quoteKimi #MonacoGP: “We knew that after starting from sixth position it would have been a difficult race. I was all the time behind slower cars and there was no way to overtake them even if I had a much better pace. At the the pit stop we managed to pass one Red Bull, we gained one place but we lost it for a stupid reason. I was following my normal line when Ricciardo hit my rear tire and pushed me wide, regaining the position. It’s not very clear what you are allowed to do, it’s really odd but there’s nothing we can do. For the next races we have to make a better job overall to make sure we get tires working and things sorted out without mistakes on Saturday in qualifying. This will make our life a lot easier on Sunday. Now we go to Canada a bit happier overall but it’s too early to make predictions, we have similar tires but the layout of the track is completely different, so let’s wait and see.” [via ferrari.com]
quoteKimi: "It's not very clear what you're allowed to do and what you're not allowed to do because someone can get a penalty for something and another cannot. It usually is a penalty for these kind of things and this time not. There's no certain way of what is allowed and what is not so in my view it was pretty obvious but the stewards think differently." [via autosport.com]
quote #Kimi #MonacoGP: "Obviously we have to go away and think as something wasn't right in qualifying yesterday. Get the car working as best as we can and gain some places. Hopefully for the rest of the year we can do that and make the race a whole lot easier. On Sundays we seem to have the speed but starting in bad positions doesn't help." [via espn.co.uk]
quote #Kimi #MonacoGP: "Its never going to make the race exciting when you qualify a bit out of place. You normally end up following cars and get stuck in position so it was a frustrating race." [via f1i.com]
quote FORMULA1 BREAKING NEWS Raikkonen admits he needs to sort qualifying
By: Adam Cooper, F1 reporter
Kimi Raikkonen says he needs to sort his qualifying form in order to start having stronger races after a difficult Monaco Grand Prix.
The Ferrari driver has lost out to his teammate Sebastian Vettel in all six qualifying sessions so far this year, and has generally been much more competitive in the races.
Raikkonen, who has not started higher than fourth this year, says he is working hard to solve the issues.
"Obviously you have to put all things 100 per cent right in qualifying and get the car working as it works most of the time," said the Finn.
"Hopefully we will manage to do that and it will make our whole race a lot easier. Now we're just playing catch-up on the Sundays when we have speed, but starting in a bad position doesn't help.
"Like I said we have to make a better job overall to make sure the tyres are working and we get things sorted without mistakes on Saturday in qualifying, get all the small details right.
"I'm sure we can do a better job, but for whatever reason we have had bad Saturdays for a while, and hopefully we can change that."
Tyres key
The Finn says that getting the tyres working in all conditions is the key to up his game in qualifying.
"It was very difficult to get the tyres working, and when you cannot switch the tyres on one lap, it will make a lot of difference," he said of his performance in Monaco, where he started and finished sixth.
"You lose a lot of time easily. We have to find a way to work on that and improve that, and that will make a big difference"
"It's all about getting the tyres working on one lap and getting the best out of them. The tyres make more difference than most of the things – if they work or if they don't work there's a hell of a lot of difference in laptime.
"Obviously we've improved our car, but we know there are so many things why we cannot get the tyres working as we want.
"Right now we kind of know what the issues are but it's not so easy to make parts or make tools to fix those things for one lap and conditions that are bit tricky.
"If it would be easy everybody would be doing it, it's one of those things where we have to put small things together. I'm sure we'll get there but we still have work to do."
quoteFerrari F1 boss gives Kimi Raikkonen qualifying 'homework'
Kimi Raikkonen, F1 2015
Kimi Raikkonen has been told to raise his game in Formula 1 qualifying by Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene, who says the Finn needs to do some 'homework'.
Raikkonen conceded his performance in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix was "a disaster", before starting and finishing sixth on Sunday.
It is not the first time this year Raikkonen has struggled on a Saturday afternoon, with such form seriously affecting his race results.
In qualifying around the streets of Monte-Carlo, Raikkonen finished 1.329s off of polesitter Lewis Hamilton, and almost six tenths of a second behind team-mate Sebastian Vettel.
Explaining Raikkonen's woes, Arrivabene said: "The problem with Kimi was qualifying.
"He caught some traffic, and there was a very big gap to the guys in front of him.
"But then during the race you saw, at a certain part of the race, he had the same pace as Sebastian.
"So if he improves in qualifying then he will have no problems in a race because Kimi in a race is super and he can do a good job."
With a wry smile, Arrivabene then added: "If I have to give him some homework then he has to write 100 times 'I have to be better in qualifying'."
Arrivabene, though, recognises Ferrari has to up its pace in qualifying in general as Vettel has been faced with a Mercedes front-row wall in four of the six races this season.
"Mercedes are very quick in qualifying, and this is an indication for us on where to focus our attention for the future to work," added Arrivabene.
"If you are going to start in a good position on the grid then the race is going to be easier.
"When you have air in front of you, and not other competitors, it's good for you and the tyres because with someone in front of you the consumption of the tyres goes down very fast.
just a few words for my Monaco experience...overall it was great. but i found the race totally boring! i even left the stands for some time to go and cool down since the sun was sizzling even for me...i had no internet coverage at the track, so no live timing, so felt totally blind.... not even info from a friend by whatsapp.... was
the first days were great, as you can see so many f1 people and feel the ambiance. i got two items signed by Kimi (apparently in a great mood), one by Arrivabene (what a charmer, enjoying the attention so much!!), one by Bottas (what an empty face...)
...and now i'll make you all laugh! i made Verstappen sign on Kvyat's photo.... so goofy of me! what an insult to the poor kid. and its not that i dont know them....(because others i dont.. ) I did not manage to get near Mr Allison...he probably learned i was there and he was hiding
Monaco is lovely, Nice too, want to go back as fast as possible!
Quote: Denorth wrote in post #71good to know this, Olga, welcome back
At least you didn't ask anyone to sign a Skeleton photo
D...if by skeleton you mean Pet, i bumped onto him at the airport. he was just in front of me at the control...but he was with a gf so i did not ask for an autograph, neither did i congratulate him for the final race of 2010
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so goofy of me! what an insult to the poor kid. and its not that i dont know them....(because others i dont.. 
) I did not manage to get near Mr Allison...he probably learned i was there and he was hiding 
