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Kobayashi driving for free with Caterham
21 January 2014
“I don't care about the money. I just want to be successful in my life and I want to bring the team success..."
Kamui Kobayashi says he offered to drive for Caterham for free in order to facilitate a return to Formula One.

It was announced on Tuesday that Kobayashi would be driving for Caterham alongside Marcus Ericsson in 2014 as the team opts for an all-new driver line-up. Despite his experience with Toyota and Sauber, Kobayashi revealed he wouldn't be paid at Caterham and was just focusing on showing his potential after a year without a drive.

“I don't care about the money,” Kobayashi said. “I just want to be successful in my life and I want to bring the team success. This is my goal ... I just say what I can do, I don't need money.”

Asked if he told Tony Fernandes that he would drive for free, Kobayashi agreed, adding: “I'll do my job. I'm very happy driving and I want to be successful in this team.”

Having been racing for Ferrari's GT team in 2013, Kobayashi said he felt joining a team which has still yet to score a point in its history was a risk worth taking.

“I feel that I'm 27 and I still needed to do Formula One … I've taken a risk of course, but it's very important for me. And of course Caterham needs some different energy and I think that my experience is quite useful for this team, so we'll see what I can do but I am quite confident.”

Team owner Fernandes said he had chosen Kobayashi in order to give the team some “adrenaline” ahead of the new season.

“Whether I get a million [pounds], half a million or two million – in the scheme of things – makes no difference when you're talking about £80million budgets. So what we thought Kamui brought is maybe that little bit of spark, something that you can't really quantify.

“Something that motivates the rest of the team to say: 'We've got a chance now; we've got a warrior who is going to go in there to do whatever to move this team up.' That drives people a little bit more.”
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/199623/1/ko...tm_campaign=rss

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i read it with my rusty Italian, i liked the article a lot, as it is very warm towards Kimi, the title meaning Raikkonen, never before so happy/joyful...
i wish i could translate it but its too hard for me. Finally it ends saying that Raikkonen has been seen in Maranello more than Alonso? do i get it right?
ahhh, yes, it also says how motivated Kimi looks!

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that was nice to read. It says those 3 days has only left happy faces and positive comments.
and I like that sentence

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That Kimi is like "one of those old ceramic stoves that takes forever to heat, but when it does, it makes it worth the wait".

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Boullier resigns from Lotus, set to become McLaren F1 team principal
By Jonathan Noble Friday, January 24th 2014, 09:47 GMT



Following intense speculation about plans for McLaren, Boullier has resigned from his position as Lotus team boss with immediate effect.

The Frenchman, who has done an impressive job at Lotus despite financial constraints, is now favourite to land the job at McLaren.

Lotus has confirmed that its owner Gerard Lopez will be its new team principal for 2014.

Full story soon. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112254

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i liked Martin so much...but its true McLaren did terribly last year....