The game of F1 seat roulette keeps spinning around Kimi and where he'll end up driving next year. Hehehe, was inspired to come up with a casino/gambling analogy based on something I saw on Twitter mentioning if Kimi will wear black (Lotus) or red (Ferrari) next season.
Back on topic, the rumours have been aplenty and now more than ever before, at Monza no less, it's reaching boiling point. From the outside, it really does look like Kimi has signed on for Ferrari again. Honestly, I don't like it. I don't like Ferrari. I never liked them before Kimi drove for them and I tolerated them whilst he was! I'm a McLaren girl if I'm thinking teams! Well, now I'm actually really liking Lotus and Kimi fits there! Gosh, why can't Lotus get the money to keep Kimi with them. He just wants you to be able to develop the car throughout the season, Lotus! Why did you drive him into the arms of Ferari?!?!? Your job was just to get enough sponsorship for the team, don't lose James Allison and provide Kimi the car to drive for wins with peerless strategy. Well, it's been hit-and-miss on all those fronts. Sponsorship, well, they recently got something from Emmaar but there's doubts about how much that will pump into the outfit. Some big sponsorship announcement made in early summer with Infinity has apparently not been completely worked out. James Allison is now working in Ferrari's garage. This weekend Kimi and Grosjean did not make it into Q3 of qualifying and are starting 11th and 13th respectively - all the Lotus development pieces did not make it onto the car. And well, strategy has really been Lotus's achilles heel usually.
Sigh. I just don't want Kimi to get swallowed up by that crazy Ferrari culture. They go on and on about how they are a family and Luca di Montezemelo is the "father" and drivers are his "sons" and their ears need to be tweaked when they act out of line. What the hell are you going on about, dude? You are head of a racing outfit and you employ drivers to race your cars. And don't get me started about his favourite analogy about buckling down and getting on with the job - it involves having knives between the teeth, apparently he LITERALLY sent out knives to Ferrari F1 personnel as a message to get their act together during the summer break. I truly hope Kimi has wised up since his first stint there if he truly is going to be driving for them next year. Plus, he really needs to watch his back cos if Fernando Alonso is going to be his teammate there, that dude will definitely bury a knife (perhaps the one LdM gave to him as a buck-up gesture? :D) in his back anytime he can. Yup, Alonso dislike is still alive and well - never really left.
So, Kimi, red or black?
Back on topic, the rumours have been aplenty and now more than ever before, at Monza no less, it's reaching boiling point. From the outside, it really does look like Kimi has signed on for Ferrari again. Honestly, I don't like it. I don't like Ferrari. I never liked them before Kimi drove for them and I tolerated them whilst he was! I'm a McLaren girl if I'm thinking teams! Well, now I'm actually really liking Lotus and Kimi fits there! Gosh, why can't Lotus get the money to keep Kimi with them. He just wants you to be able to develop the car throughout the season, Lotus! Why did you drive him into the arms of Ferari?!?!? Your job was just to get enough sponsorship for the team, don't lose James Allison and provide Kimi the car to drive for wins with peerless strategy. Well, it's been hit-and-miss on all those fronts. Sponsorship, well, they recently got something from Emmaar but there's doubts about how much that will pump into the outfit. Some big sponsorship announcement made in early summer with Infinity has apparently not been completely worked out. James Allison is now working in Ferrari's garage. This weekend Kimi and Grosjean did not make it into Q3 of qualifying and are starting 11th and 13th respectively - all the Lotus development pieces did not make it onto the car. And well, strategy has really been Lotus's achilles heel usually.
Sigh. I just don't want Kimi to get swallowed up by that crazy Ferrari culture. They go on and on about how they are a family and Luca di Montezemelo is the "father" and drivers are his "sons" and their ears need to be tweaked when they act out of line. What the hell are you going on about, dude? You are head of a racing outfit and you employ drivers to race your cars. And don't get me started about his favourite analogy about buckling down and getting on with the job - it involves having knives between the teeth, apparently he LITERALLY sent out knives to Ferrari F1 personnel as a message to get their act together during the summer break. I truly hope Kimi has wised up since his first stint there if he truly is going to be driving for them next year. Plus, he really needs to watch his back cos if Fernando Alonso is going to be his teammate there, that dude will definitely bury a knife (perhaps the one LdM gave to him as a buck-up gesture? :D) in his back anytime he can. Yup, Alonso dislike is still alive and well - never really left.
So, Kimi, red or black?
