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Old 29 Nov 2011, 07:29 (Ref:2992801)   #1
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Kimi signs for LRGP in two year deal
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96573

Kimi signs for Lotus Renault
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Old 29 Nov 2011, 07:35 (Ref:2992802)   #2
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That has come out of nowhere!

Presumably Petrov has the other seat?
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Old 29 Nov 2011, 07:37 (Ref:2992803)   #3
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Thought Grosjean would be nailed on...maybe the rumpurs Eric Boullier is off could be true?!!
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Old 29 Nov 2011, 08:02 (Ref:2992806)   #4
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The other driver has to be a pay driver. I'm guessing whichever of Petrov or Senna brings the most money
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Old 29 Nov 2011, 08:04 (Ref:2992807)   #5
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Genii have put in quite a bit of cash recently, will LRGP even have a pay driver as a priority this year?
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Old 29 Nov 2011, 08:10 (Ref:2992808)   #6
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I really hope this doesn't mean curtains for Senna, he's been magnificent in moments this year.
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Old 29 Nov 2011, 08:16 (Ref:2992813)   #7
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Shame about Grosjean and Senna....but to be fair I would have gone with Kimi too if it was up to me. This is fantastic.

SIX world champions in the field for 2012, that's a quarter of the field (Vettel/Alonso/Hamilton/Button/Schumacher/Raikkonen)
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Old 29 Nov 2011, 08:24 (Ref:2992820)   #8
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hold up, didnt they have a big fallout last year and Kimi said he would never drive for them??
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Old 29 Nov 2011, 08:39 (Ref:2992832)   #10
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hold up, didnt they have a big fallout last year and Kimi said he would never drive for them??
And Renault said hey would never have him.

Oh well. Kimi is back. Should be fun.
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Old 29 Nov 2011, 09:23 (Ref:2992848)   #11
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I don't believe it's Kimi. If you read that report they quote him making a statement of more than three syllables!
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Old 29 Nov 2011, 09:23 (Ref:2992849)   #12
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Great news and I would imagine most drivers in the paddock will be thrilled considering how popular he is. Just hope Renault give him a good car for the job.. Welcome back Kimi..
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Old 29 Nov 2011, 10:13 (Ref:2992869)   #13
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Hopefully this will be a shot in the arm that Renault need - they looked like a team in decline this year. As impressive as Senna and Petrov have been at times this season, an on-form Raikonnen should be in a different league.

Will Kimi still have "it" after a couple of years away?
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The other driver has to be a pay driver. I'm guessing whichever of Petrov or Senna brings the most money
The team have been chasing a lot of Russian money so I would be very surprised if its anyone other than Petrov in the second seat.
Its a shame for Senna who I have been impressed with this year. He has outperformed Petrov and really shone at times. It was good for Bruno to show that he's more than just a famous name

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hold up, didnt they have a big fallout last year and Kimi said he would never drive for them??
Renault said they wouldnt take him last year but that was when Kubica was fully fit and firing on all cylinders. With Robert injured the teams priorities changed on the drivers front and given how competitive their car looked with Kubica in testing and two podiums in the opening races its clear that they had the potential for a strong season but they couldnt develop the car.
We all know that Kimi isnt a development driver, he's always been a guy that drove what he was given, but his presence could galvanise the squad.

The one thing about this signing that I cant stop thinking about is just how much the team will regret having let so many people from the Alonso championship era leave the team. Those people knew how to win championships and build a team, now LRGP have to take time to develop their engineers, designer etc to the level that they can fully utilise a driver of Kimi's ability
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Old 29 Nov 2011, 10:25 (Ref:2992877)   #15
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Great story as it is I can't help but feel Kimi's return's not going to be as great as some people think it will be. It's also strange after the little row he and the team had a year ago?

Brilliant to have so many big name champions in the entry but only as long as they are contributing to the team they drive for and sport as a whole, otherwise why not keep giving drives to the newer drivers who might be the future.

Obviously it makes sense for sponsorship potential and the like and I will be pleased if he is on it because in his day he was such a force in the McLaren's!!
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that's a firm indication there's no plans to accomodate robert kubica then, and in context of the previous week's drama over his statement and their statement and so on it makes sense.

i'm not sure he's going to provide any kind of leadership beyond inadvertent hero-worship though.

his management have played a blinder though.
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If a championship winning Ferrari can't motivate him what chance a pretty average Lotus will.
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Petrov and Raikkonen, debriefing will certainly be short.
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that's a firm indication there's no plans to accomodate robert kubica then, and in context of the previous week's drama over his statement and their statement and so on it makes sense.
I suppose the management decided that if Bob was still going to be out they had to have a proven winner and/or a driver who would be regarded as a number 1 in one of the cars.
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If a championship winning Ferrari can't motivate him what chance a pretty average Lotus will.
He had motivation, but Ferrari pushed him out for Alonso
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It's certainly good news, though this "amazing" field of 6 WDC is pretty much just numbers, nothing more.
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He had motivation, but Ferrari pushed him out for Alonso
Wow, if that was motivation, then I'll be worried when he is not motivated...
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Petrov and Raikkonen, debriefing will certainly be short.


Not that they will have much to say...






Oh, maybe to complain about the team.
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Kimi Raikkonen is really satisfied with his new F1 deal.

Raikkonen's assistant Riku Kuvaja has gotten used to dampening Kimi related stories. Now you can hear the happiness in his voice and you can almost see the smile via phone.

- Kimi is really satisfied with the deal, Kuvaja says happily.

He will not reveal the financial value of the two year long Lotus Renault deal but admits that it matches the value of an ex-World Champion. So Kimi got what he wanted.

Raikkonen's dream of returning to F1 lived almost through all his time spent in WRC. In the end Kimi didn't get to drive rally long enough for it to have been realistic to wait podiums nor championship.

- The desire to return to F1 kept growing all the time and in the end that lead to the negotiations and to this deal, Kuvaja says.

There were negotiations with several teams but according to Kimi's assistant the decision came easy. That was influenced both by Kimi's role in the team and the finacial side. But the most important thing was the return itself.
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