Top 26 Quotes & Sayings by Kimi Raikkonen

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Finnish celebrity Kimi Raikkonen.

Last updated on September 20, 2024.

Kimi-Matias Räikkönen, nicknamed "The Iceman", is a Finnish racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2001 and 2021 for Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, and Alfa Romeo. Räikkönen won the 2007 Formula One World Championship driving for Scuderia Ferrari, their last World Drivers' Championship to date. He also managed to finish second overall in 2003 and 2005, and third in 2008, 2012 and 2018. With a total of 103 podium finishes, he is one of only five drivers to have won over 100. Räikkönen has won 21 Grands Prix, making him the most successful Finnish driver in terms of Formula One race wins, and is the only driver to win in the V10, V8 and the V6 turbo hybrid engine eras. After nine seasons racing in Formula One, he left the sport to compete in the World Rally Championship in 2010 and 2011, returning to drive a further ten seasons in Formula One from 2012 until 2021. He is known for his reserved personality and reluctance to participate in public relations. At the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix, he broke the record for most starts in Formula One. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 91 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing.

Finnish - Celebrity | Born: October 17, 1979

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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

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 from one second to the next.

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

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

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

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

Kimi Raikkonen

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

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 the house. I have no interest in telling all the people what I do every day and where I am.

Kimi Raikkonen

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

Kimi Raikkonen

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

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

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

Im winning races, Im still challenging for the world championships, the team is fantastic and I have a great relationship with everybody here - so why would I want to even consider changing?

Kimi Raikkonen

You don’t drive races on paper.

Kimi Raikkonen

I'm happy, but there's nothing to jump around about.

Kimi Raikkonen

I’m not interested in what people think about me. I’m not Michael Schumacher.

Kimi Raikkonen

When I did some NASKAR 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

Driving is the only thing I love about F1.

Kimi Raikkonen

Ha, some days ago the same people were one hundred per cent sure that I'd signed for Red Bull! So much for that.

Kimi Raikkonen

Be yourself. If you try to be someone else, it won't work. Whatever you do, you are not going to make everyone happy.

Kimi Raikkonen

For sure, sometimes I don't know what I am doing.

Kimi Raikkonen

Ive just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can.

Kimi Raikkonen

Formula 1 would be a paradise without the media.

Kimi Raikkonen

Where I went off, you can get back on the track by going through the support race pitlane, but you have to go through a gate. I know this as I did the same thing in 2001 and the gate was open that year. Somebody closed it this time. Next year, I'll make sure it's open again...

Kimi Raikkonen

The helmet has a special meaning for many drivers. How important is it to you? - It protects my head.

Kimi Raikkonen

Top 26 Quotes & Sayings by Kimi Raikkonen

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