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Yeah no surprise, Kimi hated both of those clowns.05-04-2020 23:38
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Kimi at his peak was far superior to Vettel. Raikkonen needs to be on this list if Hakkinen, Vettel and Alonso are on it...31-03-2020 18:13
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2005 was more of a fluke than 2007. Alonso did not deserve that 2005 title at all. It's not about the car being perfect, it just needs a strong front end. Give Kimi a slow car, but if the front end is there, he will outperform it more than anybody on the grid. Kimi had 6 wins to Lewis and Alonso's 4, and had a massive 9 podiums in the last 10 races, totally peerless on race day and consistency in 2007. All this with 2 DNFS while the Mclarens were bulletproof. If anything Kimi deserved to wrap it up in Fuji. Jenson, never in his best dreams, could drive like Kimi can at his best. Different class of driver. Raikkonen is superior on all fronts from feedback to raw speed (insane) and racecraft. Are you new to F1, respectfully? Kimi is like a musician with perfect pitch. Raikkonen's peak performance in the Michelin tyre war was so absurdly high, I don't think anyone could match that driver. In fact, the regulations now favor drivers who simply overwork their front tyres. This isn't skill for Lewis and Alonso, this is actually a bias in the regs. For example, in 2004, Alonso LOST TO TRULLI because he couldn't stop overheating the super soft Bridgestones of that year. Permane told Alonso he didn't need to change his driving style because luckily, the tyres were going to be made harder in 2005. In 2013, Lewis had the same issue, until Pirelli CHANGED their tyres after Silverstone, at which point Kimi started to have massive handling problem. Kimi, at McLaren at his peak, for half a decade was a better driver than Alonso was, and would have won the 2003 and 2005 WDC easily without mechanical failures. In summary, Raikkonen is a god-tier driver. Peak Kimi > Alonso. I'd bet my house on it. And for that reason I totally disagree with DeLaRosa, he is obviously mistaken here, despite praising Kimi quite a bit on the podcast. Keep in mind, I'm a Prost fan. Not a Kimi, Lewis or Fernando one. I just know greatness when I see it. 2014 was a total fluke, circumstance of Kimi's rookie race engineer, (who was eventually let go) and the sudden loss of front downforce due to 2014 being the first year of hybrid regs combined with rock hard tyres. Few people realize, Alonso actually praised the handling of that car numerous times (??), which ties into Leo Turrinis comments that Alonso has terrible feedback.31-03-2020 00:28