Marko Hanželic
V Espoo born Kimi-Matias RäikkÜnen, as its full name suggests, was one of the most marked in the last two decades at the top of motorsport on several levels. Ob Formulas 1 the Finn also competed in the championship NASCAR, but he also drew attention to himself several times with appearances in rally.
The last one Mohican in the subtitle of this article it refers mainly to perception of top motorsport today and a few decades ago, when racers were not like robots off the track and on it in virtually everything to obey their bosses and submit to the demands of sponsors. Whom it was quite different in this respect and embodied all that generations of fans miss in modern-day racers. Sam says he has no role models, but he was close to him above all James Hunt.
Nickname Iceman, which could be translated as "Ice man" he gained it because of his composure on the track, as well as his rarity in front of microphones. That’s why every one of his statements was so much more shock, especially since he never liked media appearances.
Despite many successes in karting and lower series, his debut in a Formula 1 race car was quite unusual, as he Peter sauber he tried to hide his extraordinary talent before he was seduced by bigger and richer rivals. Already on the first test he was on the racetrack in Mugello namely, a good half a second faster than the then Sauber racer, the Brazilian Pedro Diniz. He also took great times on tests in Barcelona in Jerez, and the only obstacle in the path of the seat was Superlicense, to whom the then head of the FIE, Max mosley due to his dewy 21 years, he didn’t want to be awarded at first, but he did Peter sauber managed to convince the opposite.
That's it Kimi Räikkönen began his long career as a Formula 1 racer, in which he once won the title world champion. There is no doubt that with his lavish talent he could have achieved significantly more, but he also had some pitch. You could become a champion already with McLarn, but he had a lot of problems with the reliability of the car at the time. He managed to win his only title in his inaugural season for Ferrari, thus earning him the status of a deity among the fans of the team from Maranella.
Za Ferrari he spent eight seasons in two periods and finally moved to a non-competitive team Alfa Romeo, where he did not have a serious chance to get involved in the fight for the top, but he proved quite a few times that he still knows. Especially if the situation is really demanding. If he will compete in the race in Abu Dhabi, will make a total of 349 appearances in Formula 1 races. Fernando Alonso in Lewis Hamilton. The latter should drive at least three more seasons for the mentioned record.
