Kimi Räikkönen

Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (pronounced [ˈkimi ˈmɑtiɑs ˈræikkønen]) (born October 17, 1979 in Espoo, Finland) is a race car driver, currently driving for Alfa Romeo Racing. He is the 2007 Formula One World Drivers' Champion.

Kimi Räikkönen

Räikkönen in 2023
Born	Kimi-Matias Räikkönen[1] (1979-10-17) 17 October 1979 (age 45) Espoo, Finland
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Finnish
2025 team	Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari[2]
Car number	7
Entries	( starts)
Championships	1 (2007)
First entry	2001 Australian Grand Prix
First win	2003 Malaysian Grand Prix
Last win	2018 United States Grand Prix
Last entry	2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2020 position	16th (2pts)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2009–2011
Teams	Citroën Junior Team, ICE 1 Racing
Rallies	21
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	1
Total points	59
First rally	2009 Rally Finland
Last rally	2011 Wales Rally GB

Räikkönen entered Formula One as a regular driver for Sauber-Petronas in 2001. Having previously only raced in very junior open-wheel categories, he was given his Super Licence from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) after a performance delivery promise from his team boss, Peter Sauber.^[3] He joined McLaren Mercedes in 2002, and became a title contender by finishing runner-up in the 2003 and 2005 championships to Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso, respectively.

Switching to Ferrari in 2007, Räikkönen became the highest paid driver in the sport,^[4] and secured his first Formula One World Drivers' Championship, beating McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point.

Räikkönen is very calm, cool, and calculating in his race strategy—prompting the nickname "Iceman", which is subtly written on the side of his current helmet design. His other nicknames include Kimppa, Räikkä and Kimster (used by his mechanics).

NASCAR

Räikkönen joined the ranks of former F1 drivers who have moved to NASCAR in 2011. His first race was the Camping World Truck Series on May 20 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. He finished in 15th place on the lead lap.^[5] He hopes to work his way up to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.^[6]

Räikkönen's second NASCAR race was also at Charlotte. He raced in the Nationwide Series. He received a penalty for speeding on pit lane, and finished in 27th place. After the race, he returned to Europe to compete in some more rally races. Räikkönen said his plans are to "see what happens."^[7]

Results and records

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
1999	European Formula Ford	?	2	?	?	?	5th
	Formula Ford Festival	Continental Racing Van Diemen	1	0	0	N/A	NC
	Formula Renault 2000 UK Winter Championship	Manor Motorsport	4	4	4	40	1st
	Formula Renault 2000 UK	Haywood Racing	4	0	0	?	?
2000	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	?	2	2	2	62	7th
	Formula Renault 2000 UK	Manor Motorsport	10	6	7	316	1st
2001	Formula One	Sauber	17	0	0	9	10th
2002	Formula One	McLaren	17	0	0	24	6th
2003	Formula One	McLaren	16	2	1	91	2nd
2004	Formula One	McLaren	18	1	1	45	7th
2005	Formula One	McLaren	19	5	7	112	2nd
2006	Formula One	McLaren	18	3	0	65	5th
2007	Formula One	Ferrari	17	3	6	110	1st
2008	Formula One	Ferrari	18	2	2	75	3rd
2009	Formula One	Ferrari	17	0	1	48	6th
	World Rally Championship	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	1	0	0	0	-
2010	World Rally Championship	Citroën Junior Team	13	0	0	15	10th
2011	World Rally Championship	Ice 1 Racing	4	0	0	18*	8th*
	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	Kyle Busch Motorsports	1	0	0	0↓	NC↓
	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Kyle Busch Motorsports	1	0	0	0↓	NC↓
2012	Formula One	Lotus	20	0	1	207	3rd
2013	Formula One	Lotus	17	0	1	183	5th
2014	Formula One	Ferrari	19	0	1	55	12th

^* Season in progress
^↓ As a guest driver, Räikkönen was ineligible for points

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	WDC	Points
2001	Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber C20	Petronas 01A 3.0 V10	AUS 6	MAL Ret	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	ESP 8	AUT 4	MON 10	CAN 4	EUR 10	FRA 7	GBR 5	GER Ret	HUN 7	BEL DNS	ITA 7	USA Ret	JPN Ret						10th	9
2002	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-17	Mercedes FO 110M 3.0 V10	AUS 3	MAL Ret	BRA 12†	SMR Ret	ESP Ret	AUT Ret	MON Ret	CAN 4	EUR 3	GBR Ret	FRA 2	GER Ret	HUN 4	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	USA Ret	JPN 3						6th	24
2003	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-17D	Mercedes FO 110M/P 3.0 V10	AUS 3	MAL 1	BRA 2	SMR 2	ESP Ret	AUT 2	MON 2	CAN 6	EUR Ret	FRA 4	GBR 3	GER Ret	HUN 2	ITA 4	USA 2	JPN 2							2nd	91
2004	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-19	Mercedes FO 110Q 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BHR Ret	SMR 8	ESP 11	MON Ret	EUR Ret	CAN 5	USA 6														7th	45
		McLaren MP4-19B											FRA 7	GBR 2	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 1	ITA Ret	CHN 3	JPN 6	BRA 2
2005	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-20	Mercedes FO 110R 3.0 V10	AUS 8	MAL 9	BHR 3	SMR Ret	ESP 1	MON 1	EUR 11†	CAN 1	USA DNS	FRA 2	GBR 3	GER Ret											2nd	112
	Team McLaren Mercedes															HUN 1	TUR 1	ITA 4	BEL 1	BRA 2	JPN 1	CHN 2
2006	Team McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-21	Mercedes FO 108S 2.4 V8	BHR 3	MAL Ret	AUS 2	SMR 5	EUR 4	ESP 5	MON Ret	GBR 3	CAN 3	USA Ret	FRA 5	GER 3	HUN Ret	TUR Ret	ITA 2	CHN Ret	JPN 5	BRA 5					5th	65
2007	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2007	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	AUS 1	MAL 3	BHR 3	ESP Ret	MON 8	CAN 5	USA 4	FRA 1	GBR 1	EUR Ret	HUN 2	TUR 2	ITA 3	BEL 1	JPN 3	CHN 1	BRA 1						1st	110
2008	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2008	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	AUS 8†	MAL 1	BHR 2	ESP 1	TUR 3	MON 9	CAN Ret	FRA 2	GBR 4	GER 6	HUN 3	EUR Ret	BEL 18†	ITA 9	SIN 15†	JPN 3	CHN 3	BRA 3					3rd	75
2009	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F60	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	AUS 15†	MAL 14	CHN 10	BHR 6	ESP Ret	MON 3	TUR 9	GBR 8	GER Ret	HUN 2	EUR 3	BEL 1	ITA 3	SIN 10	JPN 4	BRA 6	ABU 12						6th	48
2012	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E20	Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8	AUS 7	MAL 5	CHN 14	BHR 2	ESP 3	MON 9	CAN 8	EUR 2	GBR 5	GER 3	HUN 2	BEL 3	ITA 5	SIN 6	JPN 6	KOR 5	IND 7	ABU 1	USA 6	BRA 10			3rd	207
2013	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E21	Renault RS27-2013 2.4 V8	AUS 1	MAL 7	CHN 2	BHR 2	ESP 2	MON 10	CAN 9	GBR 5	GER 2	HUN 2	BEL Ret	ITA 11	SIN 3	KOR 2	JPN 5	IND 7	ABU Ret	USA	BRA				5th	183
2014	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari F14 T	Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 t	AUS 7	MAL 12	BHR 10	CHN 8	ESP 7	MON 12	CAN 10	AUT 10	GBR Ret	GER 11	HUN 6	BEL 4	ITA 9	SIN 8	JPN 12	RUS 9	USA 13	BRA 7	ABU 10				12th	55
2015	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF15-T	Ferrari 060 1.6 V6 t	AUS Ret	MAL 4	CHN 4	BHR 2	ESP 5	MON 6	CAN 4	AUT Ret	GBR 8	HUN Ret	BEL 7	ITA 5	SIN 3	JPN 4	RUS 8	USA Ret	MEX Ret	BRA 4	ABU 3				4th	150
2016	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF16-H	Ferrari 061 1.6 V6 t	AUS Ret	BHR 2	CHN 5	RUS 3	ESP 2	MON Ret	CAN 6	EUR 4	AUT 3	GBR 5	HUN 6	GER 6	BEL 9	ITA 4	SIN 4	MAL 4	JPN 5	USA Ret	MEX 6	BRA Ret	ABU 6		6th	186
2017	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF70H	Ferrari 062 1.6 V6 t	AUS 4	CHN 5	BHR 4	RUS 3	ESP Ret	MON 2	CAN 7	AZE 14†	AUT 5	GBR 3	HUN 2	BEL 4	ITA 5	SIN Ret	MAL DNS	JPN 5	USA 3	MEX 3	BRA 3	ABU 4			4th	205
2018	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF71H	Ferrari 062 EVO 1.6 V6 t	AUS 3	BHR Ret	CHN 3	AZE 2	ESP Ret	MON 4	CAN 6	FRA 3	AUT 2	GBR 3	GER 3	HUN 3	BEL Ret	ITA 2	SIN 5	RUS 4	JPN 5	USA 1	MEX 3	BRA 3	ABU Ret		3rd	251
2019	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo Racing C38	Ferrari 064 1.6 V6 t	AUS 8	BHR 7	CHN 9	AZE 10	ESP 14	MON 17	CAN 15	FRA 7	AUT 9	GBR 8	GER 12	HUN 7	BEL 16	ITA 15	SIN Ret	RUS 13	JPN 12	MEX Ret	USA 11	BRA 4	ABU 13		12th	43
2020	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	Alfa Romeo Racing C39	Ferrari 065 1.6 V6 t	AUT Ret	STY 11	HUN 15	GBR 17	70A 15	ESP 14	BEL 12	ITA 13	TUS 9	RUS 14	EIF 12	POR 11	EMI 9	TUR 15	BHR 15	SKH 14	ABU 12						16th	4
2021	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	Alfa Romeo Racing C41	Ferrari 065/6 1.6 V6 t	BHR 11	EMI 13	POR Ret	ESP 12	MON 11	AZE 10	FRA 17	STY 11	AUT 15	GBR 15	HUN 10	BEL 18	NED WD	ITA	RUS 8	TUR 12	USA 13	MXC	SAP	QAT	SAU	ABU	17th*	6*

^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
2009	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Fiat Grande Punto S2000	IRE	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN Ret	AUS	ESP	GBR		NC	0
2010	Citroën Junior Team	Citroën C4 WRC	SWE 29	MEX Ret	JOR 8	TUR 5	NZL	POR 10	BUL 11	FIN 25	DEU 7	JPN Ret	FRA Ret	ESP DNS	GBR 8	10th	25
2011	ICE 1 Racing	Citroën DS3 WRC	SWE 8	MEX	POR 7	JOR 6	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	DEU	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	8th*	18*

^* Season in progress