WTF was that radio message

"Menebrio" (menebrio) 10/27/2013 at 08:26 • Filed to: F1, Indian GP, Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

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So I missed the Indian GP due to that insane 5:30 am (my local time) showing. Of course I made the mistake of opening my browser before watching the re-run which isn't for another 3 hours. But I just ran into this radio message which seems to have been blurred out by the FIA; did they really tell Kimi that? Knowing how he is about his radio messages, what in the world kind of response was the team waiting for?

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > Menebrio 10/27/2013 at 08:35

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Kimi had ruined his tires and was very very slow. Grosjean was coming from behind and was about 2 seconds a lap quicker. Kimi never the less decided to put on a fight and drove RoGro off the track. Kind of a a dick move by the Iceman.

b33g33 > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 10/27/2013 at 08:49

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As many times as Monsieur Crash-Crash has run other people off the track, I can't find much sympathy for him.

Yes, yes, I know he's gotten much better but it's not like he was going to win the title.

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > b33g33 10/27/2013 at 09:14

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Sympathy or not, there is a huge difference between figthing with even weapons and non-teammates and just blocking your teammate who is clearly a lot faster. There was no way Kimi could have kept him behind him.

A3R0 > Menebrio 10/27/2013 at 09:52

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So, what did Kimi say? THE WORLD MAY NEVER KNOW.

Justino6969 > b33g33 10/27/2013 at 10:53

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Obligatory.

Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents > Menebrio 10/27/2013 at 15:50

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This was very interesting :) On first look it looked like Kimi pulled the dick move of the century by trying to run RoGro off the track by defending into the corner despite grosjean being quicker. When viewed from behind, from the straight leading into the corner, it looked like kimi was struggling to maintain form breaking into the corner and slipped and slid into the corner and there wasn't much he could do to avoid grosjean. In that case I think he would have been better off trying to passhim either on the straight itself or after the corner. But all the commentators thought that was a dick move. So I'm going to take their word for it. But permane shouting on the radio? That was gold. Kimi's response was as unintelligible as ever. Except for don't fucking shout in the middle of the corner. After that, only kimi knows.