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 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.
behind catch finishing possible
If they keep finishing behind us, it is not possible to catch him anymore.
behind catch fight finishing possible
If they (Renault) keep finishing behind us it is not possible to catch them any more, ... but we will fight as long as possible.
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.
best enjoyed hard problems races win
That was one of my best races ever, with a lot of hard work, and I really enjoyed myself, ... Considering all the problems we have had here, to come away with a win is just fantastic.
behind far last pit stop
Just before my last pit stop I was able to go fast, ... I wasn't too far behind and I thought I could get him.
bit came cover lap next round saw sticking
I saw the cover a little bit the lap before - it was out of place - and then next lap I came round and it was sticking up,
best
I did my best but it wasn't enough,
car christian fairly good great obvious race
I think it was fairly obvious that Christian Klien made a pretty fundamental mistake. I am very disappointed because I had a great car set-up and very good race strategy.
car chance positive sure win
Sure we would have had a chance to try to win the race. The car was good. That was the positive thing.
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.
behind both car cars catch deserved few fighting finishing happened happy keeps laps last perfect possible race team unlucky
If Fernando keeps finishing behind us it is not possible to catch him any more, but we will do everything we can as a team to keep fighting and we were very unlucky today. We had a perfect race and it was unfortunate for the team what happened in the last few laps because we could have had a one-two and we deserved it. I was happy with the car but we deserved to have both cars on the podium.