Kimi takes first victory!

[Steven]

<img src="http://www.f1technical.net/images/news2 ... konen1.jpg" alt="Raikkonen takes first victory" align=left>After a sensational start of the race, where Michael Schumacher dumped into the rear wheel of Jarno Trulli, and Monoty losing his rear wing due to a collision with Pizzonia, poleman Alonso leads the way. Coulthard and Raikkonen start the chase, with few moments later, Coulthard's grand prix is ended due to a suspectible engine failure.
Raikkonen takes the lead when Alonso pits to never give it away again. It was the first for Kimi, but more might follow.. soon

[spiderzig]

Excellent news. Watch his confidence grow. No fear of other drivers now. Do we have another Mikka on our hands?
Cool, confident, and when the new car comes!!!!! Coulthard had better get his act together. Or he might find himself the second driver.
I was very impressed with the Renault team. Even though they were running a very light load. The chassis seems to be working well, incredible stability under braking, shame the power is not there yet.
Is Schumi a little worried about starting from a position other the the front? A little hasty to get up there. Correct decision on the penalty. Impetuosity, thy name is Micheal.
Interlagos here we come.

[Steven]

that's about the best analysis of the race I heard

I really hope to have a new Hakkinen, he also was a very good driver, but only got in a good position at a late stage of his career... it looks like a bright future to me for Kimi !

[icef1mkd]

Hi, I’m Ivica from Macedonia. I’m new at the site, but I must say that I’m impressed by it. My greatest interests are in F1 technology and the technical stuff which I’m hoping to study at college.
This site is the right place for those F1 fans who tend to UNDERSTAND the sport. Congratulations to the webmaster.
Very soon, I’ll join the discussions, and I would suggsest the webmaster to write an article about the electronics and also the issue of the active suspension.

[Steven]

welcome icef1mkd !

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback, it's exactly what I need.
Hope to see you back here soon

greets,
Tomba, 'the webmaster'

[spiderzig]

Welcome Ivica. I really have to say that, this is the only site I have found, that has informed and intelligent correspondence. Hopefully we can keep out the Xenophobes that inflict other sites I have seen. To the Webmaster.
Keep up the standard you have started with and it will grow. There are others out there who have more than one brain cell.

Keep the faith.
spiderzig

[Steven]

hi spiderzig..

I was hoping such a thing
Recently I have found that f1technical cannot be searched through by google, which may be a problem for people to find us. I will solve it as soon as possible. Glad to have you here

[Jagf1Fan]

Greetings from Melbourne Australia!

This site is excellent - a credit to the Webmaster, and will only get better and better the more it grows.

Look forward to any new articles and reports.

Keep up the great work!

[icef1mkd]

Greetings Tomba and everyone present!
Firstly, cool heads such Kimi and its predecessor Hakkinen will always succeed, because they’re mentally strong which is another important factor.
Second, when Renault came back I’ve had no doubts that when they incorporate the engine with the chassis as it should, they will again be benchmark for Ferrari or McLaren or BMW.
But their weekness (besides the lack of reliabiliy) was claimed the huge vibrations that their 111 angle engine produces. Could you explain, what kind of vibration are they and why they hamper their performace?
Tomba, why don’t we discuss about the McLaren test front wing which was shaped like waves and was tested this winter? It could be an interesting issue, interesting topic.
I could not understand what were they tryin’ to do?