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
difficult races
It is important for us to get back in the championship, there are very many races to go but it always makes it more difficult if you are behind.
difficult fight nicer win
It was a much more difficult win than any other. It is much nicer when you have to really fight for it.
best difficult fight nicer others win
It was a much more difficult win than any of my others but its nicer when you really have to fight for it. It was one of the best for sure.
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.
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.
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.
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.
circuits quite
We were quite confident, but on new circuits you really never know how it's going to be in qualifying because here it's quite dusty.
chance win
There is still a mathematical chance I could win the drivers' championship, but it's getting difficult.
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.