Thursday Press Conference (7am UK time): Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa, Romain Grosjean, Jules Bianchi, Paul Di Resta and Esteban Gutierrez " title="yawn" />
Zitat von WHATEVERFor the one who did the poll: Do you honestly think the McLarens or Esteban Gutierrez have a chance to win in Korea
Does anyone honestly believe anyone other than Vettel has a chance to win if he doesn't suffer reliability issues?! " title="cheeky" />
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ZitatDarren Heath @F1Photographer 23m Oh dear, #Grosjean stuck at immigration control. Need a visa?! #f1
ZitatDarren Heath @F1Photographer 6m #Grosjean retort to the border guard "But you just let #Kovalainen through". Border guard "He's not a racing driver!" #F1Korea
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ZitatKevin Eason @easonF1 1h
Only incident so far was watching visa-less Romain Grosjean arguing his way through immigration. He made it
I assume (after dealing with arranging visas for myself during many, many year) that the issue could've been that some visitors are considered as visitors only and as result not in need of visa, while drivers are considered as visiting with a purpose of work (even if not for a local company) and might go through a different regime of entering country. Not a proper work permit, but still some kind of visa. Saying this, it is just an assumption that I have from personal experience of visiting different countries with no facts on the actual situation with Gro and Kovi.
Because the security guard said he's not a racing driver (when answering to Grosjean)
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ZitatKorean GP: Kimi Raikkonen has no doubt he will be fit to race By Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer Thursday, October 3rd 2013, 06:38 GMT
Kimi Raikkonen says he would not have turned up to the Korean Grand Prix if he had any fear that his back issues would prevent him from racing.
A flare-up of back pain from an old injury interfered with Raikkonen's Singapore GP a fortnight ago.
Although Raikkonen acknowledged that he could not properly assess his condition until he drove in Friday practice, he said he had arrived at Yeongam certain he would start the grand prix.
"I wouldn't be here if I wouldn't be racing," he said.
"It would be a bit pointless to come here if I didn't think that I would race.
"Obviously tomorrow we'll see. Right now it's OK. It's always difficult to say until you drive, but I think it should be fine.
"Once we try it tomorrow, I'll know more. Like I said already at the last race, this wasn't the first time and I'm sure it won't be the last time.
"It's something that I've been dealing with for a long time."
Lotus prepared reserve driver Davide Valsecchi as a potential stand-in for Raikkonen when the issue became troublesome during the Singapore weekend, and the Finn was only able to qualify 13th.
He recovered for race day and charged to third place.
Raikkonen did not think the problem would require any special attention before he returns to Ferrari for the 2014 Formula 1 season.
"I've been OK every year I've been racing," he said.
"Sometimes I have to deal with the pain.
"Obviously every year you get older and your system has more issues but I'm sure you can deal with these things."
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