He became one of the oldest drivers to race in F1 and holds the world record for most F1 starts – 349.
see photosThe Flying Finn is best remembered for his incredible McLaren days in the mid-2000s
Legendary F1 driver and 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen who recently retired from the sport learned early in the season that he would be retiring from the sport. While many speculated that Raikkonen might retire at the end of the season, he only announced his retirement on 1 September via an Instagram post. Since 2017 many had speculated that the Finn might retire, but he continued to race for five more years, where he won his last race in 2018 by winning the US GP for Ferrari and then moving to Alfa Romeo.
In a video recorded before the start of the season for the F1 YouTube channel, where drivers were making predictions for the season, he wrote on a card that “My favorite race will be Abu Dhabi because this is my race in F1,” he wrote. Wrote. This of course was revealed recently when the video was shared and he had written on a card which was kept secret.
Raikkonen came to know about his retirement in March itself
The 42-year-old became one of the oldest drivers to race in F1, with he being the oldest on the current grid and holding the world record for most F1 starts – 349. He would have crossed the 350 start mark if he had not missed the Dutch and Italian Grand Prix due to COVID19. Raikkonen is being replaced by fellow Finn, Valtteri Bottas who joins Alfa Romeo from Mercedes. His teammate, Antonio Giovinazzi, is also leaving F1 and is being replaced by the first Chinese driver in F1 – Guanyue Zhou.
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To this day Raikkonen remains the last man to win a world title with Ferrari, when he won his first and only world title in 2007. He was the man who replaced Michael Schumacher in the prestigious Italian team.
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