Gnil:
There is no way Kimi is going to be nr 1 driver at Ferrari . He is talented, maybe more naturally talented then Alonso, but Fernando is a harder working driver + communicates much better with the engineers . Also, he will not accepts to be nr 2, his ego is way too big . I am sure he secured that on his contract .
I think Kimi will be nr 2 . Either he is ok with that and just wants to finish his career in a notorious and ' special' team, or he thinks that even like that he can be better then Alonso . It will be very interesting to see what is going to happen .
Personally I am on in favor of nr 2
Excatly. For Kimi have gone back to Ferrari, he must have had the "green light" of Alonso. Ferrari is now built around Alonso and Kimi is not the young new comer driver for which Ferrari want to prepare for a future Nº1 driver. Kimi comes help Ferrari score points. Massa was a complete disaster, a mediocre driver to say the least and would only serve to get in the way sometimes. Caused Ferrai to loose the second spot of the constructors championship.
Alonso is more than happy to have someone like Kimi as his teammate, Kimi is easy to get along with, and will be able to bring more points to the team and also take points away from his rivals. And is very happy to get rid of "moving chicane Massa".
And Kimi is happy to have a more reliable team than Lotus and like all driver, thinks he can do better than his teammate.
But Nº1 will be Alonso, he works harder than Kimi, has a family relationship with the Team at Maranello, and has saved Ferrari a lot of shame and image damage by making the Ferrari look better than what it is, a car that was this season 7-8th fastest overall on the grid at most, and with his race smarts and consistency he managed the second place in the drivers championship inspite of the less comnpetitive car. That is why the team loves Alonso. Kimi is fast on Sunday (maybe even faster than Alo ion Saturdays) but he is not as consistent at it, and not as implicated with the team.
BTW, loved the words of Webber to Alonso after the last race of the season when they got out of the cars and met in the room before the podum ceremony, "I loved racing with you on my last race. If only you had a more competitive car..."
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