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
affect bit good grip levels quite rain seemed slippery track
The new track is quite interesting and my first impressions are positive. It was a bit slippery out there particularly as there was a little bit of rain which seemed to affect the grip levels a lot - but I think we are in good shape.
aiming time
It's been a long time already that we have had not much to lose, we can only gain. So that's what we're aiming for.
continues good hope start weekend
A good start to the weekend and let's hope it continues this way,
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.
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.
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.
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.
definitely fighting fights-and-fighting points
We got those 10 points back. We are definitely back in the championship, back and fighting again.
racing too-much
In F1 too many things overshadow the racing. There is too much politics.
sometimes knows hurrying
For sure, sometimes I don't know what I am doing.
curves interesting may
In rallying every curve, every hill may be different than you thought. That makes it interesting.
team winning race
Im winning races, Im 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?
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.
media paradise would-be
Formula 1 would be a paradise without the media.