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?
 
Raikkonen was utterly pissed off in the second stint, why should he put himself out for a team who brought him in at a time when they knew he would come out into traffic?

He was the leading driver and can also decide when to come in, he was probably told that there will be traffic when he leaves the pit. His pace was horrific, as he was holding up Vettel before he pitted and apart from that in 9 out of 10 cases the driver who pits first has the advantage.
Everyone would be complaining, if Vettel had pitted first and taken the lead. Vettel was simply faster.
 
Can't remember the last time a Ferrari pairing didn't have an expendable driver. Berger & Alesi, perhaps?
 
Raikonnen is not expendable. He's doing the job that he's been paid to do. That's why he will stay for next year (if he wants to).
 
After last pole position for Kimi appeared doubts that he was indifferent to any achievements.
Let's see how he will behave after the loss of victory not without the help of team tactics.
 
We ain't far off two years and since Kimi gained a place of the start and ten years since his last pole position.
 
Nah you’re good. As big of a Kimi fan as I am it’s pretty easy to forget the last few years. He doesn’t seem as willing to stick his nose in the first corner on race starts anymore. I’d say that’s intentional too, when it’s all said and done he’s retained by Ferrari to score points and play rear gunner to Vettel.
 
One pole in ten years is a bit like the Brazil goal for 1-7 at the last World Cup. It’s not nothing, but had it not occurred little changes outside a history book.
 
Kimi has lost places this season lifting his nose to make way for Vettel for more often than not . Though I would say China that was Vettel's fault for aggressively chopping him. Though to be said some of the races the last two years he's lost places because Seb keeps shoving into him like Spa and Sochi to name a few
 
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