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Kimi Räikkönen and Petter Solberg won't take any further part on Wales Rally GB following their exits from the world championship finale this morning
Räikkönen suffered a light roll in his Citroen DS3 WRC on the opening Hafren test, while Solberg stopped prior to the run when a broken fuel pipe ignited a small fire in his similar Citroen.
Ex-Formula One world champion Räikkönen and co-driver Kaj Lindström, who were sixth overall prior to their exit, managed to regain the road after the roll following the intervention of a number of spectators. However, the damage sustained meant they failed to complete the 32.14.kilometre test.
Solberg had started day three in a fight with Mads Ostberg for the final podium spot. His team manager Ken Rees said: “The fuel pipe was broken in the engine bay, which started a small fire. Petter and Chris managed to put it out but they won’t be going any further. It’s very disappointing.”
Source: WRC
Räikkönen had to stop the race on Friday on the 3rd stage after his Citroën-car hit a technical problem
Räikkönen's car appeared to have an electrical error which resulted in a fire under the hood. After extinguishing the fire Räikkönen discovered that the car was so badly damaged that he couldn't continue the rally on Friday.
Räikkönen's team tried to fix the car like crazy during the 75-minute break in service park. According to information MTV3 has they got the car fixed, however Räikkönen decided not to continue the rally. The organizers already informed on Friday that Räikkönen would continue with super rally. Had he continued he would have got a time penalty of about 15 minutes.
Petter Solberg has also retired from the rally. Solberg's race ended when the wheel suspension broke during the opening stage.
Source: MTV3
Courtesy: Nicole
Turun Sanomat 22.10.2011 09:39:30
Just like in France, Kimi Räikkönen and Kaj Lindström also had to retire from Rally Spain.
ICE1 Racing -team's Citroën came to Salou's service park on Friday evening. The engine took fire during SS3.
After the inspection they made the decision to retire from the rally.
Turun Sanomat, Salou
HEIKKI KULTA
Courtesy: Nicole
Sebastian Vettel has refused to rule out hanging up his formula one helmet long before his thirtieth birthday.
As a 21-year-old rookie three years ago, the German became F1′s youngest ever grand prix winner at Monza at the wheel of a Toro Rosso.
Now, he is cruising to his second consecutive title, having signed up with Red Bull’s premier team for the next three years.
But beyond 2014, he is refusing to commit.
“My contract is until then and I am not really looking much further right now,” Vettel told the German edition of Playboy.
“Maybe in four or five years I will have no more desire for formula one and will want to do something different.
“At the moment I can’t imagine it but you should never say never,” he added.
“The feeling I get when I’m racing is that it’s so much fun and gives me more satisfaction than anything else in life.
“You have the tremendous forces on your body when you step on the brakes and turn the wheel, your brain screams ‘Stop, that’s impossible! But then the car shows you that it can be done.”
The magazine said Vettel, despite his considerable earnings, has inexpensive tastes — like his DVD collection and the fact his favourite vehicle is a VW bus.
Why the VW?: “Because you can do everything with it. You can even plug a freezer into the cigarette lighter,” Vettel laughed. “There is really nothing on which I need to spend very much money.” Source: YallaF1
Räikkönen suffered a light roll in his Citroen DS3 WRC on the opening Hafren test, while Solberg stopped prior to the run when a broken fuel pipe ignited a small fire in his similar Citroen.
