It was only two weeks ago when the Formula 1 season 2011 ended and there´ll be a looong way to go before the new one starts... We´ve already got some major news concerning the upcoming season. For months there have been a lot of different kinds of rumours in terms of Kimi Räikkönen´s comeback next season but at last it is finally official: the Iceman will be back in F1 action next season at the wheel of Lotus Renault! Not at Williams as it was predicted initially but at Lotus Renault. Yesterday we got confirmation of Kimi´s team-mate: it´s Romain Grosjean who will drive alongside Kimi in 2012!
Kimi´s comback is absolutely awesome news! Me being a huge Kimi fan I´m utterly delighted to see the Iceman back on the grid! Kimi seemed to enjoy his couple of years in WRC but rallying didn´t turn out to be "his thing" after all... Kimi has always enjoyed the tight wheel-to-wheel battle with his rivals so racing against the clock doesn´t feel the same. And with Kimi back the Formula 1 world is more interesting and entertaining than without him! Kimi has totally unique personality and he isn´t afraid of showing it :) Raw speed is definitely one of the key factors in terms of his talent. I´m pretty convinced that Kimi will get back in action in no time though especially the tyres have changed since his retirement. And Grosjean is a young driver who can´t wait to challenge the former world champion because this will be his second chance in Formula 1 and he´s under the pressure to convince all the people in the team of his talent... So I can´t wait to see how the things begin to evolve when the new season gets underway... Michael Schumacher´s comeback has proven that coming back into Formula 1 even though you´re (multiple) world champion isn´t as easy as you easily think. But I believe in Kimi and I´m sure his comeback will be success even though Lotus Renault may not be a top car yet.
I concidered Kimi´s comeback very likely before the official confirmation so I wasn´t actually surprised when I heard the news. But another piece of news made me totally surprised indeed... And that was the news of Sebastian Vettel´s Finnish trainer Tommi Pärmäkoski not continueing his work with Sebastian any more! I knew their contract was going to end this month but I was convinced that the successful duo would keep up their work together also during the 2012 season... But that isn´t the case however! I have very contradictory thoughts considering this decision...
For sure this decision will have some kind of an effect on Vettel´s next season. I´m not saying that it´s necessarily or automatically negative but I´m sure it feels like a setback to Sebastian. Tommi and Sebastian have been working closely together for three years and spending about 300 days a year with the same person inevitably makes you pretty close friends... Not to mention the chemistry between two people which cannot be taken for granted. I don´t know either one of the men personally but their team work has just seemed perfect...! They both seem like very warm-hearted persons who have showed extremely high motivation, inspiration and dedication at what they do. I have absolutely no doubt that the trainer replacing Tommi as Sebastian´s physio wouldn´t be as professional or competent at his work but still... Tommi´s absence will still have an effect on Sebastian´s career!
I couldn´t think in my wildest dreams that Tommi would quit his job as Sebastian´s physio after such a fairy-tale! But thinking about it more closely makes me understand Tommi´s decision better. I mean Tommi has done his job more than perfectly: in 2009 Sebastian was the runner-up in the world championship standings and in 2010 the young German won his first WDC after staggering last GP of the season... Not to mention this year which has been complete dominance by Sebastian leading to his second consecutive WDC making him the youngest-ever F1 double world champion! What is it there more to achieve...? Apart from the third, fourth or fifth championship..? Professionally speaking Tommi stands as high as he can ever get at the moment! So it´s understandable that he wants to conquer new challenges.
Many people think that the F1 world is full of sparkling glamour. But travelling about 200 days in a year sounds really like pretty lonely and hard work... No matter how well you get along with your trainee or how satisfying the job feels like. Living at hotels and changing your location constantly may be harder than you would think in the first place. Personally, I would never be able to have a job like that! I have hard time to cope with one single flight once a year due to my panic attacks so I really respect people who are able to run a life with travelling all the time.
Tommi will step into a whole new world when starting his new job in girls´ice-hockey world in Finland. If I´m asked it must have taken courage from Tommi to make a decision like this. But now there´re brand new professional challenges and on one hand, everything starts from the beginning again. And only the sky is the limit again so I can´t wait to see what kind of achievements this man will make in the Finnish ice-hockey world...I have to say that getting Tommi involved with the training team of the Team Oriflame is like winning in the lottery for the Finnish Ice-Hockey Association. They couldn´t possibly get a trainer any more professional or skillful than Tommi. I´m sure he´ll do amazing job whatever he chooses to do in life. Because in sports miracles don´t happen, THEY ARE MADE and they are made by people like Tommi!
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