about this though. Is Kimi now also into it with shares (because that's what he was steering at with Williams).
Agree. Well, atleast we'll get to see Kimi n Schumi racing each other in the midfield.munudeges wrote:
Pity really. I think that team is still very good technically but the people running it are a bunch of idiots. We'll see what Raikkonen can drag out of the whole sorry mess.
