While Kimi Räikkönen's stone-faced lack of emotion infuriated many, to others his air of indifference in an era of media-trained sheen made him a cult hero – one to whom the ‘Iceman’ nickname was thoroughly suited
Does he still get a thrill from driving an F1 car after 20 years? “Some days are better than others,” he admits. “When you’re doing a lot of testing, it can be far from fun: you’re there from nine in the morning until six in the evening going round the same track.
“Obviously, you have to try to make a good result whenever you’re in the car. And as a team, everybody is happier the better you go.” That speed was on display from the moment Räikkönen set foot in a kart and was proven when he won the 2000 FormulaUK title with seven wins from 10 races in his maiden season of car racing. That earned an F1 test with Sauber, and such was his raw pace that the team signed him for 2001, aged just 21 and with only 23 car races to his name.
His impressive form in the Ferrari-powered Sauber led to him being touted as the successor to Michael Schumacher at Ferrari. Instead, he signed withWhile he showed incredible pace at times , Räikkönen never had a title-winning machine and wasn’t really labelled as Häkkinen’s heir. But in 2007, he finally went to Ferrari to succeed Schumacher – and promptly won the title in his first season in red.Fittingly, even that year, he wasn’t the centre of attention.
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