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Originally Posted by revster
The tifosi, the Italian press and the legion of F1 punters are not interested in facts.
That's why when Fisichella stank up the joint, they all shifted their anger to Kimi and blamed Ferrari's woes on his lazy attitude.
And now Gerhard Berger is saying that the new F10 is slow and a B version is already in the works.
Wonder how long it will take before Alonso gets thrown under the bus...
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Actually, you couldn't be more wrong.
Fact: Kimi Raikkonen was getting paid $50 million a year.
He wasn't driving to the standard expected of someone getting paid like that. Not only that, but he didn't care about anything except racing. Ferrari is much more than just racing.
Kimi is one of the greats to hit the sport, but unfortunately he was born a few decades too late. F1 drivers have to do much more than race. F1 is now a huge business and Kimi couldn't impress the sponsors with his "I'll show up on Sunday and drive the pants off the car" attitude. They wanted more than that. A guy who does ads and who likes to talk to the press and just enjoys PR.