quoteKimi Raikkonen shares his thoughts on next season The Finnish driver is confident Ferrari can produce a competitive car for the 2017 F1 season
On the back of a 2015 season which saw Scuderia Ferrari manage three wins during the Formula One Championship, the Italian team from Maranello was indeed expecting a much more positive 2016 and most importantly an evenly matched fight with Mercedes for the two titles. That was unfortunately not the case by far, but a new year brings new hope for Ferrari, who is confident that the work and development during the winter will produce a strong car for Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel in the 2017 Formula One Championship.
The Finnish driver is also confident that next season the Scuderia Ferrari car will give him, as well as his teammate Sebastian Vettel, the possibility to fight for wins and podiums against Mercedes and Red Bull: “There will be many changes, the cars should be a lot faster and we hope to have a spectacular season ahead” – said Kimi, as reported by the Italian press – “We have learned a lot from last year and the team has been working hard, not only during winter, but also from when we were racing last season to be able to give us a strong package for 2017. There’s still a lot to be done, of course, but we are expecting a progress. Obviously we want to fight and win races, this is our main objective for next season, but as always everything will be decided on the track.” – concluded Kimi.
The season has not even started, but journalists have already focused their attention to Kimi Raikkonen’s contract and weather or not he intends to remain with Scuderia Ferrari for the 2018 season: “This is pointless to talk about right now, there are more important things to think about, like getting ready for the new season and making sure that we do everything right to be able to challenge for winning races. There will be plenty of time to think of the rest later on.” – the Finnish driver added.
quoteKimi Raikkonen fun facts Did you know these fun facts about Kimi?
1. The 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix was the first race that a teammate of Kimi Raikkonen won since Felipe Massa back in 2008.
2. Kimi’s two favorite sports are hockey and racing and the reason why he chose racing, is, in his words “because I didn’t have to get up early in the morning”.
3. Kimi Raikkonen actually fell asleep for 30 minutes before his first race for Sauber, the 2001 Australian Grand Prix.
4. Back when a very young Kimi was racing for DeBruijin (in go karts), one day he was found sleeping in some card-box. From then he was given some small pocket money. DeBruijin used to give some money for hotels and food but the duo Jokinen (Kimi’s mechanic)/Raikkonen spent everything the first night they got to the destination – so one night of fun meant sleeping in the van.
5. Kimi is the sixth driver in the history who took at least one year off from Formula 1, after which later decided to make his return to F1 and won a race. Before the Finnish driver, this was managed only by Juan Manuel Fangio, Mario Andretti, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell.
6. Kimi Raikkonen takes great care of his family and one time even invited twelve of his family members, including seven cousins, his grandmother, and four aunts at the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2001.
7. British businessman Ron Dennis is the one who actually gave him the “Iceman” nickname, at the beginning of the 2002 Formula 1 season, when Ron Dennis was McLaren’s team principal.
8. Before joining Sauber Formula One team in 2001, Kimi Raikkonen competed in the Formula Renault UK Championship. In 2000, the young Finnish driver won seven out of ten events in the Formula Renault UK Championship and was on the podium in all ten races.
9. Kimi’s other nickname is “the second Flying Finn”. The first was Mika Hakkinen. They are both born in the same place, Espoo (the second largest city and municipality in Finland), and have both been very quick on the track. They were simultaneously on the grid for only one year, in 2001, when Raikkonen made his F1 debut with Sauber, while Mika Hakkinen competed for McLaren and at the end of the season decided to retire from Formula One.
10. Kimi’s mother, Paula, remembers him only once being very nervous and losing his cool outlook. He was six years old at the time. Paula took her son for a regular check-up with their doctor and Kimi had to wait in the corner with toys to keep him busy as his mother and the doctor discussed. There were many toys, but suddenly Kimi became agitated, biting his finger nails and acting very nervously: “The doctor started to think that Kimi perhaps had a concentration problem.” – Paula said, when interviewed about Kimi’s childhood – “but it was only a question of the toys!”.
11. Kimi Raikkonen’s brother, Rami, has two sons, Justus and Tiitus. Kimi is a godparent of the elder, Justus, and continually brings presents for both of them.
12. At the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Kimi showed his respect to a driver of the 1970s when he incorporated the James Hunt design and name on his helmet.
13. After Nico Rosberg’s retirement from Formula 1, Kimi Raikkonen is the only driver on the grid with more than 100 races for his current team (Scuderia Ferrari).
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quoteMint and Kimi Raikkonen in an interview with Ellen: Princess Raikkonen!
03/20/2017
Elle visited Räikkönen, who told the newspaper an exclusive daily lives. In an interview also revealed the future sex of the child.
On Thursday, appearing in Elle Mint and Kimi Raikkonen reveal a spring baby sex: it's a girl.
Räikkönen have thought about his daughter, also named, and it starts like a big brother Robin's letter r. In the spring generated little one will most likely destroy fashion creations, the Mint instagram picture you can see already the wonderful Burberry outfit, waiting for the little princess.
Mint second pregnancy has gone smoothly, without nausea or fatigue. Special maternity clothes Mint refuses to use. Most of the clothes fit into a fit Minttu even more.
Robin also looks forward to looking forward to the future isoveljeyttään. When Kimi asks Robin evening, where is sister, Robin flips his head in wonder. Only when Kimi ironed his wife's belly gently, Robin notices that her sister is still in womb.
On Thursday, Ellestä that appears, you can read the entire interview.
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the year starts good 
Robin!
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