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Old 16 Nov 2013, 10:09 (Ref:3332090)   #1
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Heikki's return is simply sublime! He was faster than Romain on low fuel and and on long runs in FP2 the whole time. Cant wait for the qualy nor the race!

He hasnt lost any of his skills and should really be given the Lotus drive next year instead of Maldo's $$. I rate him higher than Raikko these days.
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Old 16 Nov 2013, 11:05 (Ref:3332100)   #2
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Heikki's return is simply sublime! He was faster than Romain on low fuel and and on long runs in FP2 the whole time. Cant wait for the qualy nor the race!

He hasnt lost any of his skills and should really be given the Lotus drive next year instead of Maldo's $$. I rate him higher than Raikko these days.
I am somewhat impressed by his pace. But at the same time it is just practice so I'm trying to not read too much into it. Looking fwd to qualifying and the race too.
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Old 16 Nov 2013, 11:30 (Ref:3332104)   #3
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Heikki's return is simply sublime! He was faster than Romain on low fuel and and on long runs in FP2 the whole time. Cant wait for the qualy nor the race!
It is impressive how he has hit the ground running. He needs to do that in a competitive environment and as he said so himself a small mistake and he could miss out on Q3.

Can you show your analysis on 'faster than Romain .. on long runs in FP2 the whole time"? sky showed a comparison of a run that had Romain marginally ahead. I'm not disputing that it wasn't a good start, but I'd like to know if that was just your perception, or whether you have the lap times.
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Old 16 Nov 2013, 15:28 (Ref:3332152)   #4
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I was both happy and surprised to see Heikki's result. Yes, it is practice, but it should be interesting to watch his qualifying session. I assume he is using Kimi's short wheel base car. All eyes will be on him...no pressure.
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Old 16 Nov 2013, 20:31 (Ref:3332279)   #5
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Heikki and Romain are both using long wheelbase cars.
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Old 16 Nov 2013, 20:53 (Ref:3332293)   #6
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Heikki 8th on the grid, good performance by somebody who has had very few km in an F1 car this year and is in a strange environment from an F1 point of view.
I know he drove for Enstone in a different guise a few years ago but it is now a different team.
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Old 16 Nov 2013, 20:57 (Ref:3332295)   #7
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Old 16 Nov 2013, 21:08 (Ref:3332298)   #8
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Great performance Heikki , brilliant interview !
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Old 16 Nov 2013, 21:52 (Ref:3332319)   #9
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Maybe my point of view is too hard but I do not see why do yo rate so high his performance. He is 6 tenths from Grosjean. Grosjean last time in Abu Dhabi Q was 4 tenths from Kimi.
Kovalainen did FP1 in Abu Dhabi with similar pace than Pic who in the last times has been beaten by VDG.
In my opinion Valsecchi could do the same or even better. He was quite close to Grosjean when he tested in BCN this winter.
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Old 16 Nov 2013, 21:57 (Ref:3332320)   #10
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Since I don't see a race preview, I will post a qualifying comment here....

I was shocked to see the lightning pace coming from Bottas' car! Where did that come from?? Too bad he didn't end up higher on the grid. I have my fingers crossed for some points tomorrow!!
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Old 17 Nov 2013, 00:09 (Ref:3332363)   #11
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Since I don't see a race preview, I will post a qualifying comment here....

I was shocked to see the lightning pace coming from Bottas' car! Where did that come from?? Too bad he didn't end up higher on the grid. I have my fingers crossed for some points tomorrow!!
Williams reworked their exhaust system, to get rid of their interpretation of the Coanda effect on their rear diffusers... and it made the car less unpredictable.. its like night and day in comparison apparently!

Mr Kovalainen did well to get his car into Q3, into the top 10. Anyone expecting Mr Valsecchi to do the same at a track he has never seen, and a car he hasnt run extensively outside the simulator.. is likely to be way over optimistic...
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Old 17 Nov 2013, 00:18 (Ref:3332366)   #12
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Quite so, GTR. A creditable job from Heikki. Kimi often lagged behind Romain since swapping to the long-wheelbase car too, so for all we know Heikki might himself have more pace in that chassis design.
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Old 17 Nov 2013, 07:31 (Ref:3332461)   #13
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Kimi had the back issue as well. Since the tires changed he fell back too. Kinda like Force India.
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Old 17 Nov 2013, 10:03 (Ref:3332489)   #14
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Since signing for Ferrari he fell back too......
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Old 18 Nov 2013, 00:23 (Ref:3332807)   #15
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Kimi had the back issue as well. Since the tires changed he fell back too. Kinda like Force India.
Sure, but he was clearly back on form with the short-wheelbase car in Abu Dhabi, and professed himself much happier with it as well.

Did not really get to see what Heikki was made of in the race today. He seemed demonstrably quicker than Nico in the early phase but was bottled up by Rosberg's inability to clear Riccardo. Hard to know what would've happened after that, the nose change pretty much scuppered everything.
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Old 18 Nov 2013, 11:44 (Ref:3333018)   #16
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Old 18 Nov 2013, 12:10 (Ref:3333027)   #17
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Heikki was great! Just a little race rusty.
I don't quite agree. Was cautious at the start but then picked up something under his front wing so unfair to compare times based on time sheet only. At the end, I would say it is still a great come back. Hopefully he can deliver a super race in Brazil!
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Old 18 Nov 2013, 20:56 (Ref:3333289)   #18
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He showed proper pace in qualifying, which immediately launches him above the likes of d'Ambrosio last year or Fisichella at Ferrari, because stand-in drivers tend to be really, really slow. Probably through little fault of their own. Who was the last one to do well, Kobayashi at Toyota? Salo at Ferrari? His race was less impressive, but he's done well at Interlagos in the past so maybe, just maybe.
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Old 18 Nov 2013, 21:41 (Ref:3333304)   #19
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Maybe my point of view is too hard but I do not see why do yo rate so high his performance. He is 6 tenths from Grosjean. Grosjean last time in Abu Dhabi Q was 4 tenths from Kimi.
Kovalainen did FP1 in Abu Dhabi with similar pace than Pic who in the last times has been beaten by VDG.
In my opinion Valsecchi could do the same or even better. He was quite close to Grosjean when he tested in BCN this winter.
I agree, I'd certainly go with Valsecchi in Brazil.

Just how much worse could he possibly be?

Kovalainen was 88.8 secs behind RoGro at the end of the race!
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Well in the same way I was cautious with piling on too much praise during practice I also think that this assessment it too far the other way.

Give him two races.
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Old 18 Nov 2013, 23:11 (Ref:3333358)   #21
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Can't wait to see how he performs in Brazil.
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I agree, I'd certainly go with Valsecchi in Brazil.

Just how much worse could he possibly be?

Kovalainen was 88.8 secs behind RoGro at the end of the race!
He stopped twice to Grosjean's one. Had a front wing issue to Grosjean's none. Not much comparison can be made.
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He stopped twice to Grosjean's one. Had a front wing issue to Grosjean's none. Not much comparison can be made.
Not to mention a KERs failure !
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I don't think we saw anything at all to convince either way, TBH.
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Hopefully he'll do well in Brazil and get a race seat for next year.
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