well, truth be told, If it was not for that Senna incident in '94, the rules was not this strict. the irony was that the drivers association was dreamt by senna after the death of Roland Ratzenberger the day before. He told Prost that he was tired of the danger that the drivers are going through. The most ironic thing was that now it is lead by Schumacher.... not that I have anything against him, but his move to damage Hill's car in Adelaide seems like a joke to Senna's memory during his year of death.

I doubt McLaren can win any of the last GP given the current form. Hope to see they mount a good challenge next year

I doubt that. the only time that McLaren looks menacing was at Monaco and Hungary, where speed is not that important.

I doubt McLaren can win any of the last GP given the current form. Hope to see they mount a good challenge next year

Kimi Raikkonen will be fully fit for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix after missing testing last week to recover from a crash at the Turkish race.

"My back was a bit sore so we decided that I would rest to get properly fit for this race rather than test," said the Finnish McLaren driver.

"But I am totally fine and I am looking forward to getting back in the car.

"It has been feeling really strong recently, so I hope we can have more of a race in Monza than in Istanbul."

Raikkonen hit a tyre wall during the Turkish race after returning to the track from the pits following a collision with Scott Speed.

Raikkonen fit after back injury
BBC

Renault boss Flavio Briatore claims long-time target Kimi Raikkonen has agreed to join Ferrari next season as a replacement for Michael Schumacher.

Briatore had been chasing the McLaren driver to take over from world champion Fernando Alonso for the 2007 campaign.

But he says Raikkonen will partner Felipe Massa at Ferrari as he expects Schumacher to announce his retirement.

"Kimi chose to sign this pre-contract with Ferrari. Good luck. We will try to beat him next year," said Briatore.

"You try to do whatever you think is the best. For me Raikkonen was committed very early with Ferrari and the fact, we believe, next year he is driving for Ferrari with Massa takes away that option.

"We tried for Raikkonen but that was not possible.

"For me the dream was Fernando and Kimi but what is not possible is not possible."

Ferrari will announce their 2007 driver line-up after this weekend's Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

After missing out on Raikkonen, Briatore decided to promote rookie Heikki Kovalainen to take Alonso's drive - a move he has fiercely defended.

Briatore could have signed Juan Pablo Montoya, who is leaving McLaren for Nascar, but opted to sign the Finn who has been testing for the team since 2004 and is their back-up driver this season.

"With Fernando leaving we looked away and felt we needed new blood to beat what exists in Formula One," added Briatore.

"People keep saying Kovalainen has no experience but this is utter rubbish - Montoya had experience but he is not in Formula One anymore.

"We had the possibility to take a name driver, Montoya was available but we are not looking for a name."

Only Ron is hoping that Kimi is not going....
hope Ron can convince him

arrogant raikkonen

Schummi: Anything new on your car?
Kimi: why? whine to the FIA after this?