Last thing I heard was they're appealing for the sake of their fans *coughing...bullsh*t* And they're appealing not for the title *coughing...bullsh*t*
Robertson said he believed that the Monaco Grand Prix, where Raikkonen crashed in qualifying, marked the turning point of his season.
"He deserved it, he was the man in the last half of the season. I think that his turning point of the season was Monaco. Although that was a mistake, we already saw that he was getting used to those tyres and he felt really confident after that.
"He went to Canada and everything started to come together. The team trained him on these tyres and they are a great team."
Tell that to Massa...even he can't catch Kimi
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"I was particularly pleased for Kimi because he struggled a little at the beginning to adapt to the new team, car and particularly the Bridgestone tyre characteristics," Brawn told autosport.com.
"What impressed me was that he worked with his engineers, understood the issues, got on top of the situation and, importantly and in the style of Michael, he did it in a quiet way within the privacy of the team.
Raikkonen also said he was looking forward to the ban on traction control, which takes effect next season, and expressed his belief that the ban will improve the racing.
"When I came to Formula One, we didn't have traction control," he commented. "There are so many things coming up. I think it'll be good fun and more challenging, too. And taking the traction control away will give us more opportunities to overtake."
"To tell the truth, I would not have bet on Kimi Raikkonen winning the drivers' championship in his first season as a driver for the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro," Todt told reporters on Sunday at the team's season-end celebrations at Mugello.
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I still can't believe that Kimi won it. I knew there was hope when Hamilton went wide. Then there's the Hamilton blunder...I was hoping he dnf but damn...his car was racing again. Thank god he's not making any difference on the lap times...plus McPencuri's idiotic pit stop strategy
Schumacher's input into the team's work ahead of 2008 will prove particularly useful in Spain as F1 begins the start of an era without traction control and other 'driver aids'.
Cool The master at work.
Kimi used to no TC. Massa...never. We'll see how fast Massa adapt.
I don't think Honda gonna effect much...well maybe towards slower teams. Unless Honda got fast cars...then Brawn joining them not gonna threat Ferrari, McLaren, BMW or Renault
Felipe Massa fears F1's new ban on traction control could lead to more accidents next season.
As of the start of the 2008 Championship drivers aids, including traction control, will be banned from Formula One.
The teams undertook their first test session without the aids at Barcelona this week, which saw Ferrari dominate the timesheets with Michael Schumacher quickest on the opening two days and Massa leading the way on Day Three.
But despite showing that he has the pace even without traction control, the Brazilian still fears that the safety of the drivers has been compromised by the ban.
"The fact is I didn't have any experience without traction control and I was rubbish," he told the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.
"First the accelerator is like a button. You have to be as soft as possible.
"But from a safety point of view, these limitations on the use of electronics seem a step backwards.
"In wet races we will have a lot more accidents."
Have some balls Felipe We'll see who'll join his 'whining' camp.
Then again, accidents is possible. I hope the rivals were the one who'll get the 'doughnuts'
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