2007 June

Speculation has been doing the rounds recently in regard to the security of Kimi Raikkonen’s drive at the Scuderia, the young Finn not living up to the Maranello based squad’s expectations this season as he trails his teammate, Felipe Massa, in the drivers’ standings.

Kimi may have gotten off to a strong start, winning his debut race for the team at Albert Park in March, however since then he has been plagued by bad luck that sees him in fourth place, seven points shy of Massa and twenty six behind current points leader, the man who replaced him at McLaren, Lewis Hamilton.
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Norbert Haug has dismissed suggestions that the Monaco Grand Prix showed Lewis Hamilton that he should forget about winning a race in 2007.

The British press criticised McLaren heavily last week, after the Mercedes-powered team ordered the sensational 22-year-old rookie to follow team-mate Fernando Alonso to the chequered flag.

But Haug, who is Mercedes’ competition director, told the newspaper Express that the protection of Alonso’s winning chances will not become a trend.
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Williams driver Nico Rosberg looked to be on track for a solid points scoring position in Sunday afternoon’s Monaco Grand Prix, the young German driver starting from fifth place on the grid, however he saw his chances disappear on the opening lap when by the time he exited Ste Devote he was squeezed out by the Renault of Giancarlo Fisichella, which allowed the one-stopping Nick Heidfeld to overtake his FW29 as well.

“Nick was very slow in the early laps and that wrecked my two-stop strategy because I was forced to lap significantly slower than my potential,” he explained on the team’s official website.
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