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    September 17

    Kimi's囧 quotes

    Q. Kimi, have you ever got angry about anything, and jumped up and down and shouted?
    Kimi: Yeah, many times but of course you’re not happy if you retire or something but I guess it mostly happens more in normal life than in racing.
    Q. Can you give us examples?
    Kimi: No, not really.
    Q. What are the kind of things that make you angry in normal life, as you say?
    Kimi: If you keep asking questions like those.


    Q:Lewis Hamilton said that winning his first race felt better than having sex?
    Kimi:Maybe he has never had sex.

    Q:What do people do to relax in Finland?
    Kimi:Well, in summer there's fishing and fxxking. And in winter... the fishing is bad.

    Interview after Monza 08 (Kimi again failed to score any point)
    Q;Are you satisfied with the result?
    Kimi:Do you think I am?

    Q:Describe yourself. What are you made of ?
    Kimi:Blood, flesh and bone like everybody else!

    Q: The most exciting moment during the race weekend?
    Kimi: I think so it's the race start, always.
    Q: The most boring?
    Kimi: Now.

    Q: (Peter Windsor - F1 Racing) Kimi, I’m sure you’re aware that, as a result of the seventeen laps you led in Hungary, McLaren Mercedes, for the first time this year, have now led more racing laps than the Mercedes safety car driven by Bernd Maylander. I just wonder how you see that battle developing in the remaining races and how strong McLaren will be versus the safety car.
    Kimi:Hopefully we can beat them. At least it’s the same company so it doesn’t really matter but we will see what happens.

    Q:What advice would you give to the rookies Nico Rosberg and Scott Speed?
    Kimi:I hope that they are good in giving way

    Q:Media’s interest in Kimi after the WC?
    Kimi:They have thrown a lot of xxxx on me but I think that I’ll get even more of it now

    Q:(Gossip Media) How are you prepared for the season?
    Kimi:I usually get to read from your magazines what I have done.

    Q:Kimi, what’s the 5th grid place like?
    Kimi:It's the 5th grid place

    Kimi: Driving is the only thing I love about f1.My life would be much more easier had I been a f1-driver in the 70’s with the guys. I was definitely born in the wrong era.

    Q:What makes TAG Heuer special?
    Kimi:It’s ok.

    Q:Kimi, you speak a little bit?
    Kimi:Yeah, one two.. three..

    Q:What kind of an atmosphere do you think McLaren has right now (the spy saga)?
    Kimi:I bet it’s fxcking great

    Kimi: If there’s a red light when you leave the pitlane you have to stop. Then some wooden eye (Hamilton) crashes into you and breakes the car

    Kimi:I'm not interested in what people think about me. I'm not Michael Schumacher

    Q:What kind of a relationship do you have with Peter Sauber?
    Kimi:He is my boss.
    Q:Is he a father figure or a god father?
    Kimi:He is my boss

    Q:The helmet has a special meaning for many drivers. How important is it to you?
    Kimi:It protects my head.
    Q:Do you have any special rituals when the helmet is concerned like many have?
    Kimi:I wipe it so that I can see better.

    Q:What do you have to do to become one of your friends?
    Kimi: I've got my friends and that's enough. I'm not on the lookout for new ones.

    The best one is when I(a fan)met him at the airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil after the 2006 Grand Prix.
    He was looking at the monitors for his flight with a Mclaren personell, and I went to him as said. "Kimi" he replied, "I am not Kimi". So I said Ok....