Manager dumbstruck over the way Räikkönen was treated

Steve Robertson sighed deeply on the phone even on Tuesday. You could hear his sigh from Dubai to Turku when he was asked how he felt about Alan Permane’s public cursing in the team radio when drivers battled for positions in the overtaking situation.

– I have never heard any person from any team management shout at Kimi like that, Robertson wonders.

– Grosjean squeezed Kimi the same way three weeks earlier in Korea. Of course his tyres were now worn out, but Kimi always tries to fight for as long as his machinery allows him to do that, Robertson said.

Some reporter colleagues asked me after India if Räikkönen only drives for himself without listening to anyone.

I asked his manager the same question.

– Just like all top drivers Kimi drives firstly and mostly for himself – otherwise none of them would win championships. But of course Kimi can play for the team. If his teammate drives for the championship when he is out of it already, then he doesn’t make his WDC-battle difficult.

– Grosjean is not driving for the WDC, so in that situation he was just like any other competitor to Kimi who threathens his position, Robertson told TS.

Turun Sanomat 

HEIKKI KULTA 

Fonte: Turn Sanomat / Tradução: The Racing Nerds

Pois é Steve, nem eu. E como você disse, Kimi jamais deixaria de ajudar um companheiro de equipe se ele estivesse na luta pelo campeonato, o que não é o caso de Grosjean. Então ele o tratou como um adversário normal, ou seja, brigou pela posição, ainda que estivesse com os pneus gastos.

Foi a Lotus quem criou o problema. Por que não avisou a Kimi nas voltas anteriores que ele deveria deixar o outro passar? Por que só agiu na hora que a situação quase virou batida? #sei...

Antes de toda esta confusão eu tinha duas coisas em mente para o final da temporada. Agora vou engavetar estes planos. Acho que já vi o suficiente.

Ano que vem voltarei a conversar sobre Grosjean e Permane.

Beijinhos, Ludy