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  Kimi Raikkonen - Planet-F1 News - from planet-f1.com
Kimi Raikkonen was convinced justice had been served after winning the Formula One World Championship title on Sunday.
Kimi Raikkkonen reckons it was belief in the team's ability that carried him and Ferrari to the Drivers' Championship title in Brazil on Sunday.
Kimi Raikkonen And Ferrari Had Plenty To Celebrate In Brazil When The Finn Clinched The 2007 Drivers' Title.
www.planet-f1.com /drivers/kimi_raikkonen/0,18992,3245,00.html   (257 words)

  
 pitpass - the latest, hottest F1 & A1GP news
A number of strong performances saw Kimi catch the eye of McLaren boss Ron Dennis, and after much speculation it was announced late in the 2001 season that he would leave Sauber to replace the departing - and fellow Finn - Mika Hakkinen at McLaren (much to team mate Nick Heidfeld's frustration).
In Belgium, Kimi's qualifying performance was awesome the youngster coming close to achieving his first pole, while in the latter stages he regularly out-qualified his illustrious team-mate.
Nonetheless, Kimi fought on, and perhaps his season, indeed his attitude to racing, can be summed-up in that monumental move on Giancarlo Fisichella on the last lap of the race in Japan.
www.pitpass.com /src/drivers/raikkonen.php   (1438 words)

  
 Kimi Raikkonen holds off Schumacher to win Canadian Grand Prix
Kimi Raikkonen gave his title hopes a huge boost when he won the Canadian Grand Prix after championship leader Fernando Alonso crashed out of the race.
Finn Raikkonen made up for the disappointment of crashing out of the lead on the last lap of the last race with a controlled win in Montreal after seeing both his Renault rivals fail to reach the chequered flag.
Raikkonen almost threw the win away himself when he lost concentration in the closing laps of the race and went over the grass at the chicane but he was never worried and eased home ahead of second-placed Michael Schumacher.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-06/13/content_450869.htm   (1114 words)

  
 F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Kimi Raikkonen
Raikkonen started karting at the age of 12 and enjoyed considerable success in the sport before turning to single-seater racing in 1999 for four races in British Formula Renault.
It proved to be an inspired choice and Raikkonen finished sixth on his Grand Prix debut in Australia and went on to score on three more occasions (twice finishing fourth) in the midseason.
The team was very competitive and Raikkonen won a string of races and would have won the World Championship but for poor reliability.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-raikim.html   (331 words)

  
  Kimi Raikkonen « WordPress.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Raikkonen logra la pole en Nurburgring : GP de Europa - Clasificación — 1 comments
Raikkonen lidera en Nurburgring - GP de Europa : Entrenamientos Libres
Raikkonen makes it two wins in a row at Silverstone
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  The Hindu : Sport : Kimi Raikkonen scores a scorching victory
Raikkonen, who started from his third consecutive pole position, proved he is now the man in form as McLaren executed the perfect one-stop strategy to pile the pressure on early championship leader Renault.
Raikkonen continued to reel out more fastest laps as he pushed hard to build a lead before his stop and he was left with an advantage of 29-seconds over Alonso when Trulli gave up his second place by heading for the pits on lap 39.
Raikkonen pitted on lap 41 and, after a long stop, he still came out with a 15-second advantage over Alonso as the Spaniard absorbed pressure from Webber, who was right up on the rear of the Renault.
www.hindu.com /2005/05/23/stories/2005052306221900.htm   (825 words)

  
 Kimi Räikkönen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kimi Matias Räikkönen (pronounced approximately /ki-mi ma-ti-as ræik-kø-nen/ in IPA, born October 17, 1979 in Espoo, Finland) is a Formula One race car driver for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro.
Raikkonen is one of the favourites for the 2007 World Championship along with defending double world champion Fernando Alonso, teammate Felipe Massa and Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella.
For the 2005 season, Kimi holds the joint record of 7 wins in a single season without winning the World Title, shared with four time World Champion Alain Prost, who initially set the record in 1984 and matched it in 1988, and now also Michael Schumacher, in 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kimi_Raikkonen   (3508 words)

  
 Avenue Vine: Kimi Raikkonen Takes 2006 German Grand Prix Pole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Kimi Raikkonen produced a stunning lap to take his and the McLaren-Mercedes-Benz team's first pole position of the season in qualifying for the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.
Raikkonen’s fast lap of 1:14.070, a tenth of a second faster than Michael Schumacher and his Ferrari, was enough to repeat his pole feat of last year in at his engine manufacturer’s their home race.
Kimi Raikkonen: Yeah, I was a little bit slower than on my fastest lap at that point so I didn’t have anything to lose and tried to run a bit too fast; actually, quite a bit too fast, but anyhow it was nice to get pole.
www.avenuevine.com /movabletype/archives/001629.html   (1916 words)

  
 Formula 1 : Biography Kimi Raikkonen - Racing-Live.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Kimi Raikkonen cut his teeth in national and international kart racing from the age of ten, before taking up car racing in 1999.
As Raikkonen retired from race after race with mechanical failures early in the season, his dip in motivation was clear to see and also understandable.
Raikkonen remained with McLaren in 2006 hoping that the momentum would continue and he could challenge for the title.
f1.racing-live.com /f1/en/drivers/raikkonen.shtml   (766 words)

  
 UpdateF1 >> Formula 1 News > Hungary: Kimi closes the gap
Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren proved the class of the field in the Hungarian Grand Prix, the young Finn claiming a well-earned ten points in a race where championship rival Fernando Alonso failed to score.
Kimi drove a superb lap in clear air to pit one lap later, emerging from a very short stop just ahead of the Ferrari.
Left unchallenged, Kimi coasted to a well deserved victory ahead of a Ferrari that, although much improved, is not in the same class as the McLaren.
formula-1.updatesport.com /news/article/1122817750/formula_one/F1headlines/Hungary--Kimi-closes-the-gap/view.html   (804 words)

  
 The "Iceman" cometh: when Kimi Raikkonen joined F1, observers furrowed their brows; two years later, the fantastic Finn ...
Raikkonen had none of those series on his resume when he made his F1 debut with the Swiss Sauber team in 2001.
Raikkonen was in the lead and calmly but ruthlessly fended off a challenge from the reigning World Champion, Michael Schumacher.
Raikkonen's parents sacrificed a lot to allow their sons to race (Kimi's brother competes in rallying).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCH/is_5_31/ai_103563734   (931 words)

  
 YouTube - Kimi Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen would rather have a shit than watch pele.
Kimi Räikkonen Kävin P*skalla (I was having a shit) :D
Kimi Raikkonen and other F1 teams - burning rubber.
www.youtube.com /watch?v=unFEx4zih7c   (230 words)

  
 Finland's Kimi Raikkonen wins Australian GP on Ferrari debut | CP
Raikkonen started from pole position, and led almost throughout the race Sunday to notch his 10th F1 victory and edge world champion Fernando Alonso, who was making his McLaren debut.
Raikkonen's win was all the more impressive given the Finn drove without radio communication with his team throughout the race.
Raikkonen led Hamilton by 17.4 seconds at the halfway mark, before the Ferrari driver posted the fastest laps of the race to widen the gap.
www.mytelus.com /sports/article.do?pageID=motorsports/home&articleID=2583789&   (658 words)

  
 Kimi Raikkonen - Formula 1 Drivers
Kimi Raikkonen started out his racing in career in karting and boasts a formidable record.
In his first F1 full season Raikkonen came in 9th overall.
In 2002 Raikkonen signed with McClaren Mercedes and finished in 6th place in 2002 and improved further in 2003 to take 2nd position.
www.simplymotorsport.co.uk /drivers/KimiRaikkonen.aspx   (130 words)

  
 Kimi Raikkonen News
Kimi Raikkonen won in his Ferrari debut, dominating the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday for his 10th Formula One victory.
Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa share their thoughts on Friday free practice in Australia.
Kimi Raikkonen has risked Ferrari's wrath by entering a snowmobile event in his native Finland just one week before the start of the new F1 season.
www.topix.net /formula1/kimi-raikkonen   (897 words)

  
 Kimi Raikkonen | Derapate
Quanto alla Ferrari, i suoi Kimi Raikkonen e Felipe Massa non sembrano all’altezza dei rivali sulle frecce d’argento e molti tifosi chiedono a gran voce il ritorno del Kaiser, Michael Schumacher.
Pubblicato in Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, Circuito Montecarlo F1, Lewis Hamilton.
Quando passa a Kimi Raikkonen, invece, i toni sono più pacati.
www.derapate.it /s/formula1/piloti-f1/kimi-raikkonen   (2119 words)

  
 Formula 1 : Biography Kimi Raikkonen - F1-Live.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Kimi Raikkonen cut his teeth in national and international kart racing from the age of ten, before taking up car racing in 1999.
As Raikkonen retired from race after race with mechanical failures early in the season, his dip in motivation was clear to see and also understandable.
Raikkonen may have missed out on the title to Fernando Alonso, but he had a stunning season let down only from some reliability issues from Mercedes.
www.f1-live.com /f1/en/drivers/raikkonen.shtml   (783 words)

  
 Kimi Raikkonen quiz -- free game
When Kimi burst into F1, many people critized him, as they thought he wasn't experienced enough.
It was thought that he won the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix, but in actual fact Fisichella did.
Kimi has also been dubbed 'the second Flying Finn'.
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=126070   (90 words)

  
 MCZ F1 Drivers : Kimi Raikkonen
Those fears were quickly erased as the young Finn took a point at his debut race in Australia and went on to finish in the points on another three occasions.
Although it was to be his only win that season, the championship came down to the last race before Michael Schumacher clinched the crown by just two points.
The introduction of the heavily revised MP4-19B gave the team a boost and Raikkonen took his second win at the Belgian GP on his way to seventh in the championship.
www.mcz.com /f1/driver/d_kraikk.htm   (328 words)

  
 IGN Boards - Renault interested in Kimi to replace Alonso ?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Kimi Raikkonen has turned up the heat in his negotiations with Ferrari and McLaren by publicly admitting for the first time that Renault is also serious about securing his services for 2007.
Kimi Raikkonen has signed a deal with Ferrari for 2007 and beyond - it is hard to find anyone in F1 who does not believe that this is the case.
Raikkonen will not want to be number two to Michael and Michael will not want an equal number one.
boards.ign.com /formula_one_racing/b5763/116821467/p1   (1801 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Kimi Raikkonen
Calm, cool and precise, Raikkonen has earned a reputation as F1’s “Iceman.” Few drivers are more meticulous in the way they plot their race strategy.
Raikkonen proved that he was a force to be reckoned with in 2003 after winning the Malaysian Grand Prix in a convincing fashion.
Raikkonen officially made his entry into Formula One in 2001, going on to record nine points in his celebrated rookie campaign.
www.askmen.com /men/celeb_profiles_sports/50_kimi_raikkonen.html   (485 words)

  
 Kimi Raikkonen Wins Monaco Grand Prix - ForbesAutos.com
MONTE CARLO, Monaco — Kimi Raikkonen posted a truly memorable victory Sunday, leading from the pole and winning the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time.
Raikkonen and the Renaults of Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella moved away from the rest of the pack by more than a second a lap.
Raikkonen built the margin to 34.7 seconds before he went in for fuel on the 42nd lap.
www.forbesautos.com /news/headlines/2005/may/ap052505_kimi.html   (612 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Motor Sports - Formula One - Formula One pundits split on Kimi Raikkonen's debut - Monday January 29, ...
Raikkonen, a Sauber driver, has competed in just 23 single-seater car races and comes straight from British Formula Renault, a quiet backwater far from the media frenzy he can expect when the season starts in Australia on March 4.
Raikkonen has put in far more kilometers in testing than Trulli ever had the chance to do and has a high profile after a winter controversy over whether or not he should get a super-license.
But Trulli, whatever reservations he might have, said Raikkonen was right to seize the chance of a lifetime.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/world/news/2001/01/29/Raikkonen_feature_reut   (981 words)

  
 Kimi Raikkonen About His Scandals In Media   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Kimi Raikkonen is very reluctant to draw attention to himself.
Kimi himself thinks the media exaggerates a lot and he was very sad about it in the beginning of his career.
Raikkonen´s relationship with the scandals in media is the same as with everything else he regards as irrelevant to his driving: he just tries to block it out of his mind.
www.articledashboard.com /Article/Kimi-Raikkonen-about-his-scandals-in-media/127784   (558 words)

  
 Kimi Raikkonen biography - Mc Laren F1 Drivers - TAG Heuer & McLaren Mercedes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Kimi Räikkönen cut his teeth in national and international kart racing from the age of ten before taking up car racing in 1999.
Kimi showed great promise from the time he first climbed behind the wheel of a Formula One contender for Peter Sauber in September 2000, before further sessions in Jerez and Barcelona three months later.
It didn't take long for Kimi to attract the attention of team bosses at the Team McLaren Mercedes team and he made to the move to Woking for the 2002 season and results were there right from the start with a third place in the season opening Australian Grand Prix.
www.tagheuer.com /f1/tag-heuer-and-f1/partnership/driver/driver-kimi/kimi-biography/index.lbl   (447 words)

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