News Details

Vasseur: I wanted to buy a guide dog for Raikkonen!

Article To news overview © Alfa Romeo Frederic Vasseur has said that he came very close to buying a guide dog for Kimi Raikkonen, after the Finn crashed out of the Portuguese GP. Raikkonen had been behind teammate Antonio Giovinazzi when he accidentally ran into the back of the Italian down the main straight at Portimao. He had been changing settings on his steering wheel in response to a radio call, and failed to notice how quickly he was closing in on the back of the other Alfa Romeo. "I was quite close to buying a dog for Kimi, or a stick!," joked Vasseur to media, including RacingNews365, on Friday in Spain when asked about the incident. "That's for sure. It's a shame...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alfa Romeo 'almost bought' Raikkonen 'guide dog' after...

Alfa Romeo team principal Fred Vasseur has joked he 'was close to buying a...
4y ago from GPFans.com

Alfa Romeo granted right of review over Imola penalty

Alfa Romeo has been granted a right of review over the penalty that was...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

FIA to look again at Raikkonen's penalty in Imola...

Alfa Romeo have received confirmation from the FIA that they can appeal...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Alfa Romeo accepts FIA decision: Raikkonen does not...

Alfa Romeo have suffered a second setback in Portugal. After both Kimi...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

MotoGP announces Qatar round postponed until November

MotoGP has confirmed that Qatar's 10-12 April slot will be moved to 6-8...

How the 2027 MotoGP grid is shaping up

No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Arlington – Qualifying Results

25 IndyCar drivers took to the track Saturday afternoon to decide the...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Carnage in Kenya

Saturday in Kenya saw one of the most dramatic days in recent Safari...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“It’s not over. Who said that?” - Guardiola...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has sent a strong message to Arsenal on...
44m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Man United lead race for 65m wonderkid on Arsenal,...

Manchester United are very interested in signing Assan Ouedraogo from RB...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Liverpool and Arsenal in the race to sign 22-year-old...

Arsenal and Liverpool are interested in signing the FC Midtjylland winger...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Chelsea legend John Terry says Arsenal talent Max...

Chelsea legend John Terry compared Arsenal wonderkid Max Dowman to Lionel...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.