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
fight knew maybe ready
We knew before qualifying that maybe we wouldn't get the pole, but we are still ready to fight for the win.
best both front given juan ourselves possible row
To have both Juan Pablo and myself on the front row is great. We have definitively given ourselves the best possible basis.
best both front given juan ourselves possible row
To have both Juan Pablo and myself on the front row is great, ... We have definitively given ourselves the best possible basis.
best both front great juan result row second work
To have both Juan Pablo and myself on the front row is great and I'm really pleased. Second place is good, and we will work from there to get the best result we can.
chance win
There is still a mathematical chance I could win the drivers' championship, but it's getting difficult.
chances continue ended looking though
This was a very disappointing day for me which could have ended much better. Even though my world championship chances are not looking so good, I will continue to fight.
car engine lap last quick weekend
We've been quick all weekend and the car is good, ... Unfortunately the engine let go just in the last lap when I went out in the last practice.
chance confident paid quite trust
You better go for it when you have a chance and trust your feelings. It paid off well. I was quite confident we would have the speed, but you never know.
affect bit good grip levels quite rain seemed slippery track
The new track is quite interesting and my first impressions are positive. It was a bit slippery out there particularly as there was a little bit of rain which seemed to affect the grip levels a lot - but I think we are in good shape.
afternoon bit car complete couple difficult following good hard issue minor running spend team time track worked
It was a bit of a difficult afternoon for us yesterday, because we had to spend some time working on the car following the minor issue with the gearbox, but the team worked really hard to get the car out on track to complete a couple of installation laps, and that set us up for the good running today.
aiming time
It's been a long time already that we have had not much to lose, we can only gain. So that's what we're aiming for.
bad next race seems win
It seems to be always that when we have a bad race we ... we seem to win the next race.
backwards gives goes points seems throw
It seems we throw away 10 points and then he gives it back. It goes backwards and forwards.
broke hit rear
It wasn't really my fault. Klien hit me on the rear and broke my rear suspension.