Raikkonen back in an F1 car

[hedgerley]

Brief write up on his 2 days in Valencia in the Renault 2010 car.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97166

There's also a video on Autosport TV - he still sounds boring......

[Exploded]

... he still sounds boring......

LOL!!!! But I'm sure he will still be a fast driver! With Kubica out, Renault blamed the drivers, that is something they won't be able to do this year. This time they'll have to deliver and further develop a good car.

[Stirling_Villeneuve]

It's great to see him back, really good news for F1 and for Lotus. Let's hope they can give him a car worthy of a world champion.

http://www.planetf1.com/photo-gallery/7453213/The-Best-Of-Raikkonen-s-Testing#photo=0

Edited January 25, 2012 by Stirling_Villeneuve

[Billy111S]

It's great to see him back, really good news for F1 and for Lotus. Let's hope they can give him a car worthy of a world champion.

+1

[NedaSay]

Glad to see him in a F1 car again! The team seemed quite pleased with what he showed. The guy has been driving in various series so he cannot be rusty! This is a real treat for the F1 fans and the Lotus fans! Will have no less than 6 world champ in this championship! Alonso, Button, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Shumacher and Vettel! The racing should be good!

On a side note, the car looks much better with less decals! Doesn't it?

[hedgerley]

Definitely agree. This season should be a corker, with all those F1 champions on the grid. Raikkonen was always quick and to be frank, his "couldn't give a s**t" attitude was always refreshing - except of course during Michael Schumacher's final race group photo when he did, quite literally

As you say, I hope Lotus can deliver a decent car for him. I'm looking forward to the 2012 test in Jerez to see how he and it stack up for this season.

Edited January 25, 2012 by hedgerley

[nolotusyet]

Kimi's return means I can return to my annual bet with my Finnish boss on who will win the championship. For some reason he didn't have much faith in Heikki in the "old" Lotus.

[hedgerley]

Excellent teaser video on http://www.lotusf1team.com/ As they say, the off season is way to long for some folk....

Nice to see the 'new' Lotus team establishing its own identity, which runs back to 1981 and the Tolman Team. Yes, there is some great heritage with Team Lotus but at last that seems to have been put into the right context.

Here's hoping you lose your bet this year Grant

Edited January 31, 2012 by hedgerley

[gtornes78]

Agree that building a new identity seems good, although Toleman was never based in Enstone though. By the time the team moved there they were already known as Beneton.