Showing posts with label 1984. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1984. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

F1 stuff for Christmas

Here you can see what F1 stuff I got for Christmas.

This first gift was a book in finnish. It's basically a collection of funny stuff that Kimi Räikkönen has said to the media. The title is "EVVVK" which is short for "Ei vois vittu vähempää kiinnostaa". It means "I fucking couldn't care less" which is probably just what Kimi thinks in his head. I almost read the whole book already and laughed a hundred times. Here are some examples:

Journalist: How does it feel to drive a Formula One car 300km/h? Kimi: normal..

Kimi: It was nice to do something else than F1 for a while. Now I can take more of your (the media) shit.

(Journalist approaching Kimi after meeting the president of Finland) Kimi: Just ask me the question so that I can go home! I just shook the presidents hand and the situation was over.

Kimi to the media: I don't care what kind of crap the papers write about me cause I'm not Michael Schumacher.

Journalist: Kimi how does it feel to start from 5th position? Kimi: It's the 5th position on the grid.

Journalist: How did the tyres work today? Kimi: They were rolling.

Journalist: What does the helmet mean to you? Kimi: It protects my head.


Then I got this book about the 1984 race reports. The reason it was 1984 was because I was born that year. Interesting book as well.


Then of course a man needs some deodorant and what could be a better brand than Ferrari if you are a huge F1 fan like me?


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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Formula 1 1984 Monaco Grand Prix




























Have you seen the movie "Senna"? In the beginning of the movie they show clips from the Monaco GP 1984. Senna almost beats Prost in his first season with a Toleman-car (not a good car at all) and could have won if they would have continued the race.

This was the race when everybody's jaws dropped. The race where people learned the name Ayrton Senna and remembered it forever.

If you don't have the time to watch this video then let me explain a few things for you.

This was Senna's first season and he had one of the worst cars. This team was almost like Caterham is today but it didn't matter to Senna. It was the beginning of his career and the only thing he wanted right now was to score a few points.

It rained at the Monaco GP in 1984 and it was very hard to drive but not for Senna. He was the best driver in the rain ever! Everybody was struggling and some of them even hit the walls and retired.

Senna starts to overtake the others like it was the easiest thing in the world. He even overtakes Keke Rosberg and Niki Lauda with this terrible car! He sets the fastest lap and almost catches Prost in the lead.

Prost is aware that somebody is behind him and fast as hell. He gets worried and wants to stop the race ("because of the rain"). We all know that the problem was not the rain it was Senna. And when they stopped the race Prost slowed down and Senna just flew by him in top speed. It was obvious that Senna would have won if the race would have continued.

Senna couldn't believe that he was on the podium. He waved his hand up in the air like he had won it all. That was the first time ever Senna stood on the podium in Formula One.

Now enjoy the full Monaco GP from 1984! Click on the video and be amazed.

The race is commentated by Murray Walker and James Hunt (the 1976 world champion).






Bonus information: Toleman was struggling with money and became Benetton, then Renault and now they are known as Lotus and has Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean driving for them.
Benetton won 1 constructors and 2 drivers championships, Renault won 2 constructors and 2 drivers champonships. Let's just wait and see when Lotus wins a championship..