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.
bit cars damage exciting happen lap luckily past quite ran rear touched wheel wide
Montoya touched me on the rear wheel a little bit and got sideways, and he got past me but luckily enough we didn't damage our cars so it was all right, ... The first lap was quite exciting anyhow, but I ran wide in the chicane and then unfortunately for him he had something happen to him and he went off.
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.
barcelona last test
Barcelona will be my last test before going to Bahrain.
departure effect expect future spoken
From having spoken to the team, we don't expect Adrian's departure to have an effect on our future world championship campaigns,
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?
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.
half second won
Championships are won in the first half of the season, not just the second half,
conditions run track
I did one run at the end of the first session, but the conditions on the drying track were not ideal,
drivers formula position
Surely, I'm in a position most of Formula One drivers want to be in,
drivers formula situation surely
Surely I am in a situation most drivers in Formula One want to be in.
amongst believe complete good lap strategy system team
It is very disappointing to not even complete one timed lap as I believe that the team had a good strategy for the new qualifying system and I could have been amongst the quickest.
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.
challenges elevation fast forward good graphics layout looking looks mix seen slow
I have seen graphics and it looks like a good layout with a mix of challenges, such as slow and fast corners, long straights and elevation changes, and I am looking forward to the challenge.