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 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.
advantage bad circuit quick weekend
We had been quick all weekend and we had a big advantage on speed. The circuit was not bad physically, and I was able to just take it pretty easy.
corner good quick race win
I will try to win the race because we have a quick car. If we get through the first corner without problems, I can have a good race. I have nothing to lose.
both car hopefully last nice quick quite race sure win year
It is going to be a nice race for both teams, I think. Last year our car was pretty quick there and I quite like the circuit, so for sure we will try to win the race and hopefully we can win the championship, too, for the team,
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.
bit coming knew last locked lost quick ran rear time wide
Coming into the last part I ran a little bit wide and locked the rear end so I lost some time but I knew I was quick enough on the first part,
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.
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.
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.