Slippy Finger Räikkönen Forces His Own Retirement

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03/19/2015 at 10:09 • Filed to: f1

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...from the Australian GP.

Ferrari Formula 1 pilot, Kimi Räikkönen was forced on the Melbourne circuit, held the position from the fifth season of the avaetapi interrupt, because, at the time of the second Finnish a pit stuck turn it of man's means of Transportion, the rear left wheel.

If the originally brought the team canvassed the street minivan was towed from äpradus, then Räikköneni said he was guilty for what happened. "For the first time, a pit, I slipped off the finger of the clutch, and the wheels began to spin. This, however, broke the single rear wheel bolt, "said the Finn.

The Ferrari team Chief Maurizio Arrivabene is blaming anyone for what happened. "I was not shown the finger with which to calm myself, but simply in the direction of the team," he said. "Of course, sorry for that, so went, because Kimi did a good race."

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DISCUSSION (8)


Kinja'd!!! beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > McMike
03/19/2015 at 10:12

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I bet he did ;) ;)


Kinja'd!!! TheHondaBro > McMike
03/19/2015 at 10:15

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He looks like he just ate a lemon and is trying to keep his composure.


Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > McMike
03/19/2015 at 10:33

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"fifth season of the avaetapi interrupt, because, at the time of the second Finnish a pit stuck turn it of man's means of Transportion, the rear left wheel."

Sometimes I almost love Google Translate.


Kinja'd!!! SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > McMike
03/19/2015 at 10:50

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Too much punctuation. We all know that Finnish is really just one long mumbled run-on sentence.


Kinja'd!!! kanadanmajava1 > McMike
03/19/2015 at 17:07

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The original article is actually in Estonian which resembles Finnish a lot but it is still different language. For Finnish people Estonian language sounds really funny.


Kinja'd!!! DrJohannVegas > McMike
03/19/2015 at 17:35

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Could this story be an attempt to avoid the consequences of the "Unsafe Release" penalty?


Kinja'd!!! McMike > DrJohannVegas
03/19/2015 at 17:45

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Not sure. I think an unsafe release is unsafe release, no matter who's fault it was.


Kinja'd!!! DrJohannVegas > McMike
03/19/2015 at 17:54

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So, I am looking at Article 23.12 here: http://www.fia.com/sites/default/…

It may be all meaningless, as the FIA accepted the "all the monitors suggested the wheel was tight, and we stopped as soon as we knew" defense. But, if Kimi "jumped" the release, it would seem to get around the issue. If Ferrari had said instead that the car had not really been released, and Kimi had jumped, it seems that "the competitor" (which here is Ferrari, as drivers are defined separately) is absolved of fault and the penalty would not apply. What the FIA would then do to Kimi is a different matter, however.