I dont have internet connection for some reason(it has rained all day and its colder than on christmas...hihi..Anyways my phone is too slow with 3G connection to be in chat in quali. I hope the connections are allright tomorrow.
Good morning from Austria. Short report from yesterday. We started again early and had no trouble with parking. In FP3 you could see that most of the drivers improve to go through turn 1. Not so much slides out. Kimi made some little mistakes in this turn und his back looks not stabile. Claudie said in front of her grandstand he has also trouble with taking the turn (should be turn 5) and in the last turn he is also sometimes from the track. So we could see he has trouble to handle the car. So we are happy he start from P8.
After quali we leaned picknick blankets and lay in the shadow to watch the autograph session from Sauber, Lotus, McLaren and Mercedes from a distance. Marussia was also there, but they had trouble to find people who wanted an autograph fom this poor guys In the evening they started old F1 cars. Berger, Marko, Lauda, Wurz and some others drove some laps in their old cars, today will be a little race between them Seb was there and also drove some laps After that we saw Mando Diao and Sunrise Avenue in concerts. So we stuck in bed very late, after midnight.
For today we really hope, Kimi has some luck in the race and can show his talent. Miss you all
quoteIn these two days I have found it more difficult to put together a good lap and again today in qualifying things did not go well. In Q3, I went out for just a single run on the Supersofts, but the mistakes made at the first corner affected my lap times. On my last run I locked the wheels, damaging the left front tyre, but at that point, I decided to keep on trying to improve. Even if eighth place is not a disaster, I am disappointed because we were quicker than that today, but I was never able to be consistent in the three sectors. Race pace is good and even if I am finding it a bit hard to get the tyres up to temperature, I will try my best tomorrow.”
quote“If you look at the results of qualifying since the start of the year, today’s is definitely unusual, but putting all other considerations aside, all my congratulations go to Felipe, because I think he really deserved pole position. Here in Spielberg, your overall power counts for a lot and so starting from the second row must be seen as a good result. It’s very easy to make mistakes here, especially in the first corner and the last two and, as it’s a very short track, traffic can also create problems. Fernando got the most out of the car and tomorrow with him we will work in two directions, attacking those in front while defending from those behind such as Hamilton. Unfortunately, Kimi didn’t get a clean lap, because of a mistake at the first corner and now we will work on improving his package so he can have greater confidence in the car, because his qualities are out of question. The race pace we had on Friday is encouraging, equal to that of the Williams and Red Bull and so we can expect the race to be as tight as qualifying.”
Kimi said he had problems with his brakes first, then the DRS but the worst was that the car was very difficult to drive the whole race. If you add the usual lousy pit stop, when they always make Kimi lose several places, in the end 10th place, or worst, is what you get.
quoteKimi Raikkonen, 10th "This was another very difficult race for me, despite having gone in a different direction yesterday to try and improve the performance. Unfortunately, it did not bring the improvements I'd hoped for and again here I found myself fighting the handling of the car. At the start I made up one place, but already on the second lap I began to have a problem with the brakes overheating and this meant I had to slow down. At the time of my first pit stop, my tyres were completely worn and on my in-lap alone I lost two places. We should definitely have stopped sooner. Compared to the start of the season, progress has been made, even if there's still a lot to do as our speed still doesn't allow us to fight for the top places."
Marco Mattiacci, Ferrari team principal "The way this season is going becomes particularly evident when one races at a track where what counts the most is the power of the car. Today, we tried to get the most out of what we have and we believe we have taken another small step in the right direction. Unfortunately, we were unable to demonstrate that with Kimi, who did not have an easy time on this circuit, but we are sure that with the progressive improvement of the car he too will be able to show what he's capable of. Fernando could not have done any better today. He managed to maintain a great pace for the whole race, at times even quicker than the leaders and this must serve as an incentive to continue developing the F14 T. Overall the gaps are coming down and the number of teams fighting it out behind the frontrunners is increasing. So our aim is to exploit all our potential to be at the front of the pursuing group."
Pat Fry, Ferrari chassis director "After a good start both Kimi and Fernando struggled a lot on the Supersoft because of graining on the rears which slowed their pace. In this stint, a gap grew to the Mercedes-engined cars which made the most of their superior power down the three straights. Apart from the actual result, we can nevertheless be pleased because in the second and third stints, especially with Fernando, we were one of the quickest cars on track and that shows that, race by race, we are making small steps forward. Kimi struggled more than Fernando and unfortunately, with him we paid a high price for his in-lap before his first stop when the rear tyres were on the limit. Now we must look ahead to the next race in Silverstone, a very different circuit to this one, where we can also expect the Red Bulls to be back on form. As usual we will try and be in the fight and to prepare our car as well as possible for this new challenge."
Quote: WHATEVER wrote in post #70Oh well... What can I say about that race
Kimi said he had problems with his brakes first, then the DRS but the worst was that the car was very difficult to drive the whole race. If you add the usual lousy pit stop, when they always make Kimi lose several places, in the end 10th place, or worst, is what you get.
I totally agree with you! We have to be satisfied this season when Kimi is getting points, even if it is only one Thumbs up for Valtteri!
Race was quite boring but atmosphere was great. Kudos to the Austrians.
Kimi has lots of problems but as long as he doesnt give up (retires) I wont either
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from Austria.
So we stuck in bed very late, after midnight.
The race was a bit boring and Kimi had a lot of problems (when we read now the messages). 
