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Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi-Matias Raikkonen was born on 17 October 1979 in Espoo, Finland, as the son of Matti and Paula Raikkonen. Kimi has an older brother (Rami).
Raikkonen had a successful career in karts. His first race outside Finland was in Monaco where he lost his steering wheel. In 1998 he became champion of the Nordic Karting championship and from 1999 he drove for Peter de Bruijn Racing in the Netherlands.
In 1999 he won the British Formula Renault winter championship and in the year 2000, he competed in a full season in this class. Raikkonen became champion after winning seven out of ten races. Together he had won 13 of his 23 races.
From nowhere, Raikkonen suddenly got the chance to test for Peter Sauber. This test in a Formula 1 car took place in September 2000 at the Italian circuit of Mugello. Raikkonen was offered a contract by Peter Sauber for 2001. Some critics thought this switch was too quick, but Raikkonen showed from the very first race that he was made of the right stuff. He finished sixth in the opening race at the Albert Park circuit in the Sauber C20. This immediately attracted the attention of Ron Dennis. He would then drive for McLaren for five seasons, finishing second in the world championship twice.
In 2007 he made the switch to Ferrari. This was a success as he won the world title in the last race in Brazil after an exciting battle with the McLarens of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Raikkonen was on his way to defend his title in 2008, but in the second part of the season, he had some bad luck and accidents. After his first Ferrari period, the Finn decided to stop in Formula 1. He drove in the Camping World Truck Series and dedicated himself to racing at rallies. In 2012 the Finn made a comeback at Lotus. He won two races and in his first year, he was an outside challenger for the world title. After two seasons with Lotus, he returned to his old stable Ferrari. In the following seasons, Raikkonen scored 26 podium finishes and won the 2018 United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas.
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Formula One World Championship (L to R): Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) with Otmar Szafnauer (USA). 31.08.2024. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 16, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, Italy, Qualifying Day. - www.xpbimages.com, EMail: requests@xpbimages.com (C) Copyright: Coates / XPB Images Motor Racing - Formula One World Championship - Italian Grand Prix - Qualifying Day - Monza, Italy XPB Images Monza Italy Formel1 Formel F1 Formula 1 Formula1 GP Grand Prix one Italy Ita
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Formula One World Championship Kimi Raikkonen (FIN). 31.08.2024. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 16, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, Italy, Qualifying Day. - www.xpbimages.com, EMail: requests@xpbimages.com (C) Copyright: Coates / XPB Images Motor Racing - Formula One World Championship - Italian Grand Prix - Qualifying Day - Monza, Italy XPB Images Monza Italy Formel1 Formel F1 Formula 1 Formula1 GP Grand Prix one Italy Ita
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Formula One World Championship Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Alfa Romeo Racing C41 with Minttu Raikkonen (FIN). 12.12.2021. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 22, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, Race Day. - www.xpbimages.com, EMail: requests@xpbimages.com (C) Copyright: Batchelor / XPB Images Motor Racing - Formula One World Championship - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Race Day - Abu Dhabi, UAE XPB Images Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Formel1 Formel F1 Formula 1 Formula1 GP Grand Prix one Abu Dhabi Yas Marina Circuit Yas Marina UAE United Arab Emirates Sunday 12 12 2021 December Grid Portrait
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Alfa Romeo Orlen presented in Warsaw the livery of its new car for this season with the code name C41. The colors of the new car are the same as the last year’s car with ...
Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen was unable to express any delight at finishing ahead of both factory Ferrari cars at Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix, claiming the result is ...
Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen has revealed he is yet to decide if he will stay in F1 past the end of this year. The Finnish driver's contract is due to expire at the end ...
Former teammates Kimi Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo have backed Sebastian Vettel to come back strong as the German faces his last couple of months with the team. Vettel has st...
Alfa Romeo can still score on a regular basis throughout the remainder of the 2020 season despite its difficult start to the 2020 campaign, believes its team principal Frederic ...
Kimi Raikkonen has called on Alfa Romeo to “do things better” following a difficult outing in Hungary last weekend. For the first time in his career on pace alone, ...
Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur is convinced that the team is move in the right direction towards constant points finishes this season, despite struggling to crack th...
Charles Leclerc, Kimi Raikkonen and Sergio Perez have all been summoned to the stewards following qualifying for the Styrian Grand Prix. Leclerc is under investigation for...
Alfa Romeo has been fined €5,000 following Kimi Raikkonen's unsafe release during the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. The Hinwil-based squad opted to bring Raikkon...
Formula 1 has announced that it will stream the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix on Wednesday for fans to enjoy. The race was the penultimate round of the 2005 world championship. At t...
Today marks 17 years to the day that Kimi Raikkonen stepped onto the Formula 1 podium for the first time in his career, triumphing at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Raikkonen's ...
Kimi Raikkonen has ended the second day of pre-season testing on top of the timesheets, setting a 1:17.091. However, his day ended rather sourly as he caused the first red...
Fredric Vasseur has admitted that he saw little sense in changing the driver line up at the Alfa Romeo team in 2020, as the team will keep current drivers Kimi Raikkonen an...
When Kimi Raikkonen announced that he would remain in Formula 1 with Sauber (yet to be renamed to Alfa Romeo at the time), it caught quite a few people by surprise. The veteran...
Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen has explained the need for his team to improve in 2020, citing last weekend's Abu Dhabi as an example of the problems the team are facing. ...
Kimi Raikkonen says that he is 'disappointed' with how his Brazillian Grand Prix turned out, despite his fourth-place being his best result since leaving Ferrari at the ...
Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen believes the supposed gains in lap times for the 2021 regulations will not make any difference to the racing as long as it improves the over...
Kimi Raikkonen has denied that the 2021 regulations will have an influence on his decision to remain in Formula 1 after the 2020 season. The Finn joined Alfa Romeo in 2019 on a...
Kimi Raikkonen denies he has concerns over Alfa Romeo's pace for the 2020 season following a tough year in 2019. After scoring points at the opening four races of the 2019 ...
Kimi Raikkonen doesn't believe that it will take a lot to see Alfa Romeo return to scoring points after a difficult handful of races. The Italian squad last scored points a...
Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur says the team will decide on its 2020 line-up "quite soon" as it evaluates who will partner Kimi Raikkonen at the team. Rai...
Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen is confident that good things are on the way for the Italian squad for the 2020 season. Alfa has endured a mixed season, as it fought at the fro...
Daniil Kvyat says Kimi Raikkonen has "something to think about" after the two crashed on lap 50 of the Singapore Grand Prix. Kvyat braked late into the first corner a...
The stewards have opted to take no further action for the collision that eliminated Kimi Raikkonen from the Singapore Grand Prix. The Finn came into contact with Daniil Kvyat a...
Kimi Raikkonen believes that a Formula 1 Grand Prix event in Finland in the coming years is possible if a venue can secure financial backing. The Kymiring was recently finished...
Both Kimi Raikkonen and Sergio Perez have been handed grid penalties for the Italian Grand Prix after the duo had problems on Saturday. Raikkonen was already set for a five-pla...
Kimi Raikkonen has crashed at the high speed track of Monza. He was on a flying lap during qualifying in Q3 to set his first time but crashed out at Parabolica. The video of th...
Alfa Romeo has confirmed that Kimi Raikkonen will take part Friday practice ahead of Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix, after he pulled a muscle during the summer break. Marcus E...
Alfa Romeo has since moved to clarify that Raikkonen suffered a pulled muscle during the summer break. Kimi Raikkonen could be forced to sit out the Belgian Grand Prix with sto...
Kimi Raikkonen believes Alfa Romeo is doing well with the limited resources it has compared to the top teams. Alfa currently sits seventh in the constructors' standings, wi...
Alfa Romeo has confirmed that it will appeal the FIA's decision to penalise both of its drivers after the German Grand Prix, which dropped them both out of the points. Kimi...
Kimi Raikkonen says he doesn't see a major difference between the smaller and bigger teams in Formula 1 when it comes to the speed of producing upgrades. Raikkonen agreed t...
Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen have both avoided grid penalties for the French Grand Prix after a visit to the stewards post-qualifying. During Q1 on Saturday afterno...
A number of drivers have given their opinion on Sebastian Vettel's time penalty from the Canadian Grand Prix, that stripped Vettel and Ferrari of victory. Vettel slid acros...
Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur says the team's underwhelming run of races is no reason for it to talk itself down. At the opening four races of the season...
Kimi Raikkonen says there is no difference in the work he is doing this year at Alfa Romeo than what he undertook at Ferrari over the last five years. Raikkonen joine...
Alfa Romeo must work to sort out a number of small issues that are hampering its pace throughout a race weekend, according to Kimi Raikkonen. After scoring points at the first ...
Alfa Romeo is hoping it is in for a more positive outing this weekend in Canada compared to the last two events, in which it has scored zero points. The team expects that the n...
Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur says his team's weekend was all but over following its double Q2 elimination. Vasseur stated that the team "fucked up" ...
Kimi Raikkonen says he was suffering from differential issues during the Monaco Grand Prix, which nearly put him in the wall on a number of occasions. Raikkonen contested his 3...
Kimi Raikkonen believes that a strong test at Barcelona will help it understand the car at many different tracks going forward. The Finn completed 110 laps during the day on We...
Kimi Raikkonen says that Alfa Romeo has not been able to extract the maximum from the C38 at any of the race weekends so far this season. Despite that, the Finn has managed to ...
Kimi Raikkonen admits Alfa Romeo was aware of the issue regarding its front wing two weeks ago in China. The Finn was disqualified from the qualifying classifications in Baku a...
Kimi Raikkonen has officially been disqualified from qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after his front wing failed a deflection test. The Alfa Romeo driver wil...
Kimi Raikkonen says he got too close to the rear of Lewis Hamilton during his final lap in Q3 on Saturday, which cost him time at the start of his lap. Drivers were seen exploi...
Kimi Raikkonen says that Formula 1 is becoming "more of a hobby" and has made the sport "more fun again" for him. The Iceman joined Alfa Romeo fo...
Kimi Raikkonen believes that the current V6 hybrid engines feel like the V8 engines that Formula 1 used from 2006 to 2013. In 2014, F1 introduced a brand new design that relies...
Lewis Hamilton Hamilton did not have the car to challenge Ferrari in qualifying, or for most of the race. However, after changing tyres he had a few good battles on his second ...
Kimi Raikkonen isn't worried about his lack of running during Friday practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Although he clocked 23 laps during the opening practice session, s...
Kimi Raikkonen revealed that he was not excited by his strong finish in FP2 while preparing for qualifying at the seasons' opener in Australia. The Finn finished FP2 in Mel...
Kimi Raikkonen says that he is a better driver because he parties and enjoys himself between races. He added that because he is able to let off steam he is then able t...
Kimi Raikkonen says the opening Grand Prix of the 2019 season in Australia will be a "mystery" due to the uncertainty of the pecking order. Raikkonen has joined ...
Ferrari's new team principal Mattia has made it clear that Charles Leclerc will not be restricted when it comes to battling with teammate Sebastian Vettel. He insisted ...
The second week of pre-season testing has concluded, with the four days of running providing us with more insights into how the 2019 season could shape up. Below, we'v...
Carlos Sainz has topped the timesheets after the second day of test two in Barcelona with a 1:17.144. Sainz's time marks the fastest that we've seen so far at winter te...
Carlos Sainz has topped the morning session from day six of testing, as Sebastian Vettel's outing ended in the barriers. Ferrari reported that the German's crash w...
Kimi Raikkonen says his transition from Ferrari to Alfa Romeo was easy, erasing any doubts over the move. The Finn rejoined Ferrari in 2014, but played second fiddle to Fe...
Daniil Kvyat has topped the third day of pre-season testing from Barcelona, setting a 1:17.704 in the final minutes of the session. Kimi Raikkonen was the longtime session lead...
Kimi Raikkonen has topped the morning session of the third day of pre-season testing from Barcelona. The Finn set his fastest lap time on the C4 tyres, laying down a 1:17.762, ...
Kimi Raikkonen says that Alfa Romeo has made a big step from the Sauber that he tested at the end of the 2018 season. He also says that he has had a very positive start to the p...
Sebastian Vettel ended the first day of pre-season testing on top of the timesheets, as his lap from the morning session remained unbeaten. The German set a 1:18.161, which was...
Alfa Romeo has launched its 2019 car in Barcelona, the first in its full-time return to F1. The team confirmed earlier this month that it would become Alfa Romeo Racing, ...
Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur described the team's shakedown of its 2019 car as positive following Kimi Raikkonen's 33 lap run at the Fiorano Circuit on Thu...
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes that Charles Leclerc could push Sebastian Vettel to a "new level" at Ferrari this year. The two will be teammates at ...
Romain Grosjean believes that no driver outside of Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull will get a chance of winning a race until at least the 2021 season. The gap between the top th...
Fernando Alonso says that it is not easy to say if he would have won the Formula 1 world championship over the last two years with Ferrari. Alonso left the Scuderia outfit at th...
Sauber has officially been renamed Alfa Romeo Racing for the 2019 Formula 1 season. Alfa Romeo joined the Swiss squad as a title sponsor twelve months ago as it started its revi...
Ferrari has successfully booted up its engine for the 2019 season at its factory in Maranello. The team had fitted the new engine to its chassis and recorded the audio of i...
Sauber team principal Frederic Vasseur says that the team will judge itself against the top Formula 1 teams next season after a strong 2018 campaign. The Hinwil outfit finished ...
Kimi Raikkonen approached Sauber to see if there was a drive for 2019 after Ferrari had told him that he would be released from his contract. The vacancy appeared at the Swiss t...
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