F1: Ferrari 2014: The Iceman vs The Samurai

Kimi Räikkönen is back at Ferrari!

Well, to be honest I have to say that I didn't saw that comming. I didn't expect Ferrari to take the risk of putting the two worldchampions together in 2014. But I'm delighted that they did! My beloving team has not taking a lot of risks the last couple of years. La Scuderia Ferrari is a team build on tradition, on history and we hold on to some of the rules of our founder: Enzo Ferrari. And that can be a good thing, but when you look back and see that our last worldtitel has been in 2007 (yes, won by a certain Kimi Räikkönen) everybody will agree that it hasn't worked perfectly the last couple of years. So it's time for a change, to take a risk and that's exactly what Ferrari did.

The big question is how Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen will get along. Both of them are great drivers and great personalities. Kimi "The Iceman" is something special, that's the least you can say! Kimi does whatever he wants, whenever he wants. He's just in F1 for the racing and couldn't care less for everything around it. Press conferences and all media activities are a nightmare for him and he isn't shy to let everybody know. We can be sure that his return to Ferrari isn't an emotional one. (Kimi and emotions?! Come on!). He returns to Ferrari because he thinks they will give him a car good enough to win. And for the money of course!

Fernando Alonso on the other hand drives with his heart. For the last couple of years Ferrari didn't gave him the car he deserves. But still he managed to get more out of the car than what's actually in it. And to keep motivating the team to keep pushing to the very end. Alonso always refers to the samurais and is a true fighter. As long as a worldtitle is still possible, he will keep fighting. To motivate a team and as teamplayer there is no better on the grid than Fernando.

So two strong characters and fenomenal drivers. But together in one team? Will it be an "explosive combination" as Schumacher says? Yes, probably it will. That's what happends when you put two topdrivers together. But at the same time it could be a dreamteam. From history we learned that two strong teammates can push each other. And two strong, consistent drivers might bring the Constructor's Worldtitle back to Maranello. And that's still the dream at Ferrari! So just leave them alone cause Kimi knows what he's doing! :)

Catya Leroux