kimi raikkonen

[fullyAsianeric]

holy shit that things fast

[THELUIGICARLO]

Who is Wurz??

[develish16]

I wish F1 was still like this...not like today....screw Ecclestone

[vonjager]

kickass kimi!

[duckmanus]

Smooooooooth

[htblacksmith1]

SEBASTIAN VETTEL CANNOT DRIVE AN F1 CAR HE DRIVES IT MORE LIKE A RALLY CAR, SO LET GET VETTEL TO GO TO WORLD RALLY AND GET RAIKKONEN IN THAT RED BULL F1

[Lalann]

@htblacksmith1 Then how come he's leading the points right now?

[keytek9]

i dont like the last 2 chicane they make the car bounce to much

[MattyMeatpie]

WTF are u talkin bout?! I used to race F1 in High school myself (not pro). We used the same cars as today and they never had auto transmissions and they never did. The throttle and brake are on the steering wheel with the gear select levers. Maybe u mean there's no "clutch". There is no clutch, just shift and ur done.

[Montass]

Doesnt anybody hear the 'grunt' on 48 seconds? Sounds like he's f$*%king up the gearbox..

@ LiamStroudy09: Total agree mate! Alonso must win the next 3 world titels! Such shame he didnt do that at McLaren, but maybe in the future!

[xlefty]

TC could be active on downshifting to prevent rear-wheel lockup...

[SebHUK]

@Montass Most likely the Traction control kicking in (:

[vjanik]

its probably the curbs making that noise. he shifts exactly at the right time in that section.

if an F1 gearbox made that sound that would be hilarious

[crazymxrider]

That's the TC making that sound

[LiamStroudy09]

Waheeey fuck you Hamilton. He really wound me up that year, starting to warm up to the lad. Good on Jenson for 2009 :)

Hoping Alonso shall succeed at Ferrari

[ownedncut]

pure paddles bro

no clutch

[amrabas2007]

Is it automatic or he is using the paddle shifters

[wsmith1213]

paddles

[elvee88]

lol..... american? haha paddles of course

[amrabas2007]

well he is shifting very fast

[quasiphatpaul]

I know why you'd think that. Kimi is a minimalist on all levels. Emotionally and physically. Alot of guys have big hand moves to make sure they never accidentally shift. It's a very specific movement the initiate by pulling there fingers from in front of the paddles to behind then flicking off. Where kimi is very quick and always has his fingers on the paddles. It almost looks like he's not doing anything at all.

[flippinllama]

aren't all racing cars manual?

[kcole939]

Two of the fastest street legal drag cars in the world are automatics. The absolute fastest, top fuelers, are single speeds, they run a multistep clutch system.

But yes, cars that actually have to turn, almost always use manual transmissions, it comes in handy.

[Spartan117FS]

@amrabas2007

Formula 1:s use a semiautomatic gearbox. Therefore he does not need a clutch, but he will have to change gears.

[amrabas2007]

yes i know the clutch is only on first gear but there is new F1 cars that have traction control and stability control so i thought what don't they make it auto also :D

[Spartan117FS]

@amrabas2007

TCS and STM where taken off F1:s this year. The idea is that people make more mistakes and there would be a better chance to overtake (the cars on the video still have TCS and STM)

[vjanik]

F1 used to have automatic transmisions. and also launch control for starts, and active suspension. the list goes on.

for example the cars that Mansell, Prost and Senna drove during their rivalries had 10 times the computing power of today's F1 cars, full of electronic driver aids.

all these things (as well as traction control) are now banned to put more emphasis on the driver skill.

[bazil83]

Congratulations, you just made the internet aware that you have NO IDEA what you're talking about.

How does that feel?

[vjanik]

are you talking to me? if so then then I truly feel sorry for you.

you should do some reading on the subject before you talk out of your a**.

can you elaborate on a specific thing in my comment which is not true?

[CallMeBaaBaa]

Hamilton you Failed !

was that hamilton?

[TobHussey]

Well that's a stupid comment. It's in practice. Hamilton let him past because he (Hamilton) was on an out-lap. It's not like they were racing, dumbarse.

[GORANJAMES2]

Misery!!!

[metalgear01]

damn kimi is fuckin flyin on that bitch! LOL wooooooo!

[TheEternalPain]

Great work from Raikkonen, using all the track

[AC4400cwKCSM]

is the better kimi

[giovannitif1]

is McLaren the Hamilton

[CorseRacing]

Hey subtvtnt. Hamilton a champion in 2007 you wish!! maybe hamilton was driving a ferrari with all information mclaren got from Stepney og Coughlan.... Iceman is the real champion.

[Tommovdv]

it's THE Iceman, show some respect to the guyXD

[halflifemasta]

kimi raikkonen FTW

[erniethefart]

ahah ur comment is MINUS NINE RATING ahah lol looks like ur wrong buddy!

[coyote118]

Haha, overtaking Hamilton, great vid

[A7XxFANxFORxLIFE]

whoop-de-fuckin-doo

in case you're blind, this was during a practice session, not a race, he most likely let him pass

[coyote106n]

i know that jackass, it just fits well into the clip

[diegocerra]

WINNER, WORLD CHAMPION. LOL

[subtvtnt]

you mean "winner"

[rcvmodels]

no he means world champion, you idiot.

[Beniniho2k7]

nice vid at france :)