SEPANG: There is no place like home, especially after a busy Formula One Season, said Lotus F1 Team driver Kimi Raikkonen.
The 2007 Formula One champion also known as the “Ice Man” said he would like nothing better than to just relax and unwind in the comfort of his home after each season of travelling and racing. “I usually like to stay home. I travel so much during the year for all the races and when I have free time, it's nice to not really plan anything and just spend it at home,” he said.
He was talking to reporters at the Clear and Rexona meet-and-greet session with the Lotus F1 Team at a hotel here on Thursday. “I don't really have a specific place that I need to jump into a plane and head to,” said the 34-year-old Finish driver.
Raikkonen said schedules during races were tight, which made it difficult for him to go on sightseeing excursions, let alone try local cuisines. “Usually, it doesn't really matter which country we go to, all we see are the airport, hotel and race circuit,” he said.
His teammate, 27-year-old Romain Grosjean, believes he is lucky to be able to travel around the world to race. “When we visit each country, we don't have much time to sightsee but at least I can say I have already seen the Petronas Twin Towers.”
Raikkonen (left) and Grosjean speaking to the media during the meet-and-greet session hosted by Clear and Rexona.
The team's technical director James Allison said tomorrow's race at Sepang would be an indicator of how well the team performed for the rest of the season. “We had a good finish in Australia and a car that is balanced and kinder on its tyres, but conditions in Sepang are very different.
“The extreme tyre temperatures that we get here can cook the tyres, the track surface is rougher, hotter and some of the corners are more demanding than they were in Australia,” he said, adding that if his team could have a strong showing on the tyres like they did in Australia, then they were set for a very strong season this year.
-thestar online.
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