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Read
Kimi's official Ferrari blog where he tells about his great
weekend at Spa-Francorchamps with a fantastic race win as result.
"I
really like to win and I love the Spa circuit. It was great coming
back to win here at this track. After such a difficult season my
goal was to gain at least one success with this car and we did it.
This is definitely the most beautiful moment of the year!
The
F60 wasn’t easy to drive with an empty tank, so after Q1 I
though it might be difficult to get into Q3. But in Q2 I managed
to drive a good lap qualifying myself for the next round. I drove
well in Q3, but as the cars were all pretty close I couldn’t do
better than position six on the grid. Saturday afternoon I had a
really good feeling: I knew that I could fight for the win.
Naturally the KERS helped us a lot at the start and when the
safety car came in. That doesn’t change the victory’s value,
but we enjoyed the first success with this car using the KERS.
I
knew that the start would be crucial. Barrichello had a very slow
start, which didn’t help me, but I managed to come out of the
Source in third position and I was right behind Kubica at the Eau
Rouge. Then I overtook him, but I took the first right-hand corner
after the main straight too wide, holding second position. Then
the safety car helped us. At the restart we knew that it would be
crucial to keep the tyres and the brakes at the right temperature
to attack Fisichella while exploiting the KERS. There was a moment
when we were really close to colliding during the overtaking
manoeuvre, but I could hold my line on the track. Once I had
passed him and I was in the lead I knew that the main part had
been done. We had more or less the same fuel loads and although he
was very fast there weren’t any possibilities for him to attack
me. Maybe it would have been easier if we’d had different types
of tyres, but we crossed the line first. It was great listening to
the Finnish national anthem on the podium again! I came very close
to a win many times last year, but for some reason or another I
couldn’t make it.
I’ll
give my best to gain as many points as possible in the remaining
GPs. It won’t be easy, because the other teams will show up with
further developments, while we “froze” the F60, concentrating
on the project for 2010. We have to try to give our best with what
we have, trying to fight for a place on the podium. We’re very
happy for our fans, who finally had a reason to celebrate.
There’s no better way to arrive in Monza. I know that I’m
repeating myself, but I want to say it again: it won’t be easy,
but we’ll give our best to be on the podium again."
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