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
broke hit rear
It wasn't really my fault. Klien hit me on the rear and broke my rear suspension.
christian fairly klein mistake obvious ran
It was fairly obvious that Christian Klein made a pretty fundamental mistake and ran into the back of me.
car good happened nice race strong yesterday
It was disappointing what happened yesterday because the car was good with a good set-up and we started last. It's nice to see we were strong in the race and could have been strong in qualifying.
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.
jobs kids thinking
When I was a kid, I would watch the grands prix. Everyone dreamt of becoming a race driver, while I only started thinking about it when I was 18 or 19. Only at that age did I seriously start thinking about this job. Before then, I would change ideas from one second to the next.
grateful opportunity offering
I'm delighted to be coming back to Formula 1 after a two-year break, and I'm grateful to Lotus Renault GP for offering me this opportunity.
jobs long good-job
Ive just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can.
motivation thinking race
There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think.
feels-just racing spirit
I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that.
winning guarantees-that car
You always want to have a winning car, but there is no guarantee that it will be.
years race track
Where I went off, you can get back on the track by going through the support race pitlane, but you have to go through a gate. I know this as I did the same thing in 2001 and the gate was open that year. Somebody closed it this time. Next year, I'll make sure it's open again.
I'm happy, but there's nothing to jump around about.
things-i-love driving
Driving is the only thing I love about F1.
years race missing
When I did some Nascar races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock.