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
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
member objective races win
My objective is to win races and world championships as a member of McLaren-Mercedes,
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.
corner good quick race win
I will try to win the race because we have a quick car. If we get through the first corner without problems, I can have a good race. I have nothing to lose.
definitely fighting fights-and-fighting points
We got those 10 points back. We are definitely back in the championship, back and fighting again.
deserved few happened laps last perfect race team
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,
bit last lucky today unlucky
We were a little bit lucky today but we were so unlucky in the last race,
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,