Kimi Raikkonen is ready “to get serious” after a few months away from the Formula One spotlight in which he lived life to the full.
The Finn is ready to reclaim the world title he won in 2007 after a season that left many people wondering whether he still cared about the sport. But with a radically different Ferrari beneath him, one he concedes is “fun to drive”, the 29-year-old appears content again.
“Now it’s time to get serious, and …Â Details
TWO-time world champion Fernando Alonso says he can start the run to a third crown in the ING Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Alonso has been quick in pre-season testing, is rated by Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone as the best of the current generation, and is pumped for a strong run in the first race of the season.
The speedy Spaniard scored two late wins last year after retreating to Renault from a troubled time at McLaren-Mercedes and has driven a strong development program this year on the latest R29 from the French carmaker.
“We finished last year strongly and we want start the new season fighting for …Â Details
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For many of my younger years I had sat watching Formula One drivers tearing their way around the world’s most demanding stretches of tarmac. And, for most of those years I had said to myself: “I could do that. What’s the big deal about driving a car round and round a circuit?”
On a dull March morning several years back, I found out exactly what the big deal was, and let me tell you it is bigger than big… it’s enormous… Details
The top six Indy race car drivers for 2008 included: Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves,
Tony Kannan, Dan Wheldon, Ryan Briscoe, and Danica Patrick.
The Indy race car is an opened wheeled car with the engine located behind the driver.
What does the Indy car offer its drivers? Well, it can accelerate from 0-100 mph in less that three seconds and burn a gallon of gas every two miles. The drivers experience… Details
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