[Jody Barton]

I think Kimi's days look somewhat numbered, and I think he knows it, and he knows Ferrari really, really want that WCC, possibly more so than the WDC, so he knows they NEED him this season. This is what I think is starting to make Kimi a difficult No.2 to manage for the team. He has in the past been happy to do what the team has said, but this season there have been a few times when the team tried to issue team orders, but were sort of rebuffed by Kimi. Firstly there was Austria, where Kimi was told of just how fast Seb was behind him, and that he was catching him up. Kimi's response? Let me drive. In Germany they got the same response, but persevered, and were more firm and direct and Kimi yielded finally, but clearly wasn't happy about it, and after the race and Seb binning it in the gravel Kimi said something in the paddock that made me chuckle, "sometimes you never know how team orders will turn out". I think Kimi knows he's gone, and he's no longer willing to pass up the opportunities at podiums and wins, and that might also ultimately bite Ferrari on the ass with the WDC, because if Kimi is ahead, I actually am no longer sure he'll just wave Vettel through, and I think vettel knows this too now. I think it's the reason we're hearing rumours that Vettel has been lobbying hard at Maranello to give Kimi a 2 year deal.