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
media paradise would-be
Formula 1 would be a paradise without the media.
thinking people schumacher
I’m not interested in what people think about me. I’m not Michael Schumacher.
sometimes knows hurrying
For sure, sometimes I don't know what I am doing.
racing too-much
In F1 too many things overshadow the racing. There is too much politics.
being-yourself trying ifs
Be yourself. If you try to be someone else, it won't work. Whatever you do, you are not going to make everyone happy.
gain knew laps push quickly seven stop time
I knew they would stop before me and I had to push to gain time on them, ... With seven laps to go I went as quickly as I could.
car felt good straight wait weather weekend
The car felt good straight away and we will just have to wait and see what the weather does tomorrow. I like Spa and this is an important weekend for me and the team.
achieve car feels goal hopefully sunday tomorrow wait winning
The car feels really strong. I can't wait for tomorrow and Sunday where hopefully we will be able to achieve our goal of winning the 2005 constructors' world championship.
car knew leading perfect point pressure putting saw strong
The car was perfect the whole weekend, we knew we would be strong in the race. When I saw I was leading by so much, I didn't see the point to keep putting pressure on the car.
came car compliments laps next quick quicker year
The car wasn't quick enough. It got quicker and quicker and at the end was perfect. Unfortunately it came about 40 laps too late. The Renault was too quick so all the compliments to them and next year we try again.
both car conditions dry rain reassuring seems wet
The car seems to be working well in both wet and dry conditions which is reassuring as it seems like it's going to rain tomorrow,
bit cooler expected good guess problems rest start stay weekend
A good start to the weekend where we went through everything we wanted. It was a bit cooler than we expected but no problems and I guess the temperature will stay pretty much the same for the rest of the weekend.
continues good hope start weekend
A good start to the weekend and let's hope it continues this way,
battle both focused hopefully racing taking testing
You can only look forward. Now I am focused on getting back to testing and racing in 2006 and hopefully taking part in another battle for both Championships.