Kimi Set To Retire?

[Blake]

I'll just be glad when he's gone. At best he's a paper champ, via Massa's gift.

Okay, so being in the fight for the title 3 times (4 if you include this year) and you still think he didn’t deserve the title?

He bounced back from a poor start to the season (including two race ending reliability problems, while Alonso or Hamilton never had such problems) in a car that didn’t suit him, with a TC system that he didn’t like. Once he got it sorted he won half of the last 10 races to make one of the biggest comebacks in F1. Probably the biggest successful comeback ever.

After the USGP he was 26 points behind Lewis in 4th place in the championship (even behind Massa), and with Lewis and Alonso both suffering no reliability problems he bridged that gap on pace alone to win the title. How can you possibly think he isn’t a worthy champion?

 

[Earth]

They must be hard on the drivers in F1 if you think about retiring at 30. Or you just really don't like racing that much.

Hopefully if he does leave F1 he goes and races somewhere else, maybe NASCAR, and lets see him keep a straight face when Kyle Busch puts him in the wall on the last lap while he's leading...haha

 

[NapoleonMikey]

They must be hard on the drivers in F1 if you think about retiring at 30. Or you just really don't like racing that much.

Hopefully if he does leave F1 he goes and races somewhere else, maybe NASCAR, and lets see him keep a straight face when Kyle Busch puts him in the wall on the last lap while he's leading...haha

wow i might actualy watch nascar just to watch kimi race in it. it would be the funniest thing id have ever seen. especialy in the interviews i would probably pass out from laughing so hard.

but if he were to goto another racing series im sure that would be the last on the list. probably he would go to something like the le man prototypes.

 

[Ardius]

They must be hard on the drivers in F1 if you think about retiring at 30. Or you just really don't like racing that much.

Hopefully if he does leave F1 he goes and races somewhere else, maybe NASCAR, and lets see him keep a straight face when Kyle Busch puts him in the wall on the last lap while he's leading...haha

Not really, Kimi brought that media attention upon himself with his vague comments.
David Coulthard is 39, Rubens Barrichello is 38 and Giancarlo Fisichella is 37, so I don't see where your comment comes from.

The usual places for F1 drivers to go after leaving is either retiring racing completely, racing touring cars (BTCC, DTM, etc), racing IndyCars or racing Le Mans series cars.
The only driver I can think of right now that went to NASCAR was Montoya.

 

[Muzaffar]

Okay, so being in the fight for the title 3 times (4 if you include this year) and you still think he didn’t deserve the title?

He bounced back from a poor start to the season (including two race ending reliability problems, while Alonso or Hamilton never had such problems) in a car that didn’t suit him, with a TC system that he didn’t like. Once he got it sorted he won half of the last 10 races to make one of the biggest comebacks in F1. Probably the biggest successful comeback ever.

After the USGP he was 26 points behind Lewis in 4th place in the championship (even behind Massa), and with Lewis and Alonso both suffering no reliability problems he bridged that gap on pace alone to win the title. How can you possibly think he isn’t a worthy champion?

That was totally one of the biggest comeback in F1. He totally deserved the title and with the trouble that McLaren had, neither driver was going to win it anyways. You couldn't say he didn't deserved it, cause you know hes going to win it sooner or later with performance like that. Again, hes giving the "flying finn" nickname a good honor. 👍

They must be hard on the drivers in F1 if you think about retiring at 30. Or you just really don't like racing that much.

Hopefully if he does leave F1 he goes and races somewhere else, maybe NASCAR, and lets see him keep a straight face when Kyle Busch puts him in the wall on the last lap while he's leading...haha

Maybe, but thats life in F1.
Why NASCAR? You know your just dreaming when you say a European is going to NASCAR. Certainly hes going to stay in Europe and compete in the touring car series, or you know, race snowmobiles.

The usual places for F1 drivers to go after leaving is either retiring racing completely, racing touring cars (BTCC, DTM, etc), racing IndyCars or racing Le Mans series cars.
The only driver I can think of right now that went to NASCAR was Montoya.

Speed, and Villeneuve as well. But I agree, Kimi's not going to NASCAR anytime soon.....

 

[slidesquad#1]

After the USGP he was 26 points behind Lewis in 4th place in the championship (even behind Massa), and with Lewis and Alonso both suffering no reliability problems he bridged that gap on pace alone to win the title. How can you possibly think he isn’t a worthy champion?

Based on posting history, I'm gonna go with the "Because he isn't Fernando Alonso" option.