Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen

Nation:	Finland
Formula 1 world championship
Status:	active
Start number :	7th
First start:	2001 Australian Grand Prix
Constructors
2001  Sauber  • 2002–2006  McLaren  • 2007–2009  Ferrari  • 2012–2013  Lotus  • 2014–2018  Ferrari  • 2019–2021  Alfa Romeo
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Champion ( 2007 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 342 21 18th 46
World Cup points :	1,865
Podiums :	103
Leadership laps :	1,307 over 6,625.7 km
Status: Belgian Grand Prix 2021, 29 August 2021
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Finland 2009
Last rally:	Rally Great Britain 2011
Co-driver:	Kaj Lindström
Team:	ICE 1 Racing
Vehicle:	Citroën DS3 WRC
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 22nd - - 1
Championship title:
Points:	59

Kimi-Matias Räikkönen [ ˈkimi ˈmɑtiɑs ˈræikːønen ] (born October 17, 1979 in Espoo ) is a Finnish automobile racing driver . As from 2001 to 2009, he has been driving in Formula 1 since 2012 and for the Alfa Romeo Racing team since 2019 . In 2007 he won the world title for Ferrari . He has won 21 races so far. With 46 fastest race laps , he was the second most successful driver in this standings behind Michael Schumacher (77), and since the end of 2019 he has been third behind Lewis Hamilton (55). He is the driver with the most races (341). He has held this record since the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix .

During his Formula 1 break in 2010/2011, Raikkonen drove in the World Rally Championship and contested a total of 21 rallies there.

Raikkonen is known not least for his media appearance as a mostly silent, cool-looking and rather introverted athlete; hence his nickname Iceman , which he himself - z. B. on his helmet - made it his own.

Career

Karting (1988-1998)

Raikkonen began motorsport in 1988 at the age of nine and initially started in kart racing in the Finnish junior classes, where he was able to achieve several victories. In 1991 he won the Finnish Minis kart championship, and a year later he won the Raket Junior class . His first big success was in 1994 when he finished second in the Finnish Rocket Kart Cup. In 1995 Raikkonen achieved his first victory in the Finnish class A kart championship, which he won in 1997 and 1998.

Formula Renault (1999-2000)

He then switched to formula racing and competed in four British Formula Renault races in 1999 . The Finn was the first to finish the subsequent winter series of the British Formula Renault and started in the British Formula Renault in 2000, which he won with seven out of ten races won. After Raikkonen had two wins in his first two races in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup , Formula 1 team boss Peter Sauber , who still had one of his two cockpits for the 2001 season , invited him to test drives in the winter of 2000/01 Mugello a. Raikkonen, who had previously competed in 23 monoposto races, was able to leave more experienced competitors for the Formula 1 cockpit behind. A short time later, the Sauber team announced the official signing of Raikkonen for the 2001 season, which caused great public astonishment. Sauber was heavily criticized for his willingness to take risks and the FIA initially only granted the young Finn the super license for four trial races.

Formula 1 (2001-2009)

Clean (2001)

Raikkonen's Formula 1 career began at the Australian Grand Prix on March 4, 2001 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne . In his very first race he achieved a place in the points in sixth place. Raikkonen finished his first Formula 1 season with a total of nine points in tenth place overall and contributed to the best team result in the history of the Sauber team, which achieved fourth place among the designers with 21 points.

Raikkonen's debut season was also the last of the two-time Finnish world champion Mika Häkkinen , who recommended him to his employer McLaren as his successor. The British team accepted the recommendation and bought Raikkonen out of his Sauber contract in order to be able to sign him for the 2002 season at the side of David Coulthard . This preferred Raikkonen to his teammate Nick Heidfeld , who had been supported by McLaren for several years.

McLaren (2002-2006)

McLaren driver Raikkonen, 2002

In his first race for the McLaren team, Raikkonen achieved his first podium finish in third and drove his first fastest race lap . As the season progressed, both McLaren drivers often retired due to technical defects , but Raikkonen almost won his first race in France . Shortly before the end he was ahead of world champion Michael Schumacher , but slipped in the Adelaide hairpin on an oil stain and had to let Schumacher pass. At the end of the season he was sixth in the drivers' world championship with 24 points - directly behind his team-mate Coulthard with 41 points.

In the 2003 season, Raikkonen and McLaren were very optimistic, as the team had to play with a development of the previous model and in the fight for second place in the Constructors' Championship in 2002. Williams had been overhauled. But Raikkonen won his first Formula 1 race at the second round in Malaysia on the Sepang International Circuit . In the chaotic rain race that followed two weeks later in Brazil , Raikkonen was initially rated and celebrated as the winner after the race was stopped on the 54th lap. Later, the race management had to admit a mistake and Raikkonen lost his victory to Giancarlo Fisichella, who was initially second in the Jordan . However, the tendency towards unexpected competitiveness was also confirmed in the further course of the season, at the end of which Raikkonen had no further victory, but was surprisingly runner-up behind Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher with a total of ten podium finishes and only two points behind . Raikkonen had a chance of winning the title until the last race.

In the 2004 season, the McLaren MP4-19 suffered from cooling problems . Raikkonen and Coulthard were eliminated due to numerous engine damage and other technical defects. It was only with the improved version, the MP4-19B , that further podium places followed, as well as Raikkonen's second Grand Prix victory in Belgium . Raikkonen finished seventh in the drivers 'championship in 2004 with 45 points and the McLaren team fifth in the constructors' championship with 69 points. Raikkonen was again ahead of his teammate Coulthard, who left McLaren at the end of the season.

Vice World Champion 2005 in a McLaren MP4-20 Mercedes 3.0 V10

In the 2005 season, the new McLaren MP4-20 was much better than last year. Raikkonen gave his new team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya no chance in the internal driver duel, but had to admit defeat to future world champion Fernando Alonso in the Renault . Raikkonen had the fastest vehicle of the 2005 season with its MP4-20, but unlike the Renault, it still had problems with reliability. In three races of the season, Raikkonen retired while in the lead due to technical defects - at the European Grand Prix even on the last lap after his wheel suspension broke as a result of a brake plate . He was only able to finish further races after being penalized on the starting grid, which he had been given due to engine damage, after chasing back and finishing with places two to four.

In Japan , Raikkonen started from position 17, overtook opponents such as Michael Schumacher and Alonso and, on the last lap, Fisichella, who had been leading up to that point, and won the race. Raikkonen was runner-up in the final for the second time and was 21 points behind Alonso, who, like Raikkonen, had won seven.

Raikkonen during test drives in the MP4-21 from 2006

For the 2006 season Raikkonen was still under contract with McLaren and was faster than his teammate Montoya, as in the previous year. After Montoya and Raikkonen collided and eliminated in the second corner of the US Grand Prix , the Colombian surprisingly left the team and switched to the American NASCAR series. Raikkonen's new team-mate was the previous test pilot Pedro de la Rosa , who had already represented Montoya last year due to an injury.

Raikkonen came on the podium six times, took pole position three times , but couldn't win a race. At the Monaco Grand Prix he had to retire while lying in second place with a defective heat shield, in Hungary he collided while lapping Vitantonio Liuzzi while lapping and at the Canadian Grand Prix two failed pit stops made him lose his chance to win. He was also in second place in China until an electronic defect ended his race. His season highlight remained the first race in Bahrain , where he moved up from 22nd and last place on the grid to third place. At the end of the season he was fifth in the drivers' world championship with 65 points. It was McLaren's first winless season since 1996.

At the Italian Grand Prix in Monza it was officially announced that Raikkonen would succeed Michael Schumacher at Ferrari in the 2007 season and earn an annual salary of around 22 million euros. His new teammate was the Brazilian Felipe Massa . Even at the beginning of his McLaren-Mercedes era, rumors of a switch to Ferrari were repeatedly admitted by the press, but these were not confirmed until late summer 2006. Raikkonen's place at McLaren was taken by Alonso, the then world champion's new teammate was then GP2 champion Lewis Hamilton .

Ferrari (2007-2009)

Victory at Silverstone: Ferrari driver Raikkonen, 2007

Raikkonen celebrated his first win for Ferrari at the first race in 2007 in Australia after he had achieved pole position in qualifying. He is the first Ferrari driver since Nigel Mansell to win his first race for the Scuderia, and the first driver since Juan Manuel Fangio in 1956 to start from pole position in it. In the second race in Malaysia, Raikkonen was third behind Alonso and Hamilton. He also finished third at the Bahrain Grand Prix and in Spain he retired after a broken wire on the alternator . In Monaco he finished eighth because he made a driving error in the second qualifying and had to start from 16th place. In the North American races, he finished fifth in Canada and fourth in the Indianapolis race. At the French Grand Prix, Raikkonen won ahead of his team-mate Massa. In Silverstone at the Grand Prix of Great Britain he was able to win again and thus celebrate his third win of the season. It was the fifth time in a row that Raikkonen stood on the podium at Silverstone.

At the Nürburgring he retired in third place after taking pole position in qualifying. At the Hungarian Grand Prix he fought a race-long duel with Hamilton and finished second 0.715 seconds behind the McLaren driver. At the Turkish Grand Prix he finished second again, just behind his team-mate Massa. At his first Italian Grand Prix for Ferrari, he finished third after surviving an accident at 300 km / h unharmed in qualifying training and having to contest the race with the replacement car. Raikkonen took his fourth win of the season at the Belgian Grand Prix. In Fuji he finished third after an extremely difficult race with many accidents. Since Hamilton won the race and increased his lead in the overall standings to 17 points over Raikkonen, the Finn was only given theoretical chances of winning the world championship. At the 16th round of the World Championship in China, Raikkonen achieved his fifth win of the season. With this result, he was able to shorten his deficit on World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton - from whose failure he benefited - to seven points with one race still to go.

World champion in the Ferrari F2007

The chances of winning the title were still slim. If Raikkonen had won, a fifth place for Hamilton or a second place for Alonso would not have been enough for the title. After a driving error and a technical problem, Hamilton only achieved seventh place while Alonso only achieved third place behind Massa, who was subordinate to Raikkonen's interests. Thus Raikkonen was Formula 1 world champion for the first time. Since he managed this in his first year at Scuderia Ferrari, he was able to catch up with Fangio in this statistic.

In addition to the world championship title, Raikkonen also won the DHL Fastest Lap Trophy , a prize awarded by the logistics group DHL for the first time in 2007 for the driver with the most fastest race laps in a season. The Finn received the award as sole title holder, although his team-mate Massa had just as often set the fastest lap of a race (six times). In the end, the number of the third best race laps decided in favor of Raikkonen. A year later he was awarded this prize again.

After excellent test results from Ferrari in winter, Raikkonen went into the 2008 season as the title favorite . At the first race in Australia, however, he and his team-mate Massa could not confirm their expectations. Räikkönen ended a turbulent race with safety car phases, two spins and technical problems in eighth place. At the second race in Malaysia the Finn celebrated his first win of the season and took the lead in the world championship with second place in Bahrain. In Barcelona he won again, in Turkey he had to be content with third place behind Massa and Hamilton. At the Monaco Grand Prix, Raikkonen lost the championship lead again to McLaren driver Hamilton after a messed up race and ninth place. In Canada, Raikkonen was initially in third place behind Hamilton and Kubica. After a safety car phase, the three leaders completed their pit stop, during which Kubica and Raikkonen were able to overtake Hamilton. Since the pit lights were switched to red, Kubica and Räikkönen stopped next to each other in front of the lights. Hamilton, who had not seen the traffic light, drove into Raikkonen and made sure that the Finn had to give up through no fault of his own. At the next race in France he looked like the sure winner when a broken exhaust forced him to slow down. Nevertheless, he finished second behind his team-mate Massa.

Problems with the tires: Raikkonen in the Ferrari F2008

In the rainy race at Silverstone, Raikkonen finished fourth after his team made a strategy error and the Finn did not get any new intermediate tires at his first pit stop. After the race in Great Britain, Hamilton and the two Ferrari drivers Massa and Räikkönen were three drivers with equal points at the top of the drivers' standings. In the following races, Raikkonen lost ground to his competitors again. Relatively poor starting positions resulted in poor results in the races - rumors of listlessness and thoughts of resigning from the world champions made the rounds in the press. Raikkonen then announced that his lack of success was due to the fact that he had problems getting the tires on his Ferrari up to temperature. After his retirement due to engine failure in Valencia , the Finn was already 13 points behind leader Hamilton.

At the Belgian Grand Prix, Raikkonen was in the lead up to three laps before Lewis Hamilton overtook him. Then he had an accident when it started to rain, which is why he came away empty-handed again. In the subsequent rain race in Monza, Raikkonen also missed a championship point in ninth place.

Regardless of this, Ferrari announced the contract extension with the Finn until 2010 before the home race of the racing team and thus ended the numerous speculations about an early resignation of Raikkonen.

At the end of the season, Raikkonen took third place in the world championship behind his teammate Massa and the then world champion Hamilton. However, thanks to the performance of its drivers, Ferrari became world constructors ahead of McLaren.

On the way to third place in Monaco 2009

In the 2009 season it became clear early on that Ferrari could not keep up with the teams at the top. Raikkonen, who sometimes seemed unmotivated, remained without points in the first three races. With an improved Ferrari, Raikkonen reported back on the podium in Monaco in third place. After Räikkönen could not build on this performance in the next three races, he achieved his best result of the season in the Hungarian Grand Prix in second place. However, the good result was overshadowed by a serious accident involving his team-mate Massa, who then had to end the season due to an injury. After being on the podium again in third place at the European Grand Prix, Raikkonen won his first race in over a year in Belgium . Räikkönen benefited in the race from KERS , an energy recovery system, with the help of which he moved up from sixth place on the first lap to second place. After a safety car phase, Raikkonen was able to benefit again from KERS and overtook the leader Fisichella. In the rest of the race he was able to keep the Roman behind and scored the first win for Ferrari of the season. Raikkonen's team-mate in Europe and Belgium was Ferrari substitute driver Luca Badoer , whom he was able to distance clearly. Due to poor performance, Badoer was replaced by Fisichella a few days after the race in Belgium. At the Italian Grand Prix , the Finn benefited from Hamilton's retirement and was third on the podium in the fourth race in a row. Also in the other races of the season, in which he did not achieve a podium position, Raikkonen was significantly faster than his team-mate Fisichella.

Ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix , it was announced that Raikkonen would be leaving Ferrari after the season. His cockpit was taken over by the Spaniard Alonso from the 2010 season , who was already Raikkonen's successor at McLaren. The Finn's contract, which would also have been valid for 2010, was terminated by mutual agreement. After contract negotiations with other teams had failed, Raikkonen decided to leave Formula 1 for 2010 and switch to the World Rally Championship .

World Rally Championship (2010-2011)

Raikkonen in the Citroën C4 WRC at the Bulgaria Rally 2010

Raikkonen was already in 2009 in the Rally Finland as a guest with a Fiat Grande Punto S2000 its debut in the World Rally Championship . From 2010 he started regularly in the World Rally Championship with his co-driver Kaj Lindström . In his first full season he drove a Citroën C4 WRC of the Citroën junior team. At the Rallye Deutschland , he won a special stage for the first time. He completed a total of eleven rallies in 2010 and finished five times in the points, but never made it onto the podium. His best result was a fifth place in the Rally Turkey . At the end of the season he finished tenth in the drivers' championship with 25 points.

Kimi Raikkonen at the Finland Rally with his ICE 1 Racing Citroën DS3 WRC

There were also plans to start in the World Rally Championship at ten selected World Championship races in the 2011 season . As a customer vehicle, he drove a Citroën DS3 WRC , which was prepared by his newly created ICE 1 Racing team . In 2011, Raikkonen scored points in the first six WRC rallies and was tenth in the drivers' standings after the ninth round. The points from ICE 1 Racing in the team classification were, however, withdrawn by the FIA ​​with a decision of 9 September and it was removed from the World Championship team classification. The reason for this, and for an additional fine of 16,200 euros, was that he had not taken part in the Rally Australia as planned . The regulations stipulate at least two runs outside of Europe for a team registered for Brand World Championship points. Raikkonen had named Jordan and Australia for the rally , but had decided not to participate in Australia. Raikkonen was still eligible to start the remaining three races of the World Rally Championship. He retired from the Rally France when he wanted to warm up his tires on the liaison stage before the third special stage and Henning Solberg drove into the car. He ended up in the ditch with a broken suspension. In the Rally of Catalonia , he did not reach the goal either. The reason was a problem with the fuel supply to his World Rally Car . In Great Britain, on the third day in sixth place, he did not reach the goal after a rollover. He finished the 2011 season in tenth place in the World Cup.

Formula 1 (since 2012)

Formula 1 comeback with Lotus (2012-2013)

Raikkonen in the Lotus E20

After Raikkonen had initially negotiated a Formula 1 comeback with Williams in 2011, it was announced at the end of November 2011 that Raikkonen was returning to Formula 1 for Lotus . He received a two-year contract. In 2012 he joined the team in Formula 1 with Romain Grosjean . At the season opener in Australia , Raikkonen reached seventh place starting from 17th place. One race later, at the Malaysian Grand Prix , he set the fastest race lap and finished in fifth place. At the third race in China he was second for a long time in the second half. However, since his tires deteriorated in the final phase, he fell back to 14th place. At the fourth Grand Prix in Bahrain he finally crossed the finish line in second place and achieved his first podium finish after his comeback. In the further course of the season he was third at the Spanish Grand Prix and the German Grand Prix and second at the European Grand Prix several times on the podium. In Hungary , Raikkonen gradually worked his way up from fifth place and in the second half of the race was second within striking distance of the leading Hamilton. However, it was too far away to attempt to overtake. A race later in Belgium he was again on the podium in third place. At the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , Raikkonen finally won his first race for Lotus. At the end of the season he finished third in the world championship.

2013 Raikkonen denied his second season for Lotus together with Grosjean. At the season opener in Australia , Raikkonen, in contrast to the other drivers from the leading group, relied on a two-stop strategy instead of a three-stop strategy. This enabled him to take the lead and win the race. At the next race in Malaysia he lost the championship lead again after finishing in seventh place. In the next races in China , Bahrain and Spain , Raikkonen was back on the podium in second place. At the Grand Prix of Great Britain Raikkonen came in the top 10 for the 25th time in a row, thus setting a new record. In the two following races in Germany and Hungary he finished second. At the next race in Belgium , Raikkonen retired with braking problems. This ended his series with top 10 positions in a row after 27 races. It was also his first retirement since his comeback in 2012. At the Singapore Grand Prix , Raikkonen made up ten places in the race and started third from 13th place. At the following Grand Prix in Korea , Raikkonen started second from ninth place.

In Abu Dhabi , Raikkonen was moved to the end of the grid due to a non-compliant sub-floor. He was eliminated after a collision on the first lap. Raikkonen ended the season prematurely after this race because he had to undergo an operation on his back. He had back problems several times during the season. Raikkonen decided against surgery after the season, as this would have affected the preparation for the next season. His recovery took about four weeks. Raikkonen finished fifth in the drivers' world championship and prevailed internally against Grosjean with 183 to 132 points.

According to media reports, Lotus was in arrears with Raikkonen in 2013, so the relationship between Raikkonen and Lotus was no longer the best at the end of the season. Lotus confirmed in mid-December that Raikkonen had not yet received his full salary.

Return to Ferrari (2014-2018)

For the Formula 1 World Championship in 2014 returned back to Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari. He received a two-year contract. When he introduced the permanent Formula 1 starting number, he chose # 7 for his further career. He decided on the number that he already had in the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship. A fourth place in Belgium was his best result. He finished the season in twelfth place overall. Internally, he was defeated by his teammate Alonso with 55 to 161 points. In 2015 , Raikkonen formed a driver duo with Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari . At the first race in Australia , he gave up the race after a tire was not properly attached during the pit stop. In the second race in Malaysia , Raikkonen fell back to the bottom of the field after a tire damage at the beginning of the race and improved to fourth place in the race. Two races later, at the Bahrain Grand Prix , Raikkonen took second place, his first podium finish since his return to Ferrari. At the Hungarian Grand Prix , Raikkonen was in second place for a long time before falling back with a problem with the engine unit and finally falling out completely. In the summer break after this race, Raikkonen's contract was extended by one year. He finished third in Singapore and Abu Dhabi . He improved to fourth place in the drivers' world championship. With 150 to 278 points he was internally defeated by Vettel.

Raikkonen in the Ferrari in Bahrain, 2016

In 2016 , Raikkonen completed his third Formula 1 season for the racing team since returning to Ferrari. In Bahrain he finished second and Russia third. At the Spanish Grand Prix , Raikkonen dueled Max Verstappen for victory in the final phase , but failed to overtake his opponent and came in second. In Austria , Raikkonen came third. After this race, his contract, which expired at the end of the year, was extended for another year. Raikkonen defeated Vettel internally at the end of the season with 186 to 212 points and reached sixth place in the overall standings. In contrast to the previous year, the internal balance of power between Raikkonen and Vettel was more balanced. In the qualifying duel Raikkonen prevailed 11 to 10 against Vettel.

In 2017 , Raikkonen and Vettel again formed the Ferrari driver duo. At the Grand Prix of Russia finishing third. In Monaco he achieved pole position. In the race, after initially leading in front of his team-mate Vettel, he fell behind after the stop and was second behind Vettel. In Hungary he was again second behind Vettel. At the Malaysian Grand Prix , Raikkonen qualified for second place on the grid. He did not start the race because of a technical defect. He finished third in the USA , Mexico and Brazil . At the end of the season he finished fourth overall with 205 points.

Raikkonen was under contract with Ferrari until the end of 2018 . He came third in Australia , China , France , Great Britain , Germany , Hungary , Mexico and Brazil . He finished second in the races in Azerbaijan , Austria and Italy . In qualifying for the GP in Italy, on the way to pole position , he drove at 263.587 km / h, the highest average speed on one lap of an official Formula 1 event at the time. In 2020 , however, this record was improved at the same point by Lewis Hamilton to 264.363 km / h. When the US Grand Prix managed Raikkonen his first win of the season. It was also his first success since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix . It took 2044 days or 113 races before he achieved another victory. The latter is a new record. The old one was 99 races and was held by Riccardo Patrese . Patrese needed a longer period of time because at that time only 16 runs were held per season. In addition, more than 15 years had passed between Raikkonen's first win in Malaysia in 2003 and the last one in the USA, which is another new record. In addition, this was his 21st triumph, making him the most successful Finn in terms of Grand Prix victories ahead of Mika Häkkinen , who has 20 successes. At the end of the season he was third in the drivers' championship with 251 points.

Raikkonen in the Alfa Romeo

Alfa Romeo (since 2019)

At the end of the 2018 season, Raikkonen left Ferrari and moved to his first racing team, Sauber, where he signed a two-year contract. There he replaced Charles Leclerc , who in turn took Raikkonen's place at Ferrari. For the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship , Alfa Romeo became the title sponsor of the racing team, which has competed as Alfa Romeo Racing ever since . His teammate was Antonio Giovinazzi . At the end of the season he finished twelfth overall with 43 points. In 2020 he continued to form the team's driver duo with Giovinazzi. While he completed the 37th of a total of 66 laps at the Spanish Grand Prix , he broke the record for the most driven race kilometers in a Formula 1 car by Fernando Alonso (83,808.342 km). This is roughly equivalent to going around the equator two times . The Russian Grand Prix was his 323rd Grand Prix. With that he set the record for most races by Rubens Barrichello . He has been the new record holder since the Eifel Grand Prix , which was his 324th race start. He finished the 2020 season in 16th place in the drivers' championship with four points. As part of the Emilia-Romagna GP, his team confirmed him and Giovinazzi as drivers for 2021 .

2021: End of career

On September 1, 2021, Raikkonen announced that he would end his sporting career at the end of the 2021 season.

miscellaneous

In addition to his racing career, Raikkonen is the owner of the Raikkonen Robertson Racing team , which he founded together with his manager Steve Robertson in 2004. His racing team has been active in the British Formula 3 championship since 2005 . With Mike Conway , the team won the British Formula 3 driver's title for the first and so far only time in 2006.

Private / miscellaneous

Kimi Raikkonen is the son of Matti (1954-2010) and Paula Raikkonen. He has an older brother, Rami, who is also active in motorsport as a rally driver in Finland. The family is from Espoo . Kimi Raikkonen was married to former Finnish model Jenni Dahlman from 2004 to 2013 . The couple lived in Switzerland. In February 2013, the two announced their separation. Raikkonen has been in a relationship with the flight attendant Minttu Virtanen since 2013. The two have two children, a son (* 2015) and a daughter (* 2017). Räikkönen and Virtanen were married in August 2016 in San Galgano, Italy .

The Finn's cool manner in public as well as the impression of many observers that apparently nothing can upset him, earned Raikkonen the nickname "Iceman". McLaren team boss Ron Dennis originally called him that for the first time. Because Raikkonen obviously liked the attribute, he even had it painted on his helmet during his time at McLaren. At the beginning of the 2008 season, you saw a large tattoo with the same writing on his left forearm for the first time. Raikkonen is also not very talkative and often gives media representatives in particular monosyllabic and extremely short answers.

At the fifth edition of Snow Mobile Saalbach Hinterglemm , the Finn suffered a hand injury during his first run in 2011. Raikkonen drove too fast into a curve and lost control of his 75 hp snowmobile. On landing, he sustained the injury on his left hand.

Together with Michael Schumacher , Raikkonen holds the record of fastest race laps within a season (10), the Finn even managed this feat twice. Overall, only two drivers were able to achieve more fastest race laps than Raikkonen, who with 46 is third behind Michael Schumacher (77) and Lewis Hamilton (53).

It holds the record for the longest period between the penultimate (Australia 2013) and currently the last race victory (USA 2018), which is 2044 days. He also has the longest time span between the first (Malaysia 2003) and currently the last victory (USA 2018), which is 15 years and 212 days.

In 2011 Raikkonen made a guest appearance in the music video for “Sorateiden sankarit” by the Finnish musician Arttu Wiskari . At the end of the video he plays a rally driver who takes Wiskari as a hitchhiker and then has an accident.

statistics

Career stations

1991-1998: karting 1999: British Formula Renault 1999: British Formula Renault, winter championship (champions) 2000: British Formula Renault (champions) 2000: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (7th place) 2000 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2001 : Formula 1 (10th place) 2002 : Formula 1 (6th place) 2003 : Formula 1 (2nd place)

2004 : Formula 1 (7th place) 2005 : Formula 1 (2nd place) 2006 : Formula 1 (5th place) 2007 : Formula 1 (world champion) 2008 : Formula 1 (3rd place) 2009 : Formula 1 (6th place) 2009 : WRC 2010 : WRC (10th place) 2011 : WRC (10th place) 2012 : Formula 1 (3rd place)

2013 : Formula 1 (5th place) 2014 : Formula 1 (12th place) 2015 : Formula 1 (4th place) 2016 : Formula 1 (6th place) 2017 : Formula 1 (4th place) 2018 : Formula 1 (3rd place) 2019 : Formula 1 (12th place) 2020 : Formula 1 (16th place)

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

Grand Prix victories

2003:  Malaysia  ( Sepang ) 2004:  Belgium  ( Spa-Francorchamps ) 2005:  Spain  ( Barcelona ) 2005:  Monaco  ( Monte Carlo ) 2005:  Canada  ( Montréal ) 2005:  Hungary  ( Mogyoród ) 2005:  Turkey  ( Istanbul )

2005:  Belgium  (Spa-Francorchamps) 2005:  Japan  ( Suzuka ) 2007:  Australia  ( Melbourne ) 2007:  France  ( Magny-Cours ) 2007:  Great Britain  ( Silverstone ) 2007:  Belgium  (Spa-Francorchamps) 2007:  China  ( Shanghai )

2007:  Brazil  ( Interlagos ) 2008:  Malaysia  (Sepang) 2008:  Spain  (Barcelona) 2009:  Belgium  (Spa-Francorchamps) 2012:  Abu Dhabi  ( Yas Island ) 2013:  Australia  (Melbourne) 2018:  USA  ( Austin )

general overview

Status: Belgian Grand Prix 2021, 29 August 2021

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2001	Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Clean C20	Petronas 3.0 V10	17th	-	-	-	-	-	9	10.
2002	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-17	Mercedes 3.0 V10	17th	-	1	3	-	1	24	6th
2003	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-17D	Mercedes 3.0 V10	16	1	7th	2	2	3	91	2.
2004	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-19  / 19B	Mercedes 3.0 V10	18th	1	2	1	1	2	45	7th
2005	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-20	Mercedes 3.0 V10	18th	7th	3	2	5	10	112	2.
2006	Team McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-21	Mercedes 2.4 V8	18th	-	2	4th	3	3	65	5.
2007	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2007	Ferrari 2.4 V8	17th	6th	2	4th	3	6th	110	1.
2008	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2008	Ferrari 2.4 V8	18th	2	2	5	2	10	75	3.
2009	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F60	Ferrari 2.4 V8	17th	1	1	3	-	-	48	6th
2012	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E20	Renault 2.4 V8	20th	1	3	3	-	2	207	3.
2013	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E21	Renault 2.4 V8	17th	1	6th	1	-	2	183	5.
2014	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari F14 T	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	19th	-	-	-	-	1	55	12th
2015	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF15-T	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	19th	-	1	2	-	2	150	4th
2016	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF16-H	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	21	-	2	2	-	1	186	6th
2017	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF70H	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	19th	-	2	5	1	2	205	4th
2018	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF71H	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	21	1	3	8th	1	1	251	3.
2019	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo Racing C38	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	21	-	-	-	-	-	43	12th
2020	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	Alfa Romeo Racing C39	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	17th	-	-	-	-	-	4th	16.
2021	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	Alfa Romeo Racing C41	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	12th	-	-	-	-	-	2	17th
total				342	21	37	45	18th	46	1865

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12th	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21	22nd	23	24
2001
	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	4th	10	4th	10	7th	5	DNF	7th	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF
2002
	3	DNF	12 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	3	DNF	2	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	3
2003
	3	1	2	2	DNF	2	2	6th	DNF	4th	3	DNF	2	4th	2	2
2004
	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	11	DNF	DNF	5	6th	7th	2	DNF	DNF	1	DNF	3	6th	2
2005
	8th	9	3	DNF	1	1	11 *	1	DNS	2	3	DNF	1	1	4th	1	2	1	2
2006
	3	DNF	2	5	4th	5	DNF	3	3	DNF	5	3	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	5	5
2007
	1	3	3	DNF	8th	5	4th	1	1	DNF	2	2	3	1	3	1	1
2008
	8th*	1	2	1	3	9	DNF	2	4th	6th	3	DNF	18 *	9	15 *	3	3	3
2009
	15 *	14th	10	6th	DNF	3	9	8th	DNF	2	3	1	3	10	4th	6th	12th
2012
	7th	5	14th	2	3	9	8th	2	5	3	2	3	5	6th	6th	5	7th	1	6th	10
2013
	1	7th	2	2	2	10	9	5	2	2	DNF	11	3	2	5	7th	DNF	INJ	INJ
2014
	7th	12th	10	8th	7th	12th	10	10	DNF	11	6th	4th	9	8th	12th	9	13	7th	10
2015
	DNF	4th	4th	2	5	6th	4th	DNF	8th	DNF	7th	5	3	4th	8th	DNF	DNF	4th	3
2016
	DNF	2	5	3	2	DNF	6th	4th	3	5	6th	6th	9	4th	4th	4th	5	DNF	6th	DNF	6th
2017
	4th	5	4th	3	DNF	2	7th	14 *	5	3	2	4th	5	DNF	DNS	5	3	3	3	4th
2018
	3	DNF	3	2	DNF	4th	6th	3	2	3	3	3	DNF	2	5	4th	5	1	3	3	DNF
2019
	8th	7th	9	10	14th	17th	15th	7th	9	8th	12th	7th	16	15th	DNF	13	12th	DNF	11	4th	13
2020
	DNF	11	15th	17th	15th	14th	12th	13	9	14th	12th	11	9	15th	15th	14th	12th
2021																				TBA
	11	13	DNF	12th	11	10	17th	11	15th	15th	10	18th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside of the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
Red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not take part in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	1/2/3	Placement in the sprint / qualification race
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Deletion results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Records in Formula 1

• Most races driven: 330
• Most race kilometers driven: 87,401.396 km
• Most race laps driven: 17,584
• Most destination arrivals (absolute): 267
• Most third places: 45
• Most second and third places: 82 (combined)
• Most debut year wins for a Ferrari driver: 6 (2007)
• Most fastest race laps in a season: 10 (2005, 2008) ¹
• Most fastest race laps in Melbourne : 6 (2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2017)
• The longest time between two pole positions: 129 qualifications
• Longest time between two wins: 113 races (2044 days)
• The longest period between first and last pole position: 15 years, 65 days
• The longest period between first and last victory: 15 years, 212 days

Remarks:

¹together with Michael Schumacher (2004)

Individual results in the WRC

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12th	13	Points	rank
2009	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Fiat Grande Punto S2000	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POLE	FIN	THE END	ESP	GBR		-	-
											DNF
2010	Citroën Junior Team	Citroën C4 WRC	SWE	MEX	JOR	DOOR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	DEU	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR	25th	10
			29	DNF	8th	5		10	11	25th	7th	DNF	DNF	DNS	8th
2011	ICE 1 Racing	Citroën DS3 WRC	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	DEU	THE END	FRA	ESP	GBR	34	10
			8th		7th	6th			7th	9	6th	DNA	DNF	DNF	DNF

literature

• Petri Nevalainen: Jäämies - Kimi Räikkönen henkilökuva . Ajatus Kirjat, Helsinki 2008, ISBN 978-951-20-7805-9 .
• Kari Hotakainen : Tuntematon Kimi Räikkönen , 2018, ISBN 978-952-234-538-7
  • The unknown Kimi Raikkonen , 2018, ISBN 978-3785726518

Web links

Commons : Kimi Räikkönen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of Kimi Raikkonen
• Details of Kimi Raikkonen in the database of Motorsport-Total.com
• Official site of Raikkonen's Formula 3 & Formula BMW team
• Kimi Räikkönen in the database of eWRC-results.com.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Official: Ferrari relies on Raikkonen and Massa until 2010" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 12, 2008)
2. ^ "Officially: Alonso for three years at Ferrari" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 30, 2009)
3. ↑ ^{a b} "Official: Raikkonen's WRC contract confirmed" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 4, 2009)
4. ↑ "Citroen confirms: Raikkonen is changing fronts" (sport.t-online.de on December 4, 2009)
5. ↑ "Raikkonen: Best time and championship points conquered" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 22, 2010)
6. ↑ ICE 1: Raikkonen starts with its own team (Motorsport-Total.com on January 14, 2011)
7. ↑ Punishment against Raikkonen ( Memento from November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Rallye-Magazin.de on September 9, 2011)
8. ↑ Raikkonen's team hit with penalty (wrc.com on September 10, 2011)
9. ↑ Raikkonen and Henning Solberg with bizarre collision (Motorsport-Total.com on September 30, 2011)
10. ↑ "Wolff confirms 'serious' negotiations with Raikkonen" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 4, 2011)
11. ↑ "Räikkönen comeback fix: Two years with Renault" (Motorsport-Total.com of November 29, 2011)
12. ↑ Jonathan Noble: "Kimi Raikkonen to miss rest of 2013 F1 season for back surgery". autosport.com, November 10, 2013, accessed November 10, 2013 . 
13. ↑ Annika Kläsener: "Formula 1 - Lopez: Raikkonen not yet fully paid". We will pay. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 18, 2013, accessed December 18, 2013 . 
14. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Fix: Raikkonen returns to Ferrari". Motorsport-Total.com, September 11, 2013, accessed on September 11, 2013 . 
15. ↑ Robert Seiwert: "Formula 1 - All start numbers fixed: Vettel takes the 1". Number 13: Maldonado of all people. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 10, 2014, accessed January 12, 2014 . 
16. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Ferrari confirms Kimi Raikkonen for 2016. Motorsport-Total.com, August 19, 2015, accessed on August 19, 2015 . 
17. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Ferrari announces: Kimi Räikkönen will stay in 2017. Motorsport-Total.com, July 8, 2016, accessed on July 9, 2016 . 
18. ↑ https://www.rtl.de/cms/formel-1-kimi-raeikkoenen-schlaegt-sebastian-vettel-und-schreiben-mit-italien-pole-formel-1-geschichte-4215176.html Fastest F1 lap any times
19. ↑ https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel-1/formel-1-datenbank/results/raceoverview.php?y=2020&r=8
20. ↑ Blick: Formula 1: Kimi Raikkonen leaves Ferrari and drives for Sauber . ( blick.ch [accessed on September 11, 2018]).
21. ↑ motorsport-total.com, accessed August 17, 2020
22. ↑ Twice around the world - the journey of "Iceman" Räikkönen , tz.de from August 17, 2020 from August 16, 2020, accessed August 17, 2020
23. ↑ Alfa Romeo confirms drivers 2021: Raikkonen and Giovinazzi stay !, motorsport-total.com, accessed November 2, 2020
24. ↑ Kimi Raikkonen announces retirement from F1 at the end of the season. Retrieved September 1, 2021 . 
25. ↑ "'Iceman' solo again". Kimi Raikkonen separates from his wife Jenni Dahlmann. focus.de, February 7, 2013, accessed on February 24, 2013 . 
26. ↑ F1 Star Raikkonen in private
27. ↑ Sven Haidinger: "It's a boy!": Kimi Raikkonen happy father. Motorsport Total, January 28, 2015, accessed July 7, 2018 . 
28. ↑ Juliane Ziegengeist: Kimi Raikkonen for the second time Father: Daughter Rianna is here. Motorsport Total, May 17, 2017, accessed July 7, 2018 . 
29. ↑ The Iceman Tattoo (Flickr.com)
30. ↑ "Raikkonen is not a fan of" shitty questions "" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 8, 2012)
31. ↑ "Raikkonen hurts wrist in snowmobile racing crash" (onestopstrategy.com on December 11, 2011)
32. ↑ "Arttu Wiskari - Sorateiden sankarit (Official video)" (youtube.com on August 1, 2011)
33. ↑ Kimi Räikkösestä kertova kirja nousee kansainväliseksi bestselleriksi, ennustaa maineikas brittikustantamo. Retrieved February 9, 2019 (Finnish). 
34. ^ Formula 1 Book of the Year: The Unknown Kimi Raikkonen