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
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.
backwards gives goes points seems throw
It seems we throw away 10 points and then he gives it back. It goes backwards and forwards.
dramatic hoping less race
I am hoping to have a less dramatic race this year.
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,
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?
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.
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.
things-i-love driving
Driving is the only thing I love about F1.
feels-just racing spirit
I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that.