Date of birth: 1979 65438+ 10 65438+July.
Place of birth: Lapilanta, Finland
Height: 175cm
Weight: 7 1KG
Marriage: Married
Currently working for the team: McLaren.
Kimi Raikkonen started to participate in national and international karting competitions when he was still teething, when he was only 65,438+00 years old. 1999 officially participated in racing, representing Heywood in four races. He won the third place in the first game and withdrew from the competition due to technical problems in the last three games. He also participated in the European Formula Ford Cup competition and won the fifth place, but he failed to enter the Formula Ford Festival in the end. After signing with Manor Motor Sport, he won four winter Renault Formula Series.
In 2000, Raikkonen continued to work for the manor. In the British Renault Car Championship, the young Finn won seven of the ten races as easy as blowing off dust, ran into the top three in the other three races, and obtained seven starting positions and six fastest laps. In the same year, he won two championships, two starts and two fastest laps in the Renault Formula Race. Raikkonen scored 13 in 23 races, which attracted the attention of Sauber team owner Peter Sauber.
Raikkonen only participated in 23 races, none of which was related to F3 or F3000. In 200 1 season, Raikkonen first appeared on the F 1 track on behalf of Sauber, which is headquartered in Switzerland. The FIA awarded the young Finn a super driver's license because of his outstanding performance in the early tests. Raikkonen first sat on the steering wheel of F/KLOC-0 in September 2000. Three months later, he took part in the races in Jerez and Barcelona, Spain.
Raikkonen's excellent performance in the first season helped the team achieve the best result in history and ranked fourth in the annual team. Although there are various negative comments on his joining F 1, it does not affect others' attention to his driving skills. He was selected by McLaren to replace Mika Hekkinen, a two-time world champion who planned to retire.
Throughout the 2002 season, the young Finn did quite well, sometimes even surpassing his experienced teammate David Coulthard. He was also very likely to win the first race, but unfortunately, at the hairpin turn in Adelaide, the oil leaked from Allen Macneish's Toyota engine caused the car driven by the 22-year-old racer to run off the track and gave the championship to michael schumacher.
In the 2003 season, kimi raikkonen once again proved his potential. The Finn won his first race in Malaysia, and until the last race, he was a strong contender for Schumacher's annual driver championship. For the young Finn, the 2004 season is bright, and some experts also say that he is the most likely candidate to win the annual driver championship.
Mclaren Mercedes started the 2004 season with MP4- 19, which proved to be a completely uncompetitive racing car. At the beginning of the season, Raikkonen's fighting spirit was hit by his constant withdrawal from the official competition due to mechanical failure of racing car.