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
feels-just racing spirit
I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that.
ambition champion racing
Do you have any ambitions outside racing? My main ambition at the moment, whether inside or outside racing, is to become Formula 1 World Champion.
play motor-racing people
Since I started in motor racing I've worked with people from all over the world. We are all here to go racing and prejudice will never play any part in that.
racing too-much
In F1 too many things overshadow the racing. There is too much politics.
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.
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.
both cars deserved happened near
It was unfortunate what happened (to Montoya) near the end, ... We deserved to have both cars on the podium.
It was very frustrating at the time, but you can't look back,
perfect race
It was a perfect race for the team.
asked happy number occasions season
As I have said on a number of occasions this season already when asked about the rumors, I am completely happy with my team.
almost caught forward happy looking
Fernando almost caught me right at the end, but now I am looking forward to the race. I am very happy with the performance.
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,
fight flat focus hard last prepared rest team title winning
Congratulations to Fernando, but he better be prepared for me and the team to fight him hard for the rest of the season. I will now focus on winning the constructors title for the team and go flat out for the last two races.
changing consider doubt fastest feeling races winning
There's no doubt we have the fastest package, I'm winning races and I'm feeling well in the team, so why would I even consider changing teams?