Kimi Raikkonen has said that he can see his Ferrari team catching Brawn GP, even as soon as this weekend in Turkey. The Finn is highly optimistic about his chances in Istanbul on Sunday, after a Ferrari revival saw him take third place two weeks ago in Monte Carlo.
“We’re closer, that’s for sure, and we’ll have some updates in Turkey. It was great to be back on the podium at Monaco. The team pushed very hard and it was a very nice reward to have both cars amongst the first four.â€
The man from Espoo sounded a note of caution …Â Details
The Turkish Grand Prix offers Ferrari a chance to prove it is ready to challenge Brawn GP and put the brakes on Jenson Button’s drive for the Formula One championship.
Ferrari is well-positioned to fight for the podium following a 3-4 finish at Monaco and Felipe Massa’s dominance in Turkey. The Brazilian driver can become the fifth driver to win at the same track four years running with a victory in Sunday’s 58-lap race.
Kimi Raikkonen was feeling bullish on Wednesday about the Italians’ continued rebound from their worst start ever with his podium at Monaco.
“This year Brawn GP … are the favorites but we are going to reach them,†Raikkonen wrote on his Web site. “If we continue giving 100 percent and pressing we will
If the movie industry was the entertainment king of the 20th century, the video-gaming industry is where disposable income is headed for the 21st century. Nowhere was this more apparent than the Electronic Entertainment Expo–E3 for short–going on right now in Los Angeles.
True, the vast majority of the games at E3 involved vixens and/or steroid-shot musclemen shooting and/or chainsawing bad guys and/or zombies. Actual zombie video-game quote overheard at E3: “And when the bullets run out, there’s always the chain saws.†(Another actual quote, “. . . and spray giant pieces of poo!â€)
But there were plenty of car-related games, and that was why we went.
The first one we saw was the coming Forza Motorsport 3. We saw that one first because …Â Details
McLaren is considering scrapping the 2009 season and turning its full attention and resources to next year.
“That is one of the possibilities, but we haven’t yet arrived at that point,” team boss Martin Whitmarsh said in an interview with Spain’s El Pais.
“We are still going to all the races with the intention to win. Giving up is not our style,” the Briton added.
However, defending champion Lewis Hamilton is already…Â Details