Quotes by Kimi Raikkonen

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Kimi-Matias Räikkönen is a Finnish racing driver currently driving for Ferrari in Formula One.
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When I was a kid, I would watch the grands prix. Everyone dreamt of becoming a race driver, while I only started thinking about it when I was 18 or 19. Only at that age did I seriously start thinking about this job. Before then, I would change ideas ...

Kimi Raikkonen

Do you have any ambitions outside racing? My main ambition at the moment, whether inside or outside racing, is to become Formula 1 World Champion.

Kimi Raikkonen

Since I started in motor racing I've worked with people from all over the world. We are all here to go racing and prejudice will never play any part in that.

Kimi Raikkonen

There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think.

Kimi Raikkonen

I'm delighted to be coming back to Formula 1 after a two-year break, and I'm grateful to Lotus Renault GP for offering me this opportunity.

Kimi Raikkonen

It was an easy choice to return with Lotus Renault GP as I have been impressed by the scope of the team's ambition.

Kimi Raikkonen

In rallying every curve, every hill may be different than you thought. That makes it interesting.

Kimi Raikkonen

When I did some Nascar races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock.

Kimi Raikkonen

If I could throw my phone away, I would probably do it. It's always on silent, and I don't like when it rings and people are calling. We could live without those things in the past when we just had a phone on the street somewhere, on the corner or at...

Kimi Raikkonen

You always want to have a winning car, but there is no guarantee that it will be.

Kimi Raikkonen

I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that.

Kimi Raikkonen

My time in the World Rally Championship has been a useful stage in my career, but I can't deny the fact that my hunger for F1 has recently become overwhelming.

Kimi Raikkonen

In F1 too many things overshadow the racing. There is too much politics.

Kimi Raikkonen

Author Bio

  • NameKimi Raikkonen
  • DescriptionFinnish race driver
  • AliasesIceman; Kimi Raikkonen
  • BornOctober 17, 1979
  • CountryFinland
  • ProfessionFormula One Driver; Rally Driver; Racing Driver