F1: Q&A with Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya

As the Team McLaren Mercedes test programme with the MP4-21 got underway today in Barcelona with Pedro de la Rosa at the wheel, race drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya discussed their test programme prior to the start of the 2006 season in Bahrain.KIMI RAIKKONEN
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1. The Team McLaren Mercedes MP4-21 ran for the first time in Barcelona today, what are your feelings about the car? For sure it is too early for me to say, as I have not driven the car yet, but it is good that the team and Pedro had the first shakedown today. There is a lot of work to be done before the start of the season, I think that we have just over 20 track days before the start of the season, and we are all totally focused on making the most of these days before Bahrain. 2. Are you looking forward to getting back to testing? I have not driven a Formula One car since 16th October in China, so for sure I can't wait to get back to it this week, where I will be in an MP4-21. I will be driving on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th, and I am looking forward to seeing what the team have done. I have been to the McLaren Technology Centre a few times recently to catch-up with the team and I saw the MP4-21 in car build, so I am really excited to be getting behind the wheel next week. 3. What is your scheduled test programme leading into Bahrain? I think that the test team will be on track every week between the start of the year and Bahrain. I have two days in Barcelona next week, and then the same the week after that in Valencia in MP4-21, and I will also be testing in February. As always in pre-season tests, work is focused on developing the new car and also getting used to it. After the first days, we will start to look at set-ups for the first few races and also the various upgrade packages that the team has already planned to bring on line in the early part of the season. 4. What are your expectations for 2006? For sure it’s the same as every year, I want to win races and World Championships with Team McLaren Mercedes. We had a quick car last year, and I guess there is no reason why we will not have that again as we have the same strong design team. I can't sit here now and say that will happen, until we race for the first time it is not possible to say how competitive the different cars will be. Also this year, because of the new regulations for tyres and engines, it will be even more difficult to say. I can sit here and say that everyone at Team McLaren Mercedes is fully focused and pushing hard to try to achieve it. Everyone in the media seems to think that it will be us, Renault and Ferrari again this year, with me, Juan Pablo, Fernando and Michael battling it out. For me that would be great and I hope so for the fans that it is another exciting year like 2005, although with a slightly different end result! But you know people are forgetting the Honda's, the Red Bull, the Toyotas and so on. There were a lot of teams really getting strong towards the end of the season, so I think that we will have to wait and see. 5. What do you think the main challenges will be? The two main challenges with the car will be the new V8 format with the engine and the tyre changes at pit stops, but you know that is the same for everyone. 6. How is your knee following your minor post season surgery in the last week of October? It is fine, I recovered well and was back training at the end of November. It was a small operation to repair a minor rupture to the meniscus, so you know no big deal. The bulk of my main training and the time when the focus is to increase my fitness level, is between November and March, so I have been working hard over recent weeks with my trainer. JUAN PABLO MONTOYA
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1. How did the first run of the car go today at the Circuit de Catalunya? It was good, there were a couple of minor issues, but you expect that with the new car, and you know this is why we go testing! I am in the new car tomorrow and Wednesday and I am really looking forward to driving it for the first time, it is always exciting you know to see what your office will be like for the next 12 months! Also it means that I can really start to have an input and work with the team on developing the new car. At the moment, I am scheduled for 11 days in the car before it leaves for Bahrain. Because I will be driving MP4-21 for the first time, I will spend a few days with the team completing systems checks, getting used to the car, you know just generally breaking it in. Pedro will have completed some of the the initial checks already today. As testing continues this week, Pedro and Gary will continue to work on the same areas in the MP4-20s alongside me and Kimi with their focus remaining on tyres with Michelin and engines. 2. What are your thoughts on MP4-21? It's too early to say, as I have not even driven it yet. The work rate that has been taking place within McLaren Racing and Mercedes-Benz has been amazing and we learnt a lot of positive things from last year's car, so you know we hope that can be continued into MP4-21 and just have to wait until Bahrain to see! 3. Have you spent any time at the McLaren Technology Centre since the end of the season working with engineering team? I like to try and go to the McLaren Technology Centre as often as I can, which is difficult because of my schedule, but it is good to catch up with the team and everything. Between the end of the season and Christmas, I spent four days at the facility working with the engineering team and having a look at the on-going development of MP4-21. On Tuesday 10th January I had my seat-fitting in the new car and my last visit was last Thursday and Friday. 4. What are your expectations for 2006? I want to be on the top step of the podium many more times than in 2005, and to be battling for the World Championships with Team McLaren Mercedes. I am a racer and I want to win and I am with the team that I can do that with. I think it has the potential to be another great year for the sport, things got really interesting last year and that will hopefully continue. Because of the changes to engines and tyres, there might be some teams doing better than expected and some doing worse, but until we have raced rather than just being on the test track it is all speculation. 5. What do you think the main challenges will be? For everyone there are the two big changes I guess, to V8s and tyres in pit stops. For me specifically, I am just looking forward to an exciting second season with Team McLaren Mercedes.

F1: KIMI :: This year is wide open

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Kimi Raikkonen believes the 2006 world championship is wide open and has warned that McLaren should not automatically expect the same performance advantage it enjoyed last season.
The Finn believes rule changes, including a switch to 2.4-litre V8 power and a return to routine tyre stops, as well as the emerging threats from Japanese manufacturers Honda and Toyota means there are too many variables to predict form yet.

"Everyone in the media seems to think that it will be us, Renault and Ferrari again this year, with me, Juan Pablo, Fernando and Michael battling it out," he said. "For me that would be great and I hope so for the fans that it is another exciting year like 2005, although with a slightly different end result!

"But you know people are forgetting the Honda's, the Red Bull, the Toyotas and so on. "There were a lot of teams really getting strong towards the end of the season, so I think that we will have to wait and see."

Raikkonen says his target is to win the world championship after missing out to Fernando Alonso and Renault last season.

He added that he expected McLaren to be strong again in 2006. "I want to win races and world championships with McLaren," he said.

"We had a quick car last year, and I guess there is no reason why we will not have that again as we have the same strong design team. I can't sit here now and say that will happen, until we race for the first time it is not possible to say how competitive the different cars will be.

"I can sit here and say that everyone in the team is fully focused and pushing hard to try to achieve it."

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McLaren's new MP4-21 made its track debut at Barcelona on Monday in the hands of test driver Pedro de la Rosa and Raikkonen gets his first taste of the car on Thursday. "I have not driven an F1 car since China, so for sure I can't wait to get back to it this week, he said.

"I have been to the McLaren Technology Centre a few times recently to catch-up with the team and I saw the MP4-21 in car build, so I am really excited to be getting behind the wheel next week."

Blind - Lifehouse

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJzTROigMR8] I was young but I wasn't naive I watched helpless as he turned around to leave And still I have the pain I have to carry A past so deep that even you could not bury if you tried After all this time I never thought we'd be here Never thought we'd be here When my love for you was blind But I couldn't make you see it Couldn't make you see it That I loved you more than you'll ever know A part of me died when I let you go I would fall asleep Only in hopes of dreaming That everything would be like is was before But nights like this it seems are slowly fleeting They disappear as reality is crashing to the floor After all this time I never thought we'd be here Never thought we'd be here When my love for you was blind But I couldn't make you see it Couldn't make you see it That I loved you more than you'll ever know A part of me died when I let you go After all this time Would you ever wanna leave it Maybe you could not believe it That my love for you was blind But I couldn't make you see it Couldn't make you see it That I loved you more than you will ever know A part of me died when I let you go And I loved you more than you'll ever know A part of me dies when I let you go

Don't forget about us -MARIAH CAREY

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6zeGfBZxpY] [Intro:] (Don't forget about us) Don't baby, don't baby, don't let it go No baby, no baby, no baby no Don't baby, don't baby, don't let it go My baby boy... [Verse 1] Just let it die With no goodbyes Details don't matter We both paid the price Tears in my eyes You know sometimes It'd be like that baby [Bridge 1] Now everytime I see you I pretend I'm fine When I wanna reach out to you But I turn and I walk and I let it ride Baby I must confess We were bigger than anything Remember us at our best And don't forget about [Chorus] Late nights, playin' in the dark And wakin' up inside my arms Boy, you'll always be in my heart and I can see it in your eyes You still want it So don't forget about us I'm just speaking from experience Nothing can compare to your first true love So I hope this will remind you When it's for real, it's forever So don't forget about us [Verse 2] Oh they say That you're in a new relationship But we both know Nothing comes close to What we had, it perseveres That we both can't forget it How good we used to get it [Bridge 2] There's only one me and you And how we used to shine No matter what you go through We are one, that's a fact That you can't deny So baby we just can't let The fire pass us by Forever we'd both regret So don't forget about [Chorus] [Rap] And if she's got your head all messed up now That's the trickery She'll wanna have like you know how this lovin' used to be I bet she can't do like me She'll never be MC Baby don't you, don't you forget about us [Chorus x2] Don't baby, don't baby, don't let it go No baby, no baby, no baby no Don't baby, don't baby, don't let it go When it's for real, it's forever So don't forget about us.

Stickwitu - Pussy Cat Dolls

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmmTUxStwes] ooooooo ooooooooooo I don't wanna go another day So I'm telling you exactly what is on my mind Seems like everybody's breaking up And throwing their love away But I know I got a good thing right here That's why I say (Hey) Nobody gonna love me better I'm must stickwitu Forever Nobody gonna take me higher I'm must stickwitu (mmmmmm) You know how to 'preciate me I'm must stickwitu My baby Nobody ever made me feel this way I'ma stickwitu I don't wanna go another day So I'm telling you exactly what is on my mind See the way we ride In our private lives Ain't nobody getting in between I want you to know that you're the only one for me And I say Nobody gonna love me better I'ma stickwitu Forever Nobody gonna take me higher I'ma stickwitu (nobody) You know how to 'preciate me I'ma stickwitu My baby Nobody ever made me feel this way I'ma stickwitu And now Ain't nothin else I could need (nothin else I could need) And now I'm singing 'cause you're so, so into me I got you We'll be makin love endlessly I'm wit you Baby, i'm wit you Baby, you're wit me (baby you're wit me) So don't you worry about People hanging around They ain't bringing us down I know you and you know me And that's all that counts (hhheeeyyy) So don't you worry about People hanging around They ain't bringing us down I know you and you know me And that's ,that's why I say(Hey) Nobody gonna love me better I'ma stickwitu Forever Nobody gonna take me higher I'ma stickwitu You know how to 'preciate me I'ma stickwitu My baby Nobody ever made me feel this way I'ma stickwitu Nobody gonna love me better I'ma stickwitu Forever Nobody gonna take me higher I'ma stickwitu You know how to 'preciate me I'ma stickwitu My baby Nobody ever made me feel this way I'ma stickwitu

LYRICS: Gold Digger [Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx]

Artist : Kanye West

Title : Gold Digger

Genre : Hip Hop


[Jamie Foxx]
She take my money when I'm in need
Yea she's a trifflin friend indeed
Oh she's a gold digga way over town
That dig's on me

[Chorus:]
(She did me wrong
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I'm Need)
But she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
(She did me wrong)
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I'm need)
but she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head


[Verse 1:]
Cutie the bomb
Met her at a beauty salon
With a baby louis vuitton
Under her underarm
She said I can tell you ROC
I can tell by ya charm
Far as girls you got a flock
I can tell by ya charm and ya arm
but I'm lookin for the one
have you seen her
My psychic told me she have a ass like Serena
Trina, Jennifer Lopez, four kids
An i gotta take all they bad ass to show-biz
Ok get ya kids but then they got their friends
I Pulled up in the Benz, they all got up In
We all went to Den and then I had to pay
If you f**kin with this girl then you betta be payed
You know why
It take too much to touch her
>From what I heard she got a baby by Busta
My best friend say she use to fuck wit Usher
I dont care what none of yall say I still love her

[Chorus:]
(She did me wrong)
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I'm Need)
But she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
(She did me wrong)
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I'm need)
but she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head

[Verse 2:]
18 years, 18 years
She got one of yo kids got you for 18 years
I know somebody payin child support for one of his kids
His baby momma's car and crib is bigger than his
You will see him on TV Any Given Sunday
Win the Superbowl and drive off in a Hyundai
She was spose to buy ya shorty TYCO with ya money
She went to the doctor got lypo with ya money
She walkin around lookin like Micheal with ya money
Should of got that insured got GEICO for ya moneeey
If you aint no punk holla We Want Prenup
WE WANT PRENUP!, Yeaah
It's something that you need to have
Cause when she leave yo ass she gone leave with half
18 years, 18 years
And on her 18th birthday he found out it wasn't his

[Chorus:]
(She did me wrong)
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I'm Need)
But she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
(She did me wrong)
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I'm need)
but she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head

[Verse 3:]
Now I aint sayin you a gold digger you got needs
You dont want ya dude to smoke but he can't buy weed
You got out to eat and he cant pay yall cant leave
There's dishes in the back, he gotta roll up his sleeves
But why yall washin watch him
He gone make it into a Benz out of that Datson
He got that ambition baby look in his eyes
This week he moppin floorz next week it's the fries
So, stick by his side
I know his dude's ballin but yea thats nice
And they gone keep callin and tryin
But you stay right girl
But when you get on he leave yo a** for a white girl

Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head get down
get down girl go head get down
get down girl go head
(can you play that back)