Deposed world champ confirms what we already knew
Ex-world champion Kimi Raikkonen has admitted that he lacked motivation at times during the 2008 season. We knew it!
After winning two of the first four races, Kimi faded away. He never got to grips with his Ferrari and often gave off the air of a man who had fallen out of love with F1.
In an interview with Finnish broadcaster MTV3, Kimi admitted:
“That is the way it is; if you know you are fighting only for third place then you maybe don’t have the same speed for the whole race as normal.
“If you have no chance to overtake or improve your position, it is definitely not very interesting. When you are driving for the title, naturally things are completely different.”
Is Kimi entitled to take such a negative view, or is he merely being realistic? Given that Ferrari pay him several million pounds every year to drive their car, you might think they were entitled to expect Raikkonen to drive as fast as possible, all of the time.
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1 alan // Nov 14, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I Guess if motivating people to perform at 100% ALL the time were easy then consutants not management companies wouldn’t eb investing ro getting paid Millions for doing what they do.
It’s been proven over and over that Money doesn’t neccessarily motivate people to their potential. If money was the only motivation for Raikkonen then he wouldn’t be the driver he undoubtedly is. Maybe in providing him with all that money, they’ve neglected to provide him what really motivates him… Racing.
With next years Modifications to make overtaking and Racing easier and more accessable, I think we’ll see a completely different Kimi Raikkonen on the track.