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
car changed drive driving fast
I haven't changed my driving at all. You just drive the car as fast as you can.
consider everybody fantastic great relationship team winning
I'm winning races, I'm still challenging for the world championships, the team is fantastic and I have a great relationship with everybody here - so why would I want to even consider changing?
half second won
Championships are won in the first half of the season, not just the second half,
behind both car cars catch deserved few fighting finishing happened happy keeps laps last perfect possible race team unlucky
If Fernando keeps finishing behind us it is not possible to catch him any more, but we will do everything we can as a team to keep fighting and we were very unlucky today. We had a perfect race and it was unfortunate for the team what happened in the last few laps because we could have had a one-two and we deserved it. I was happy with the car but we deserved to have both cars on the podium.
best finishing happen keeps might
I couldn't do anything more. Alonso keeps finishing second, so we just need to do the best we can. You never know what might happen in these races.
doubt fastest
I don't think there is any doubt we have the fastest package,
battle exciting prepared result team together
I am prepared to battle together with the team as much as we did in Japan, and more if necessary, to get the result we need. It is going to be an exciting race.
cannot change
I cannot change anything. It was not really my fault. These things happen.
jobs kids thinking
When I was a kid, I would watch the grands prix. Everyone dreamt of becoming a race driver, while I only started thinking about it when I was 18 or 19. Only at that age did I seriously start thinking about this job. Before then, I would change ideas from one second to the next.
grateful opportunity offering
I'm delighted to be coming back to Formula 1 after a two-year break, and I'm grateful to Lotus Renault GP for offering me this opportunity.
jobs long good-job
Ive just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can.
motivation thinking race
There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think.
feels-just racing spirit
I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that.
winning guarantees-that car
You always want to have a winning car, but there is no guarantee that it will be.