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Raikkonen enters race as 'James Hunt'

Started by F1Fanatic.co.uk , Mar 12 2007 11:22

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#1 F1Fanatic.co.uk

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 11:22

This is fascinating:

http://www.autosport...ne.php/id/57244

What an apt choice of name!

#2 lustigson

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 11:31

The reason for entering with Hunt's identity is not known, but it could have been to minimize public interest before the event.

That's silly. Surely having 'Kimi Räikkönen' on the entry list would cause some excitement, but I guess having James Hunt racing would be even more special. He's been dead for almost 14 years. :rolleyes:

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 11:37

Originally posted by lustigson
having James Hunt racing would be even more special. He's been dead for almost 14 years.

#4 Owen

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 11:39

Well, they both like(d) the odd drink or two.

#5 kar

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 11:44

I think if it was Raikkonen's idea it is kinda cool :-)

At least if nothing else he has an appreciation of drivers from the past, particularly one he might identify with.

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 11:46

I've not driven snowmobiles that much (15 hours or so) so I'm not skilled, but to me it strikes as very daring to enter a snowmobile competition just before the season start, way more accident prone than tennis for sure.

Maybe he entered James Hunt to avoid his team finding out and promptly talk him out of doing it?

#7 SchuOz

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 11:48

I read an interview with Kimi last year & he was asked what book he was reading at the time & his answer was, James Hunt's biography.
:smoking:

#8 slapstick

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 12:02

Originally posted by F1Fanatic.co.uk
This is fascinating:

http://www.autosport...ne.php/id/57244

What an apt choice of name!

Where are my royalties?

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 16:03

Originally posted by SchuOz
I read an interview with Kimi last year & he was asked what book he was reading at the time & his answer was, James Hunt's biography.

My estimation of Kimi Raikkonen just went up like -----------------------------> this much. We just need to get him to commentate on the races, now. Oh, and a WDC.

#10 djned

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 00:30

i can see why kimi idolises him...

james hunt would have got away with it

#11 Menace

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 00:55

I beleive he entered the event under James Hunt just for the kicks... and as has been commented, he has recently finished reading Hunt's biography.

This was also posted by slapstick in the other thread;

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#12 riffola

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 01:06

Isn't Kimi required to wear Ferrari overalls/clothes at all public events that aren't formal? The sponsors won't be happy.

#13 mjsv

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 01:14

Originally posted by riffola
Isn't Kimi required to wear Ferrari overalls/clothes at all public events that aren't formal? The sponsors won't be happy.

Yeah, like when he decides to go scuba diving he just pulls his Ferrari brand wetsuit from the closet. Is that what you mean? Common sense, anyone?

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 04:14

Originally posted by mjsv
Yeah, like when he decides to go scuba diving he just pulls his Ferrari brand wetsuit from the closet. Is that what you mean? Common sense, anyone?

He actually is. Why do you think Schumacher wears Ferrari overalls when he goes karting? Because he thinks he looks cool in red or because he can't afford another overall? :rolleyes:

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 05:16

Originally posted by riffola
Isn't Kimi required to wear Ferrari overalls/clothes at all public events that aren't formal? The sponsors won't be happy.

If there was such a clause perhaps it was scrapped in earnest after Kimi's karaoke escapades.

#16 Mat

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 05:47

Originally posted by MONTOYASPEED

He actually is. Why do you think Schumacher wears Ferrari overalls when he goes karting? Because he thinks he looks cool in red or because he can't afford another overall?

Want to explain this then?

http://www.autosport...up.php/id/65002

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 06:34

Originally posted by Oho

If there was such a clause perhaps it was scrapped in earnest after Kimi's karaoke escapades.

#18 Levike

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 06:36

Originally posted by djned
i can see why kimi idolises him...

james hunt would have got away with it

Hehehe, poor innocent showgirls, never seen anything like that before.... :drunk:

#19 Melbourne Park

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 07:27

Originally posted by Mat

Want to explain this then?

http://www.autosport...up.php/id/65002

MS's out of contract now.

#20 peroa

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 07:34

Is he?

#21 Oho

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 07:35

Originally posted by peroa
Is he?

Indeed, I certainly do not think so.

#22 Melbourne Park

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 13:56

Originally posted by peroa
Is he?

As a race driver, yes.

There's been lots of comments about if he wants, he'll go karting. Maybe he already has. Well, there's pictures of him in white driving suits too while he has gone carting. That's different to doing some things for Ferrari, which from the sound of it, is very minor anyway. And if MS wanted to enter another business endeavor, IMO Ferrari wouldn't stop him. And besides all that, MS is a phone call away, and if he was doing something that Ferrari didn't like, I reckon they'd call him, rather than send a lawyer. They like they family thing don't they ... I have no idea though about MS's other sponsorships, I presume most of those are either gone or greatly diminished.

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 14:01

He is wearing an old Ferrari helmet.

#24 Melbourne Park

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 14:05

Originally posted by schead
He is wearing an old Ferrari helmet.

Too mean to buy a new one?

#25 MONTOYASPEED

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 15:29

Originally posted by Mat
Want to explain this then?

http://www.autosport...up.php/id/65002

Yes, it's a suscription. You pay and then you get to see the pic.

#26 mjsv

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 15:42

Originally posted by MONTOYASPEED

He actually is. Why do you think Schumacher wears Ferrari overalls when he goes karting? Because he thinks he looks cool in red or because he can't afford another overall?

You can roll your eyes off, but it won't change the fact that you missed the point - by a mile.

Hint: The guys doing that snowx aren't using average outdoor jackets from Walmart you know nor Ferrari is having those made either. The same applies to wetsuits, ice-hockey gear etc.

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#27 Mauseri

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Posted 13 March 2007 - 16:05

Originally posted by MONTOYASPEED
He actually is. Why do you think Schumacher wears Ferrari overalls when he goes karting? Because he thinks he looks cool in red or because he can't afford another overall?

Propably because his sponsors think he looks cool in red.

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 16:57

He should have driven one of these babies.

Yum!

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#29 turin

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 17:15

Originally posted by mjsv

You can roll your eyes off, but it won't change the fact that you missed the point - by a mile.

Hint: The guys doing that snowx aren't using average outdoor jackets from Walmart you know nor Ferrari is having those made either. The same applies to wetsuits, ice-hockey gear etc.

Hope this helps.

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Oh. Ferrari is so poor and the contracts are so lame that can afford the luxury of having is star driver doing something that may attract a lot of publicity and miss the opportunity, just because they can't order (or purchase) a high-end snowsuit. Yeah.....

If they could, they would make to snow in red and yellow, you know?

Wait, after all, it wasn't Kimi Raikkonen, it was James Hunt there!

#30 Jackman

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 18:13

He probably raced under an assumed name because his insurance prohibits him from engaging in other dangerous sports.

Which would also be the reason why he wasn't drawing attention to himself by wearing a Ferrari jacket.

#31 Ross Stonefeld

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 18:21

Wouldn't his insurance now be violated? What about fraud?

#32 Jackman

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 18:31

He didn't claim, and I doubt the insurance company reads the board.

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 19:00

Originally posted by Jackman
He probably raced under an assumed name because his insurance prohibits him from engaging in other dangerous sports.

Which would also be the reason why he wasn't drawing attention to himself by wearing a Ferrari jacket.

That would mean that he would have had to get another insurance company to insure him for the snow race. Somehow, no matter how much Kimi earns, I doubt he could afford the extra premium cost for being dead.