Dyer on Kimi: `You can’t ask for more`
Ferrari engineer Chris Dyer dimisses all rumors concerning Kimi’s lack of tecnhical interest. Dyer was Michael Schumacher’s race engineer for the previous seasons. Schumi was well known for providing very accurate techincal feedback to his engineers. As a result he always able to set up the car very well. Dyer declares himself impressed with Kimi’s technical abilities, as you can see in the interview. Coming from Michael’s race engineer one can imagine these comments mean a lot, as he has a good point of comparison. Dyer’s comments are backed up by another Ferrari engineer working with Kimi: Andrea Stella.
Here is the report broadcasted on Finnish TV MTV3 (transcript below)
News presenter in the studio:
Kimi Räikkönen’s abilities to develop the car have been questioned after his move to Ferrari. Tulosruutu (The name of the MTV3 TV Sports Bulletin) wanted to find out what Ferrari’s staff think about it, and therefore interviewed Räikkönen’s closest collaborators (people who work with him directly at Ferrari)
Kimi received a `thumbs up` from his new team.
Reporter’s voice on the story:
Kimi Räikkönen’s quest for the WDC (World Drivers’ Championship) relies on his pit crew, lead by this man (Chris Dyer in the picture). After 6 years of working with Michael Schumacher, Chris Dyer got a new `work mate`, Finnish Kimi Räikkönen. A number of well known F1 people have publicly questioned Räikkönen’s abilities to develop the car and give feedback to the team. The vast majority of the critics have come from people who have never worked with Kimi. Chris Dyer and his team has a different view on the matter.
-Chris Dyer’s interview-
-Andrea Stella’s interview-
Reporter’s voice in the story:
With a reputation of a cold and silent person, Kimi has shown a surprisingly different side of himself to the team.
-Andrea Stella’s interview-
Reporter’s voice in the story:
If Kimi and Ferrari are unable to win the World Championships, it’s not going to happen because of the lack of work. Even when driver’s long day has ended and the sun has set, the team continues working long hours into the night. The team at Ferrari isn’t used to leaving anything to chance.
-Chris Dyer’s interview-
Reporter’s voice in the story:
The season starts with Australian GP less than in one and a half weeks time.
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Translation by Warwick.
By the way, I think seriosly that kimi engineer is protecting him, mostly due to bad critics he sufered by the midia in general.
Furthermore, regarding pilot skills, kimi and massa will struggle with alons for the championship title in this intire season as the previous tests shown.
Andre Viana said this on March 10th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Já que o Flavio falou que podia comentar em português…aí vou eu!!! Esse blog é muito bom, pena que vejo um favorecimento pro Kimi…:D Massa campeão!!!!
David_V8BigBlock said this on March 10th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Well usre, of caourse they are protecting him. But does thta mean that is isn’t true? Mark Slade, who was Kimi’s race engineer in McLaren said kind of same thing, and that was after Kimi left McLaren.
And making predictions based on testing is useless. There is no telling what things different teams and drivers have tested. Or is DLR faster than Alonso? Or Toyota the fastest team?
As Kimi, Alonso and number of other drivers have said, only few first races will tell hte truth.
If we compare Alonso and Kimi, there is no big difference between them, actually it’s very small. And I personally think that it is more the car that will determine who will win the WDC than the differences in Alonso’s and Kimi’s driving skills. They both have proven to be brilliant drivers, there should be no doubt about that.
Johtaja said this on March 10th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Let´s just see…
Valeu pela dica, Flávio!
Thais said this on March 11th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Hey, who is the WDC now ?
Lilian said this on October 31st, 2007 at 12:21 am