The Unknown Kimi Raikkonen

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After he was told on the phone his signing to Ferrari for 2014 was finalized, he threw his phone in the sea Hard to say what they get out of Kimi, who during his eighteen-year career has given as many interviews as Lewis Hamilton, the four-time world champion and social media king, gives in a week. Apart from ‘good morning’, Kimi hasn’t said a word on the way there, even though his closest colleagues, Mark and Sami, are in the car. I recall what Sami said to me earlier: ‘Kimi becomes a racing driver first thing in the morning. He goes where no one has any business or the keys to enter: his own world. What might look like introversion from the outside is simply concentration.’

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When he retired from Formula 1 at the end of 2021, Raikkonen had called time on something which he had considered just a ‘hobby’ for several years already, heading home to spend more time with his family, the days of wild parties now behind him.A sneak peek to publicly hidden world F1 superstar Kimi Raikkonen. A sneak peak to the world of a extremely talented racing driver who doesn’t think to be super star or doesn’t like anything but driving, his family, friends, loyalty and honesty. Tuntematon Kimi Räikkönen on kertomus vaatimattomista oloista lähteneestä ihmisestä, joka murtautui epätavallisen ammatin huipulle. Tässä kirjassa Kimin lisäksi puhuvat myös hänen äitinsä, veljensä, vaimonsa ja uskotut ystävät. Sanansa sanovat myös muut kuljettajat, tallipäälliköt, mekaanikot, fysiovalmentaja, manageri ja aivan tavallinen formulafani. Kirja kertoo ajamisesta, perheestä, luottamuksesta, vapaa-ajasta ja hänen tähänastisen elämänsä dramaattisista hetkistä. Tulossa on hurja, humoristinen ja liikuttava kirja, joka avaa huiman maailman myös niille, jotka eivät ole kiinnostuneet moottoriurheilusta. He did, of course, ultimately choose the latter, and had an excellent reason for doing so: “B ecause I didn’t have to get up early in the morning.”

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Reliability problems were often a frustration for Raikkonen at McLaren, one of those arriving at the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix, a fiery heat shield and subsequent engine damage forcing him to come to a stop at Portier.

Only 1500 copies of the book were made available for the launch of Mission Winnow, a PMI initiative aimed at creating engagement around the role of science, technology and innovation as a powerful force for improvements. And I was like ‘I’m tired, I’m out of here’. Got in the cab, get home, walk in my house, and Kimi is sat in my living room, alone, I have no idea how he got there.” And then, worse than that, he cuts the plug off the end of the clippers and throws it out a window into like a five-foot snowdrift! Hotakainen osaa kirjoittaa, mutta ei tästä aiheesta kovin ihmeellistä tekstiä hänkään saanut aikaan. Tiivistettynä:

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The minor one was that he didn’t have his gloves to cover his hands when holding the steering wheel. The other things that was missing…the steering wheel! He would instead go for a wander over to his private yacht which was waiting in the harbour, Kimi enjoying the rest of the Monaco Grand Prix from very comfortable surroundings as he chilled out with his pals. Malaysia ice cream Leading the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in the Lotus, Kimi’s race engineer was informing him of Fernando Alonso behind and that he would keep him updated on the Ferrari driver’s pace. Kimi didn’t like the sound of that.We have mentioned he has set a number of records in F1 and this is one of the perhaps slightly lesser-known but equally impressive ones. Raikkonen may have been known as someone who liked to party early in his career, but now he is a family man. Throughout the book, it’s clear he would rather spend time – and is at his most animated – when playing with his children Robin and Rianna. Life has changed since his two kids, with wife Minttu, were born. Spending around 140 days a year away is not ideal. Most countries have a Sports Personality of the Year Award or something similar, and that includes Finland. Given everything he has achieved, you would think Kimi had won it at least once, but you would be wrong. Kimi is already ensconced in his car – only his helmet and right hand are visible; the hand reaching out for a bottle handed over by Mark Arnall. Arnall’s left hand carries another one. There must always be two bottles, in case one goes missing or breaks. A parched driver is a useless driver. The only story I can really remember with Kimi, because most of them are a blur, we were out until like 3am in London and I had a house at that point,” Button told Sky Sports F1 in 2021.

The Unknown Kimi Raikkonen: Kari Hotakainen (author

He drove cars long before getting that license, one time practically destroying the tires of a rental car in Italy because he wanted to drift with it in a roundabout.Written on Raikkonen’s Alfa Romeo C41 was “Dear Kimi, we will leave you alone now”. Where are his gloves and steering wheel? Kari Hotakainen is a Finnish writer. Hotakainen started his writing career as a reporter in Pori. In 1986, he moved to Helsinki. He became a full-time writer in 1996. He has two children with his wife, sound technician Tarja Laaksonen, whom he married in 1983. He has also worked as a copywriter and as a columnist for the Helsingin Sanomat. I think this book has two problems. The first is that Kimi Raikkonen, like most sportspeople is really not all that interesting. The second is that the author, while a perfectly competent writer, does not know enough about motorsport to identify the aspects of his story that might be worth exploring in more detail. As most of the F1 world knows, Raikkonen is a man of few words. When he does speak, Raikkonen makes every word count. In the words of the Scuderia Ferrari driver: "The right words do not need others to mean something." Raikkonen left Formula 1 with a who’s who of hilarious classic moments and tales to remember his career by, so let’s indulge in the best of them… How did he get into Jenson Button’s living room?