More than 20 years after his Formula 1 debut, Kimi makes Räikkonen. At the end of the season, the silent fin hears, but the decision is already certain.
Kimi Räikkönen made it short. That was it, wrote the wordcare Finn in a posting at Instagram, That's my last season in Formula 1. More than 20 years after his debut, the former World Champion concludes, and that has been fixed for months.
Already last winter he met this decision, so rich monike, the oldest pilot in the field has enough. When he gives his farewell performance in December in Abu Dhabi at the last season run, the continuous burner is 42 years old. Not only the fans will be the racer who likes to be silent and just as likes to celebrate, certainly missing.
Raikkonen is a unique, no driver like any other, a very special episode of his career is spread at nine pages of the biography published in 2018 The Unknown Kimi Raikkonen. 16 days is the chapter and is about a veritable alcohol marathon.
Kimi Raikkonen: World Champion 2007 with Ferrari
On a Monday, Räikkönen listens to drink, the following Sunday he becomes third at the Grand Prix of Spain. It was one of 103 podium places in so far 344 races, reaching him 21 Grand Prix victories. In 2007, Räikkönen Michael Schumacher near Ferrari and became world champion in the first year. Since then, Scuderia has been waiting for the driver's title.
Iceman Räikkönen was cleaned in 2001 with clean to the premier class, with his premiere in Melbourne / Australia he became sixth. McLaren only bought the Schweiger a year later from his contract, 2003 and 2005 missed Räikkönen the title Knapp, two years later, the coronation - in which he seized noticeably on motivation.
At the end of 2009, he returned Ferrari a year before the end of the contract for the first time and let himself be rewarded his premature finish. After two years in the Rally WM - he stayed without a podium place and won only a rating test (in Germany) - Räikkönen back in Formula 1. Not more than the best, but he was still good enough to win for Lotus and towards Ferrari in his second engagement by the end of 2018 front places.
Kimi Raikkonen: Last GP victory in Texas 2018
For the last time, Räikkönen on October 21, 2018 in Austin / Texas, where he stood in Ferrari in front of Max and triumphed Lewis Hamilton. Since 2019 he drives for Alfa Romeo, currently Räikkönen with two World Cup points 17.
It was no easy decision, Räikkonen wrote, but it was time for something new. Even if the season is still running, I would like to my family, all my teams, those who were involved in my racing career, and above all, to all great ones Fans who have supported me all the time thank. His posting contained 13 photos, in the middle of one of the World Cup Triumph 2007.
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Although his time in the formula 1 will end, so rich monike, but there is much more in the life I want to experience and enjoy. And that he can enjoy, is known.
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