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
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,
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.
best drive fast
That is not the way to become champion. I will just have try my best and drive as fast as I can. There is nothing I can do about it.
bit car create drive fantastic fast good justice looks seen stir tracks until
I have only seen illustrations of the new livery until now but they do it no justice. It looks fantastic and should create a bit of a stir when we drive it on tracks around the world. If we can make the car as fast as it looks then we will be in good shape.
bit engine failure however left plenty practice running second session stopped time tomorrow
I'm a bit disappointed with the engine failure which stopped my first practice session prematurely, ... However we managed to get in some running in the second practice and there is still plenty of time left tomorrow morning.
difference guess hit missed ran wider
I missed it and I guess he ran a little wider and hit it so it was unfortunate for him and the team, but in the end I don't think it would have made any difference to the championship.
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?
bad question
It's always the same question about bad luck. It's nothing I can change.
car gap good lead number terrible
It's always terrible to retire, but while in the lead with a good gap to the number two car is even worse,
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.
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.