The Battle is ON

Yo!!! First GP will be held in this weekend, and today, Saturday March 28th 2009 in Melbourne, will be held the qualifying to decide the pole position.
I can't wait!!!

Hope and pray Kimi will win in this 1st race,,, there's a word said,,, driver who can won in the 1st race will be the world championship winner!!!

at least that was happen with Kimi and Lewis.

So Go KIMI!!!!!

F1

in this year, the drivers must win in 1st place as many as they can. not based in pts. pts will be used if there are two or more drivers with same winning trophy,,,


1st gp will be held this week in aussie
i cantwait !!!

Go kimi !!!

Champion League

wuhhh its seems so long didnt write down here
so dissapointed with quarterfinal, liverpool vs chelsea again!!!
damn it!!! 4 years in a row. wait , is it the fifth?

broken heart?

uhm,,,i was just heard Miley Cyrus' song titled Bottom if the ocean,,, i love that song,,,
remind me with myself? hehehe lol

it's hard for me to fall in love with someone, i mean i didnt even bother with the way he looked, what car that he had, or his stuff,but from the way he treat me and the way i feel when im with him, and so far i just have like someone once actually hehehe
and i miss him, as a friends cuz we used to be friends,,,

the further we're apart, the nearer i feel him but the nearer , i feel he goes too far,,,

sad,,,

just sad,,, no swimming, nothing to do, and being rejected is so suck,,,

it's a nice weather but it's kind a suck day for me,,,
just want to go to mc d to get mc flurry or something, well must wait my sista, she's still doing her homework with her friends,,, it may take more than an hour,,,

About Champion again

2nd leg had has held, and i dislike with the way liverpool win the game, their 1st goal isn't that clean, before made a goal, torres made a foul by dopped pepe in madrid's penalty box and then the 2nd goal coming from stevie's penalty also need to be quetioned. it seemed there's no handball, but however, that's a game,,, we've got the final result, we can't change it since the whitsle was blowed the sign that the game is over.okey at least one of my fave team can reach til qf and hope that Chelsea will continue til final and win !!! GO Chelsea FC!!!

Champion League Update 2

well, MU goes to quaterfinal after won the game in Old Trafford 2-0 beat Inter Milan. dammit, MU is so strong!!! huh

then Arsenal also goes to quarterfinals after lose the game 0-1 by AS Roma, coz the aggregate is 1-1 and after the additional time 2x15 min there's no more goal, so it should be decided by penalty shout out, and Arsenal won dramatically, with score 7-6,,, i do not really like PSO, uhmmm my fave team always lose with that way,,,
juve lose by ac milan in champion league final in wait i forgot, but i was crying hiks hiks, also england in world cup 2004, i was crying too,,, so sad you know hiks hiks

here is FC Barcelona vs Olympic Lyon 5-2, aggregate 6-3, well, Karim wasn't in good condition and Barca was just so strong, especially in Nou Camp, btw Juninho made Lyon's 2nd goal... i like this man, he's so great in freekick, the freekicker in the world!!! his posibility to make a goal from freekick is more than 90%, i forgot how much/many? percent exactly, but Juninho is so cool!!!
goals from barca coming from thiery (twice), messi, then eto'o

okey then about the other i do not really gave an attention, FC Porto foes to qf after won by athletico madrid

Champion League Update

hiks hiks it's so ashamed that real madrid lose the battle in Anfield with 0-4 score!!!!! aggregete 0-5!!! what a shame!!!
i mean they have 9 trophies from Champion League. Dammit!!! So sad hiks hiks!!!

okey, other match: juventus vs chelsea 2-2, so chelsea goes to the next battle coz win the aggregate 3-2 by won in Stamford Bridge 1-0. well actually, i like both of the team,,, but actually i choose juve to win the game bcoz pavel nedved will retired in the end of this season, well i hope he will change his mind baout his retirement.

then Bayern muenchen vs sporting lisbon--- damn!!! this game is so unfair, i mean muenchen looks so strong no, i mean so dominate the games, both game in allianz and in sporting place. 1st, muenchen won the game by 5-0 score, then they also made a huge aggregate by won in Allianz with 7-1 score. damn!!! so the aggregate is 12-1,,, that's a huge one!!! gosh, so cool!!!

uhm next, panathiaikos vs villareal, and villareal goes to next battle.

well, i'll post again later bout the detail maybe,,, have no much time now,,,
btw hope inter will win the game in Old Trafford, well but that's kind a difficult mission, MU is too strong.but who knows???

About Rafa again,,,

ROLAND GARROS 2006
PARIS, FRANCE

June 7, 2006
Nadal On Course for Title Defense

Rafael Nadal Stretches for a Forehand During his Quarterfinal Win over Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal stands two wins away from defending his Roland Garros title following a 6-4, 6-4 ret. victory over Serbian Novak Djokovic (back, thigh) in Wednesday's quarterfinals. The victory was second-seeded Nadal's 58th consecutive clay court match win.

Djokovic converted just nine of 18 break points, while Nadal won 80% of first service points and hit just 13 unforced errors.

Nadal, attempting to become the first man to defend his Roland Garros title since Gustavo Kuerten in 2001, extended his record to 12-0 in Paris and now stands just two wins away from a century of career wins (98-12) on crushed brick.

His last loss on clay came in April 2005, when he lost to eventual champion Igor Andreev 7-5, 6-2 in the Valencia quarterfinals.

Ivan Ljubicic en route to his first Slam semifinal.Nadal, 20, will next meet No. 4 seed Ivan Ljubicic, who fired 13 aces in his 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win against Frenchman Julien Benneteau. Ljubicic, who advanced to his first Grand Slam semifinal, jumped all over the Benneteau serve, converting eight of nine break point opportunities and restricting the Frenchman to just 43 percent of first serves won.

Ljubicic came into Roland Garros with a career clay-court winning percent of first serves won.

Ljubicic came into Roland Garros with a career clay-court winning percentage barely above 50 percent (61-53). He had endured four first-round losses in six attempts and his best showing was a third-round appearance n 2003.

The Croatian improved Wednesday to 39-8 on the year and is chasing his third title of the season following wins in Chennai and Zagreb. He had a mixed clay court season before Roland Garros. He reached the quarterfinals at Masters Series Monte-Carlo and led Croatia to victory in the ARAG ATP World Team Championship. But he also suffered a first-round loss at Masters Series Rome and a second-round defeat at Masters Series Hamburg.

This is the first time since 1985 (and just the third time in the Open Era) that the four top seeds at Roland Garros have reached their appointed places in the semifinals. In 1985, John McEnroe (No.1), Ivan Lendl (No.2), Jimmy Connors (No. 3) and Mats Wilander (No. 4) reached the semifinals, just as they had the previous year when they also reached the semifinals, coincidentally while occupying the same four seeding positions.

At all Grand Slams, the last occasion that this happened was at the 2005 Australian Open (No. 1 Roger Federer, No. 2 Andy Roddick, No. 3 Lleyton Hewitt and No. 4 Marat Safin). In total, it has now happened 11 times at Grand Slams in the Open Era: 1988 and 2005 Australian Open; 1984, ’85 and 2006 Roland Garros; 1993 and ’95 Wimbledon; 1969, ’82, ’85 and ’92 US Open.

WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID

Nadal: "I feel good. I feel with confidence. I play better and better. And I was playing very good maybe in the first set. The worst thing in the game, my game today, I think is the serve. But the rest, good. For me.

"Maybe I am arriving in the semifinals with my best level in the last two weeks, no? So that's the most important thing. And I don't want to think if I am playing better this year or last year. I think this year I am better player, no? But I don't know if I am playing high level this year than last year, no? But I know I am a better player this year."

Djokovic: “I didn't go into the match with a back problem, and I didn't go to the match hundred percent fit. I was trying to make as short as I can the points, to make winners, to be in the control of the match, which I did in some stage, you know. And I'm pretty unhappy that it finished like this because I think that Nadal is for sure the best on this surface, but I was feeling really well on the court, you know, playing wise. I was playing pretty well. I was hitting the ball. I was feeling the ball really well.”

Ljubicic: "I don't think there is any doubt that [Nadal] is a big favorite. I don't think only in the semifinal, but also in the final. I think of four of us left, I think he's definitely the favorite one. Then Roger, then David, then it's me.

"I think just by reaching semifinal, I did something incredible. Absolutely, it's going to be zero pressure on Friday for me. We had the three very close matches, but they were all on the hard court. It's gonna be definitely more difficult to hit an ace on clay than on hard court. But also, I'm gonna have more balls to do something with. Because on the hard court, he is playing much more aggressive. That's what I think.

" There's no tactic against Rafael. I think Roger showed us in Rome the way to give him trouble. He was pretty close. He had two matchpoints. As close as you can get, actually... You cannot be too aggressive, you cannot be too defensive.

"Of course I want to win it. Of course I'm gonna try all I have, all my weapons. And I don't want of course any long rallies. I'm going to try to be aggressive because that's, I think, the way I can hurt him."

Benneteau: "He has an advantage because when he wanted to come back to deuce in a game, he was able to serve first serves at 210 [kph]. But I didn't have this advantage. He was returning well. My serve wasn't bothering him.

"There were many [great memories from the tournament], very super things. Maybe the fact that I won in five sets after being not so good in the fourth set, and winning in the fifth set, it was great. Even the match against Stepanek, every time there were complete matches, physically and mentally. And there were big courts: No. 1, Suzanne Lenglen. It was full, the crowd was with me. Even against Martin, although the match ended a bit strangely and early, it was still a big experience to be in the Round of 16 in the French Open."

Dear Friends

Came as you are / when I need someone

Someone to talk about this life

You gave me a joy, no more pain I feel

You bring the happiness into my life

Dear my friends, thank you for everything

I need you always, in my last and my present

Just want you to know,,, that

You guys are my best friends in the world

When darkness on your back

You’ll know that I’m with you, always,,,

I’ll give you a sun / just like you always do

Don’t worry about a life, we can share it every time

No matter where you are, where I am, what’s the time,,,

Facing the world with our own way

Maybe we’re apart, but we’re still together

Maybe you’ll find someone new and I found someone else

But doesn’t matter anyway

Cuz you’re my best friends

Forever,,,

For all my friends in the world, since kindergarten, elementary school, junior high, senior high, ‘til univ, thank you for giving me a wonderful life. I miss you so much.

The Rise of Kimi Raikkonen

The Rise Of Kimi :

Kimi Raikkonen was acknowledged as a future great as soon as he burst onto the F1 scene in 2001. The following year he reached the big time, stepping into countryman, Mika Hakkinen’s shoes at Team McLaren Mercedes. And at 2003 and 2005 he showed his true potential as he challenged for The Drivers’ World Championship all the way to the final round, which he could get the title at 2007, in his 6^th season in F1 circus. He became The 2007 World Champion after his worst season, his last season in McLaren, in his first season ever in Scuderia Ferrari. In 2003 and 2005 he just finished runner up after his car had a worst reliability, same problem in 2006.

Kimi’s rise to the top should serve as an inspiration to any aspiring driver. He made it despite not coming from wealthy family or landing support from a major backer early in his career. He has progressed purely on talent, and by being in the right place when his results generated opportunities.

Pic: Kimi and famz

Despite his new fame, Kimi’s feet remain firmly on the ground. He’s still close to his parents and the friends from back home that he made before he was a superstar. His home is in Switzerland but he goes back to Finland whenever he can.

Kimi inherited his love of speed from his famz. However, his 1^st exploits were actually on two wheels rather than four, he said “My brother started in motocross when he was three and a half or something, when he couldn’t even ride a normal bike!”. Kimi recalls “They put those stabilizers on the motorbike. Then when I was five, I started. They got him a bigger bike and we were racing together on the land around the house”.

“My dad was a mechanic too. He used to work for a guy whose son was doing go-karts, so we went to look one day. We bought one kart for me and my brother- I was seven or eight then. I started in local races, not really licensed, but just hobby racing. I was 12 when I started proper racing, which was quite late. My brother raced katrs until he stopped at 17 or something, and I started to do more car racing”.

“He wanted to go on because he was more interested in a big car and rally stuff. He’s also taller than me, so he was a bit too big for karts. I was always more interested in racing, while he was doing it for fun”.

Kimi’s dad put everything he had into supporting his boys, and made huge sacrifices. “He used to do three jobs at the same time. He used to drive a taxi, and he worked for the government, driving a big machine that made the roads more smooth (he meant smoother). And sometimes he used work on the door of a bar, throwing people out!”.

At once stage he diverted funds from a planned refit of the bathroom into karting. That meant the famz had to still make do with their old outside lavatory, although Kimi says it was no great hardship:”It’s trus, but that’s normal for us in Finland…”--- it’s known that Kimi using his 1^st salary to make new or to repair his bathroom in his house.

Soon Kimi was travelling all over Europe, enjoying considerable success. “The 1^st time I raced outside Finland was 1993. I won the Scandinavian Championship, and it all started from there. One of my cousins was helping me to do the European Championship. The 1^st year wasn’t very good. I had some races where I went fast, but I usually ended up somewhere outside of the circuit! But at least some people noticed. Then I started to get tires for free, and all these things that start to help”.

His big break came when he was offered a drive by a man who had not only raced against the great Ayrton Senna in karts, but actually beat the Brazilian to the 1980 world title.

“I won a championship in Finland in1997, and in 1998, a guy called Peter de Bruijn from Holland was planning to build up his own team, and he needed drivers. He said he would like me to drive for him- I was 17 or 18. I stopped school and moved to Holland to do racing”.

“I was still paying my hotels and flights and things like that, but he paid most of the stuff. It was good, because otherwise I couldn’t really do karts because we didn’t have money. We always struggled. Anyway that year I won two Finnish Championships, and the Scandinavian Championship, and I came second in Europe, so it was good year for us”.

His success earned him a lot of attention. One man who saw the potential was former F1 team boss Peter Collins, who had an eye for young talent. Through him, Kimi met father and son team, David and Steve Robertson. They had already helped Jenson Button up the ladder, and how they gave Kimi their management support as much as they can.

“The 1^st couple of tests I did were in Formula Ford, and then I went to race in Formula Renault. It was more fun because they didn’t slide so much and were quicker. But I only did a few races in 1999. In the 1^st one I came 3^rd, the car broke down in one race and I had an accident another. The car wasn’t very good, so we stopped it”.

Aware that he wasn’t in a competitive situation, Kimi and the Robertsons decided to stop the programme and await another opportunity at the end of the year.

“I came back and did some go-kart racing-I did the Finnish Championship because I didn’t have anything else to do. I came 2^nd in that and in the Nordic Championship. I was just hanging around in Finland. People were giving me a hard time because so many drivers go to England and come back. It was hard dong nothing! Dave and Steve had a promised that I was going back to race in the Winter Series in a good team, so I went there and won all the races”.

Kimi found the Manor team much more to his liking. He stayed for 2001, and duly dominated the championship.

“In 2000 the Formula Renault rules changed, and everybody had the same car. It was a much better championship, with brand new cars for everyone, and it was much more straightforward. There were 12 races, but I did only 10 because I won the championship before then. I won 7 races and had 7 pole positions, one 2^nd and two 3^rd”.

He makes it sounds easy, but it was an awesome performance that really got him noticed. It was achieved despite the distraction of National Service, which is compulsory for young Finns.

“It was a little bit difficult, because I was in the Army. I went in October 1999, and left in October 2000. I was flying backwards and forwards to Finland all the time. It was pain! There was all this marching in the forest and camping and the normal stuff. They’re always shouting at you, so it’s not nice to be there”.

“There was a special place if you were at high level in some sport, so you got it more easy (he meant easier). I think for 70 days you could be at your races-maybe one day for a race win. I was away for 100 days, so I needed to stay two or three weeks longer or something. But because the new guys were coming in they didn’t care what we did, so we just played computer and did nothing!”

Even before his army career was over, Kimi got his 1^st test in Formula 1. Despite his limited experience, he landed a test with Sauber Petronas. At 1^st, nobody expected it to lead to a full time drive, but Kimi immediately impressed the Swiss team.

Pic:Kimi (Sauber-blue overall) and Mika (Mercy-silver overall)

“Everybody was just waiting to see if I’d get the F1 super license or not. It changed a lot, because suddenly everyone was interested”.

The world was watching Kimi when he made his debut in Melbourne in March 2001. How could this kid straight out of Formula Renault step into a Formula 1? (before step up to F1, after raced in Formula Renault, drivers should raced in Formula 3 and Formula 3000-but Kimi, he’s different)

He showed that Peter Sauber’s judgement was sound by finishing an astonishing sixth. In fact he barely put a foot wrong the whole season, finishing as high as fourth in Austria and Canada, and fifth at Silverstone. His total of nine pts earned him 10^th in the World Championship.

“The car was good, and I had some good races. The start of the year was a little bit difficult, and then I had quite a few retirements, engine, gearbox, and one time the steering wheel came off at San Marino! But then I had a few good results, which was nice. I didn’t really have any accidents, so it was a good year, and I had a close battle with Nick Heidfeld, which was good also for the team”.

Even before the end of the season, Kimi had made the next step. He landed s fulltime Team McLaren Mercedes seat for 2002, effectively replacing his close friend Mika Pauli Hakkinen, who was considering his future. Kimi had met McLaren Group Chairman and CEO Ron Dennis at a party as early as June, but discussing did not became serious until later on. (uhm, actually Nick-Kimi’s teammate in Sauber hope that Mercy would took him to replace Mika, but what happened was Mercy choose Kimi over him to replace Mika-which made Nick sad, well sad may not the best word, but he was sad, and not only once that Kimi made him upset, not angry actually, just upset. When Kimi joined Scuderia Ferrari, it heard rumors that Ferrari will took Nick, but when Kimi didn’t want to make a new contract with Mercy, then Ferrari offered him to be their race driver, now Kimi replacing the F1 Legend Schumi,,,)

Pic:Kimi with Mark Arnall, his physio trainer

By the way, Kimi choose as rookie of that year by his troumendes performance in his 1^st ever year on F1 from F1 Racing Magz.

“First we thought it was for testing, but we were not interested in that, but then Ron said he would like to have me as a race driver. It all depended on what happened with the contract with Sauber and all those things. When I was younger, McLaren was always winning and I was thingking it would be nice to drive for the team one day, because they’re doing so well”.

By the way, I like his tattoo, so cute!!!

--- still to be continued ---

Kimi's pics

okey sensei, here is Kimi pics lol, i also have his video in my page lol, so u can see how fast he is,,,