As the F1 parade was in Shanghai this past weekend, my darling lil Iceman was roughing it out in Istanbul competing in the Rally of Turkey.
I'm still clueless on the sport on a whole but hearing Kimster finished fifth overall and was consistently setting times comparable with the leaders is such an uplifting, morale booster.
My feelings of pride had already begun when he decided to sit out F1 this year and instead go rediscover his passion for driving in a different version of his sport. I understood and was quite realistic about his endeavours in rally would not be as meteoric as his rise in F1. His background in karting made for a much more seamless integration into F1 than does his F1 experience provide him for his forays in rallying.
Breaking his points duck by coming in eigth overall, not to mention as well, actually completing a full race in the Rally of Jordan two weeks back was a momentous point in his short rallying career. Yet, here we are again, marveling at the lightning speed in which Kimster is finding his rallying legs. Impressive is understating it.
One blog post summed it up perfectly when he stated how peculiar it was to see Kimi grinning from ear to ear upon coming in fifth when he wouldn't even crack a smile for a sixth place finish in F1. It just shows he's happy. And that makes me happy. CONGRATULATIONS, KIMI RAIKKONEN!
I'm still clueless on the sport on a whole but hearing Kimster finished fifth overall and was consistently setting times comparable with the leaders is such an uplifting, morale booster.
My feelings of pride had already begun when he decided to sit out F1 this year and instead go rediscover his passion for driving in a different version of his sport. I understood and was quite realistic about his endeavours in rally would not be as meteoric as his rise in F1. His background in karting made for a much more seamless integration into F1 than does his F1 experience provide him for his forays in rallying.
Breaking his points duck by coming in eigth overall, not to mention as well, actually completing a full race in the Rally of Jordan two weeks back was a momentous point in his short rallying career. Yet, here we are again, marveling at the lightning speed in which Kimster is finding his rallying legs. Impressive is understating it.
One blog post summed it up perfectly when he stated how peculiar it was to see Kimi grinning from ear to ear upon coming in fifth when he wouldn't even crack a smile for a sixth place finish in F1. It just shows he's happy. And that makes me happy. CONGRATULATIONS, KIMI RAIKKONEN!
