Wow, did Kimi really said all of that? I find it funny when he says things like: "Obviously a lot of things change" and then in the same paragrh he says: "I don't think a lot of things changed"
Maranello, 1 May – The Nagy Futam event has just come to a close in Budapest and, as predicted, it drew a huge crowd of fans. The nice sunny weather definitely helped. Around 300.000 people cheered on the various show runs held over the course of the day. After the obligatory meeting with the press and then greeting the fans, Kimi Raikkonen got behind the wheel of an F10, completing almost ten laps, much to the delight of the spectators.
“It’s a pleasure to be able to bring the spectacle of Formula One closer to our fans, thanks also to the support of our partners, in this case Kaspersky Lab,” commented Kimi. “Budapest is a beautiful city and we will be back here for the Grand Prix at the end of July, while before then, in less than a month, my team-mate Sebastian Vettel will be here to take part in the Ferrari Racing Days.”
Thanks guys... oh beautiful place
I walked that beautiful old bridge that communicates Buda with Pest over the wide Danube river, impressive buildings, nice people, I can't judge the food though, since we ended up eating at McDonalds because was the only place we could be for sure what we were eating (crap food, of course ) But with that strange language we basicaly got by using the international way of communication: by signs!
family time 11189730_917025398349283_1600148980_n.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) 11117199_840876915980774_1519819428_n.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) johannamuhonen: Last vacation day with the cutest family ❤️ Näissä maisemissa sielu ja kroppa lepää. #switzerland #qualitytime
About the track that is going to be built here near by, its going to be on the level of f1 track but as they say in the article, finnish will never pay huge amounts of money to see f1 here. In TS Mark Slade says Kimi is satisfied to his race engineer who reminds Mark, is clear, speaks shortly and knows the car thruout. Mark says Kimi speaks good english but when both the driver and engineer speak english as a second language there is delays and missunderstandings.
quoteRaikkonen vs. Vettel: 'Friendly fight' is firing up Ferrari
By Sarah Holt and Amanda Davies, CNN
(CNN)Two hungry world champions, one maverick boss and a reliably fast racing car. Has Ferrari found a winning recipe for the 2015 Formula One season?
Kimi Raikkonen -- the last man to claim a world title for the famous Italian team, back in 2007 -- agrees the "Prancing Horse" is looking good ahead of Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.
With four races gone in 2015, Ferrari is second to Mercedes in the constructor standings -- and is pushing the world champion hard.
"The feeling inside the team is just great," Raikkonen told CNN's The Circuit. "We are trying to get Ferrari in a winning position every weekend."
The Finn has a new teammate at Maranello this year, four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel who joined from Red Bull.
The two drivers have a lot in common: both are new dads and live in Switzerland, where they occasionally face each other on the badminton court.
"We know each other," Raikkonen explained with typical understatement. "He's a very normal guy and he's easy to work with.
"There's no politics, if there's something wrong we can say to each other and work it out."
So far, Vettel has emerged as Ferrari's No. 1 driver. The German ended the team's victory drought with a brilliant strategic win at the Malaysian Grand Prix, and was third in Australia and China.
But a revitalized Raikkonen fought back at the last grand prix in Bahrain, finishing second to Mercedes' race winner Lewis Hamilton as Vettel came home in fifth.
"We are trying to beat each other," revealed Raikkonen, whose last race win came with Lotus in 2013.
"But it's a nice friendly fight and it's great for the team. The whole atmosphere inside the team is great."
A new broom has been sweeping through Ferrari's headquarters in the shape of Maurizio Arrivabene.
The Italian was a surprise appointment as team principal in November but his straight talking, not to mention his eye-catching tattoo, have impressed.
"I like how he runs things," said Raikkonen. "You get the answer from him, it's either yes or no, there's nothing in the middle.
"Maurizio is exactly the guy that Ferrari needed. He's a very hard-working guy and very fair but if something is not correct he will tell you."
Telling it like it is meant Arrivabene told the media after Raikkonen's Bahrain podium: "I can officially state that he's back. He showed what a race animal he is."
The 58-year-old didn't pull any punches on his assessment of Vettel's race, commenting: "Sebastian made a couple of mistakes today ... Otherwise we could have had two drivers on the rostrum. But he's a human being, as we all are."
Vettel has a three-year contract with Ferrari while Raikkonen's deal runs out at the end of the 2015 season.
Arrivabene said last month Ferrari would not yet exercise an option to extend the driver's contract for another year because he wants to keep him motivated.
"Kimi is giving the best when he is a bit in trouble. This is a psychological approach," he told reporters.
With two-time world champion Hamilton and Williams' Finnish rising star Valtteri Bottas linked to a future Ferrari drive, Raikkonen was keen to state his case.
When asked if he would like to stay at Ferrari, the 35-year-old replied: "Yes, of course.
"They know very well what I would like to do, and we have a very good understanding but until there is something 100% you don't know.
"We all know what we want to achieve this year and in the future."
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) But with that strange language we basicaly got by using the international way of communication: by signs! 
Tania, it's nice to see Kimi smiling and enjoying himself.
