It's almost over, i am 1 day, 1 paper and 1 hour away from the end of prelims, time to celebrate and enjoy! After the paper i've got a 2-hr Amazing Race finale to watch, followed by a special episode of Singapore Idol. They are inviting Mr Careless Whisper back, can u believe it?!(I would prefer the lemon tree guy... lol) Anyway the real icing on the cake is definitely the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix this weekend at Shanghai. It's the first ever race in China, i hope to have a really fantastic race, not Ferrari domination again.
Well i read a really inspiring biography today, tat of the ice-cool Finn Kimi Raikkonen, destined to be a future F1 World Champion. I shall leave you with tat. Remember anything is possible if you try!
Kimi's Biography:
Kimi made his controversial Formula One debut at the start of the 2001 season. The young Finn had competed in just twenty-three car races before catching Peter Sauber's eye, and despite concerns from fellow drivers and FIA president Max Mosley he was eventually awarded a provisional super-license.
An impressive Australian GP debut saw Kimi finish seventh, (later promoted to sixth), and he scored a further three points finishes during his debut season, helping Sauber to achieve its most successful season to date.
A number of strong performances saw Kimi catch the eye of McLaren boss Ron Dennis, and after much speculation it was announced late in the 2001 season that he would leave Sauber to replace the departing - and fellow Finn - Mika Hakkinen at McLaren (much to team mate Nick Heidfeld's frustration).
Described by his former boss as 'arrogant and egotistical', Kimi has outlined his ambition to become formula One's youngest champion, surely two of the characteristics that make World Champions.
Unfortunately the MP4-17 was not one of McLaren's finest, though its tendency to oversteer certainly suited Kimi's style, whereas team-mate Coulthard hated it.
The Finnish youngster got his season off to a great start thanks to a superb third at Melbourne, spoiled only by the fact that he was narrowly out-qualified by his Scots team-mate. When you think that this was the youngster's second season, you realise that Ron Dennis must have been feeling pretty chuffed with himself at having signed what must surely be a future World Champion.
Despite not having the best package, Kimi demonstrated that he has the raw speed and courage of which champions are made. His battles with Montoya in Germany and Hungary were short but oh so sweet, the Finn refusing to be intimidated by the hard-charging Colombian.
At Magny Cours it so nearly came together, with the Finn just a few short laps away from a historic victory, however bad luck and inexperience meant that Kimi and his fans would have to wait just that little bit longer for that all-important first win.
In Belgium, Kimi's qualifying performance was awesome the youngster coming close to achieving his first pole, while in the latter stages he regularly out-qualified his illustrious team-mate.
At Malaysia, the second race of the 2003 season, Kimi took a sensational win, the first of his F1 career, and following on from his third place at Melbourne this meant he now led the World Championship.
A string of second places meant that the Finn went to Canada with a four-point lead over Michael Schumacher, even though the German had won three consecutive races. A victory for the reigning champion in Canada meant that Kimi lost his World Championship lead and sadly was unable to regain it.
As the season wore on it was clear that the McLaren was no match for the WilliamsF1 or the Ferrari, despite the best efforts of the Finn. Furthermore mistakes on his 'hot lap' in qualifying meant that Raikkonen started from the back of the grid on two occasions.
Nonetheless he took the championship down to the wire in Japan and gave Schumacher a real run for his money.
Having celebrated his twenty-fourth birthday a week after the end of the 2003 season there is still time to beat Emerson Fittipaldi's long-standing record and become the youngest ever F1 World Champion, though Fernando Alonso may well have other ideas.
If McLaren's previous 'flying Finn' was a man of few words, Kimi is a man of even fewer, preferring to do his 'talking' on track. That said, his rivals have been forced to listen.
