Video: Kimi Räikkönen Press Conference in Zurich

Interview with Kimi Räikkönen during Press Conference Lotus Renault in Zurich 26-01-2012



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IL: Kimi will not ask permission for party

Return to F1 tracks in Lotus does not cause changes in Kimi Räikkönen's leisure time celibration, Iltalehti tells.

Kimi, who has sometimes been famous of his parties, says that his attitude to alcohol has not changed anyway.

- If I want to go out and have fun, I'll go. I do not have any problem with it. No-one forbids me, and I need not to ask permission from anyone, Raikkonen says to Iltalehti in Zurich.

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Räikkönen bangs: Of course my goal is to win the WDC

Kimi Räikkönen doesn't make his F1-comeback with the tail between his legs. The man who is known as a silent hero told on Thursday in Zürich that he returns to F1 only to win his career's second WDC.

– Of course the championship is my goal. You always go after it but another WDC is not any obsession for me, Räikkönen said.

They have predicted Räikkönen a difficult season in Lotus-team after his rallying adventures, but the Iceman refuses to take the role of someone who is cooling off.

Räikkönen has often stated that as a racing driver he was only interested in the victories. That thought is still strong although Lotus isn't one of the top teams based upon preliminary estimations.

– I don't drive just because it's cool to drive. It's abnormal if you aren't reaching for victory.

– One can't be terribly happy over 2nd or 3rd positions. But it isn't possible to always win, one has to learn to relate to other things than just winning, Räikkönen said.

Tests in Jerez tell a lot

Despite his tough goal Räikkönen is not starting the season bragging. He was away for 2 years and one can't say much anything about the competitiveness of Lotus before they have tested the new car.

– It's possible that we are behind the lead. But the car wasn't terribly good on my last season in Ferrari either.

– In Lotus they know approximately what went wrong last season. Lets hope they have learned from their mistakes so we get a good package.

Räikkönen thinks he is wiser about his chances to succeed after the tests in Jerez.

– Usually the first tests with the new car tell what the pace is compared to others. If the car feels good right from the beginning then it's often also the most competitive car.

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Sebastian Vettel at 'The Match for Africa'

Formula One 2010 world champion Germany's Sebastian Vettel (R) Switzerland's cycling champion Fabian Cancellara applaud at the end of a charity tennis game between Swiss Roger Federer and Spain's Rafael Nadal on December 21, 2010 in Zurich.'The Match for Africa' was organized to raise money for the Roger Federer Foundation which supports sporting activities for underprivileged children in Africa and in Switzerland

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Reliability hitch on runway as Vettel jets to China

After his reliability problems aboard Red Bull's RB6 so far in 2010, Sebastian Vettel's Chinese grand prix got off to a shaky start on Tuesday.

The 22-year-old German was safely aboard an Airbus A340 on a runway at Zurich Airport, bound for Shanghai, when the pilots abandoned takeoff due to a fault in one of the four engines.

The plane and its passengers, including the photographer Mark Sutton and many members of the Swiss-based Sauber team, were returned to the gate for a more than four-hour delay.

Vettel, who won the most recent grand prix in Malaysia, is third in the world championship standings, just two points behind the leader Felipe Massa.

After winning at Sepang, the German dismissed claims that early reliability problems for Red Bull were putting the title out of reach.

"We are just here to race. Racing cars are built on the limit and sometimes something breaks. We carry on and we've proven that we can come back," he said.

Source: F1 Complete