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    Kimi Raikkonen joins Lotus Renault for 2012

    After being linked to a Williams drive, the 2007 World Champion will switch back from rallying to Formula 1 with the Lotus Renault team. That most likely means the likes of Robert Kubica, Bruno Senna and Romain Grosjean will have to look elsewhere as Vitaly Petrov's seat seems very solid.
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    Gosh! A freaking dream team for me If only they had faster car for next year...

    Honestly, I would be glad if any of the mentioned guys were driving next year, but Raikkonen hasn't said his last word yet being just thrown away...

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    It'll just be a new job for him, no front of the pack racing...lost somewhere in midpack.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dino Scuderia View Post
    It'll just be a new job for him, no front of the pack racing...lost somewhere in midpack.
    Quite possible in fact, but hope things will get a bit better.

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    I just hope there are a lot of Kimi interviews so I can laugh.

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    Not if you can't see them.....still not entirely sure how the Sky/BBC deal going to work...
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    this should be interesting upcoming season

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    Quote Originally Posted by RacingManiac View Post
    Not if you can't see them.....still not entirely sure how the Sky/BBC deal going to work...
    sky is live all rounds, BBc some, + replays

    Renault are a quality team. the 2011 car was in the right direction at the beginning of the year & it was looking like being a solid year for them

    Bruno has been hit & miss. if he had been with the team at the beginning it might have been different ? who knows

    Vitaly had better show some learned experience this coming year

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    Quote Originally Posted by Badsight View Post
    Renault are a quality team. the 2011 car was in the right direction at the beginning of the year & it was looking like being a solid year for them
    The car with the FEE was flawed from the beginning though, as the team designed the FEE with the Bridgestone handling characteristics in mind. They wanted to avoid understeer by moving the centre of pressure forward, but found with the Pirelli's they actually needed more of an understeer balance. The pace of the car IMO was moreso to do with the development stage the FEE was at compared to alot of rival teams EBD

    Vitaly had better show some learned experience this coming year
    If he does it'll be at another team, Lotus announced Grosjean in the 2nd seat.
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