Kimi Räikkönen

Probably one of the coolest drivers ever to grace F1 alongside James Hunt.

His part life-style may not have been to some teams liking in F1 but you can't deny that Kimi was probably one of the best drivers on the grid from 2003-09. He should have won more championships than he did!

Kimi won his one and only F1 Championship in 2007. Kimi won 18 races, 16 pole positions, scored 62 podiums and claimed 35 fastest laps in his time in F1.

Kimi is probably the must unluckiest driver to ever grace F1 and the amount of retirements he had no fault of his own were lots.

Kimi won his first GP in 2003 winning the Malaysian GP and he claimed his last victory in F1 at the 2009 Belguim GP.

Kimi started his F1 career in 2001 driving for Sauber, he then went on to drive for Mclaren and Ferrari before quitting the sport in 2009.

Kimi produced probably the 2 most funniest moments to happen in F1 over the last 10 years, when he said :censored: at the Brazilian GP in 2006 when Schumi first retired from F1 and the other one at the Malaysian GP where the race was red flagged and he went to the garage and got into shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops and started eating ice-cream.

Whether you liked him or not you can't deny his talent, he produced one of the comebacks of the past 10 season by starting near the back of the Japan GP in 2005 and went on to win it! Probably one of his best race wins in F1.

Did you like Kimi or Not?
 
The way McLaren are going they're making (unintentionally) button want to quit or take year out because they are that shit, so why would Raikkonen of all people go there? :snigger:
 
I think the McLaren being so unreliable was one of the reasons he left them in the first place, although as far as I am aware there is still a fondness between the two. Personally I can't see it happening but hey, stranger things have happened right?
 
I think Kimi just wants to drive with as little media commitments and restrictions etc. as possible. He gets that at Lotus and Red Bull also have a sense of freedom (although I'm personally not sure he'd want to put himself up against Vettel), but there's no way he'd get it at McLaren and I think it's part of the reason that the relationship with Ferrari broke down. I can't see him driving for McLaren again.
 
I may be in a minority of one but I think it would be a shame if Kimi went to Red Bull as this takes a top seat away from a "young gun". Why do Red Bull have their young driver program if they going to put some old bloke into the car, unless they think Vettel is off elsewhere.
 
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