Kimi Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen
Kimi-Matias Räikkönen, nicknamed "The Ice Man", is a Finnish racing driver currently driving for Ferrari in Formula One...
NationalityFinnish
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth17 October 1979
CityEspoo, Finland
CountryFinland
departure effect expect future spoken
From having spoken to the team, we don't expect Adrian's departure to have an effect on our future world championship campaigns,
dramatic hoping less race
I am hoping to have a less dramatic race this year.
car feels good hoping results trouble weekend
I am really hoping for a trouble-free weekend as the car feels good and I feel I can get some good results in it.
deserve deserves hard lose next rather sure time win year
I would rather win it than lose the championship but they deserve it this year. Definitely, he deserves it and next year I will try to give him a hard time and for sure he will try to do the same for me.
behind catch fight finishing possible
If they (Renault) keep finishing behind us it is not possible to catch them any more, ... but we will fight as long as possible.
behind catch finishing possible
If they keep finishing behind us, it is not possible to catch him anymore.
bad contract few happen next obviously
I don't know, a lot of things can happen in the next few years. He (Alonso) obviously has a contract but you never know what's going to happen. But I don't have any bad things to say about McLaren.
ahead
I don't have any idea when I'll retire, but I don't think that I've got a lot of years ahead of me.
conditions run track
I did one run at the end of the first session, but the conditions on the drying track were not ideal,
best bit wheel
I didn't get the best start, I got a bit of wheel spin,
bit cars damage exciting happen lap luckily past quite ran rear touched wheel wide
Montoya touched me on the rear wheel a little bit and got sideways, and he got past me but luckily enough we didn't damage our cars so it was all right, ... The first lap was quite exciting anyhow, but I ran wide in the chicane and then unfortunately for him he had something happen to him and he went off.
cars expecting further happens improve point small surface track
I had a small off at one point which is what happens sometimes when you try different things and I'm expecting the track surface to improve further as more cars run.
best
I did my best but it wasn't enough today, ... The Renaults were too quick.
best
I did my best but it wasn't enough,