This year the original Gumball 3000 celebrates its 15th anniversary on a route that starts on May 18th in Copenhagen and goes all the way to Monaco. Celebrities like Tony Hawk, David Hasselhoff, Xzibit and Kimi Raikkonen are expected to attend the rally as they have done it before.
Kimi Raikkonen will be using his free weekend slot between the Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix to attend the Gumball rally.
Pete Johnston @cptjohnston Can’t wait to like up on the start grid in Copenhagen next to @Kimi_Raikkonen #gumball3000 @bavmajithia @MRGUMBALL3000 @gumball3000
In the Gumball Rally entry grid list at #5, we see Team 34 with the description “4 crazy Fins.”
The Dudesons have participated in the 2011 rally where they bumped into Kimi Raikkonen in Monaco. Kimi gave some advice to the Dudesons in this video.
ZitatKimi comes back to rallying by Anthony Peacock / 26th April 2013
Kimi Raikkonen will squeeze in a rally in between the Spanish and Monaco grands prix next month – but sadly he won’t be competing. Or will he?
The 2007 Formula One World Champion – who competed full-time in the WRC from 2010-2011 – will be attending the start of the 15th anniversary Gumball Rally, which starts from Copenhagen on May 18th. After that, we’ll have to wait and see.
The Gumball Rally isn’t quite rallying as we know it: instead it’s all about a load of supercars driving around Europe – a bit like the Carrera Panamericana, but with better parties. As one team’s motto puts it: “we don’t drive fast, we fly low.” But as it’s all on public roads, officially there is no competitive element.
And while Kimi isn’t taking part, he has some very good friends who are: car number 34’s team description is simply: “four crazy Finns.” The Finns in question are the ‘Dudeson brothers’: four Finnish stuntmen with their own TV show, which is broadly the equivalent of Jackass.
The first stage is from Copenhagen to Stockholm, followed by a stage from Stockholm to Helsinki – and rumours keep persisting that car 34 might have an unscheduled guest driver on the opening leg...
Other confirmed drivers for the Gumball include the legend that is David Hasselhoff and a car crewed by members of the band Cypress Hill, as well as professional skier Jon Olsson.
The Gumball 3000 finishes in Monaco, after going via St Petersburg, Tallinn, Riga, Warsaw and Vienna.
here is the entry list where you can donate to get the starting order. team 34 is leading atm https://www.gumball3000.com/rally/entry_grid question is if Kimi is part of that though. The Dudesons aren't, they are another team (further down) so who are those crazy Finns? " title="hmm" />
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Peter de Bruijn is proud of his former pupil. In his kart shop in Vlaardingen various paraphernalia from the Finn are on display. On entry a set of overalls immediately catch the eye. On the leg in red letters it says: Räikkönen.
De Bruijn is proud of it, although it took some effort to obtain. "I had been trying for four, five years. When I met him again in 2003 in Indianapolis, I told him that I would like one of his race suits, as a souvenir. It was no problem. "I'll get you one," he said. A few months later he was suddenly in our tent in Sarno, near Naples. He’d come to bring me the suit. I thought it was a beautiful gesture."
Although De Bruijn holds the race outfit very dear, there is one item that is even more important to him. It’s the picture he took of Kimi, at the circuit of Indianapolis in 2003. There is no trace of a cold and distant Finn in that picture. Kimi is seemingly in an animated conversation with Lotta Hellberg, the Swedish then girlfriend of De Bruijn. Again De Bruijn studies the photograph closely. "She had just had chemo. Cancer. A year later it came back. End of story."
After the first series of chemotherapy Räikkönen had a hat sent to Vlaardingen. It is now in the window of his shop. On the black cap it says in white letters: Get well soon! .....
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