Posted by ashleigh on
March 20, 2008
Ferrari still with car issues?
Just watching the Live coverage of the test session 1, and it looks like Kimi has again been forced to leave his car out on track, and walk back to the pits.
Have Ferrari still got the same issues as they did in Australia? it is another hot session in Malaysia. Kimi seemed to loose drive, as the onboard shots had him trying to change up, with the engine then not wanting to rev, and eventually shutting itself down, forcing Kimi to coast.
Also David Coulthard will not be taking any more part in this session, after missing the apex at a chicane entry, he ran over the second part of the corners grass inside, he then hit what must have been a kerb sticking out of the grass, and had the front end of his Red Bull collapse on him. Lots of work for the Red Bull Mechanics if he wants to be out in session 2.
DC’s off caused the session to be Red Flagged so that the track could be cleaned, and the car moved.
Posted by ashleigh on
March 14, 2008
Kimi to start from 16th
Kimi will start the first race of his 2008 season from the 16th spot as his car stopped out on track during the end of the Q1 session at Melbourne.
It seems that his fuel pressure regulator has given up on him (the team suffered the same issue Friday). So the team that had one of the best reliability in the winter test season is the first to fall to reliability.
It will be interesting to see him make his way through the field in the race, as I would tip him for a podium.
