Everyone: there's no overtakes in f1 Kimi: 17th to 1st

Kimmi is the man. I hear rumors they once found blood in his alcohol stream.

His stats proves he is an interesting anomaly. This means he could either be seen as one of the greatest who deserved at least three titles or was one who had the ability to be one of the greats but lacked the mindset. Or it could simply mean his equipment let him down (the same way Jim Clark could easily have won the 62-63-64-65 titles if his car only lasted a few more laps in the last race of 1962 and 1964). Only five drivers in the history of F1 have had more than 100 podium finishes. Schumacher, Hamilton, Vettel, Prost and Raikkonen. Now when you consider that all the other four drivers had at least 4 titles(!) but Raikkonen only 1 then it is indeed an anomaly. When it comes to raw race pace the fastest race lap is a good indication of how fast a driver is in race conditions. Likewise only Schumacher and Hamilton have more fastest laps than Raikkonen (Hamilton just one more than Raikkonen) and those two are a 7-time and a 6-time world champion. Meanwhile the two drivers who come after Raikkonen in the all-time fastest lap list is Prost and Vettel. Both of those being 4-time champions. Raikkonen has a few interesting records too in F1: Longest span between the first and last win: 15 years, 6 months and 28 days. (Hamilton must win races in 2023 to better that. ) Longest span between the first and last pole: 15 years, 2 months and 4 days. (Hamilton can beat that in 2023 at earliest) Fastest ever average speed on a F1 track: Monza 2018 qualifying, 263,588km/h (163,785mph) Most fastest laps in a single season. 10 which he managed both in 2005 and 2008 (ironically while not winning either title), shared with Schumacher's 10 in 2004 (with the stellar F2004 Ferrari). The only F1 driver ever to arrive in F1 without stints in either F3 or F3000/GP2/Formula 2. Interesting trivia: Raikkonen is the only F1 driver to win for McLaren, Ferrari and Lotus. Let's compare with others. Emerson Fittipaldi won races for Lotus and McLaren but never for Ferrari. Nigel Mansell raced for Lotus, Ferrari and McLaren but only won races for Ferrari. Mario Andretti won races for Ferrari and Lotus but never for McLaren. Niki Lauda won races for Ferrari and McLaren but never for Lotus. Ayrton Senna won races for Lotus and McLaren but never for Ferrari. Alain Prost won races for McLaren and Ferrari but never for Lotus. Raikkonen is the only driver to win races in the three different engine regulations eras (3,0 liter V10, 2,4 liter V8 and 1,6 liter V6 turbo) Schumacher won in the V10 and V8 era but not in the V6 turbo. Hamilton won in the V8 and V6 turbo era but not the V10. Alonso won in the V10 and V8 era but not the V6 turbo. Vettel won in the V8 and V6 turbo era but not V10. The only current F1 driver to have raced against world champions Mika Hakkinen and Jacques Villeneuve (and Schumacher had he never made his 2010-2012 comeback). Kimi is a living part of F1 history.

He drove against 2 Verstappens and 2 Schumachers (maybe 3) That says it all about his legacy

Don't worry guys, he ain't gonna retire, this is hobby for him, if he didn't want to do it he would already stop.

The saddest moment will be when he retires...

The reason kimi earns everyones respect, is his clean racing. He can challenge the best drivers on the grid, without pushing anyone off the track. He has respect for other drivers. And he is a very talented racer.

How fast was Kimi? So fast that sometimes he was able to finish a race before his McLaren broke down👀

Kimi was a beast back in his McLaren days. He could have won the championship in 2005 if that McLaren wasn't falling to pieces every race. I feel like Hakkinen is still in his prime, he's gonna be a beast once he comes back from that sabbatical.

He’s still one of the best in my opinion

Mclaren wanted to sign Nick Heidfeld but Hakinnen convinced McLaren to sign Kimi when Mika said "If you want to win, get the finn"

There were at the time, the engineers at McLaren who rated Kimi's raw talent higher than that of Senna's. And when he first moved to Ferrari, the engineers there were said to having to re-calibrate what F1 cars were capable of, especially in the high-speed corners. Apparently, Kimi was that fast.

I think the title should be "How good will Kimi Raikkonen be at his prime when he reach it?"

The man has over a 100 podiums Almost 2000 points Definitely one of the greatest legends

To answer the title question shortly: on his prime, Kimi was the fastest driver since Ayrton.

One of the most naturally gifted pure racing drivers of all time

Lotus Kimi was a bit underrated in my opinion. 2 wins in a car that wasn’t necessary considered on par with the ‘big 3’ of red bull, mclaren and ferrari at the time. 14 podiums aswell over the 2 seasons, and p3 in the championship in 2012. All after 2 years off, extremely impressive!

Interesting fact: In 2005, when Kimi had his penalties, he performed better when he started at the back: 11->4 12->3 13->2 17->1

2005 Italian GP... He put the McLaren on pole with a tank full of fuel... That was just insane!

Broke my heart, when Kimi and Mika both had all those mechanical issues during the races. Phenomenal drivers.

I'm just gonna leave this here: Nobody disrespects Kimi NOBODY!

At the end of drive to survive season 2 everyone is compiled together saying about the drive to be the best and the sacrifices people make and kimi at the end says "it is more of a hobby for me" classic Kimi

One of his best moments for me was when he dnf in Barcelona couple years back and a young fan cried . Kimi brought the kid into the Ferrari garage

Kimi's real job is drinking... Racing is just for fun.

people take him for granted imo. as a Finn this sport is going to lose alot when he is gone

That Japanese gp 2005 was one of the most sensational performances by any driver in f1

Kimi Räikkönen, how can we not consider him as one of the greatest driver and character of all time? There was no “ordinary “ or even “good” driver who could pull up a comeback like Suzuka 2005. There wasn’t DRS at that time. The only front runner retired from the race was Montoya. Then he simply stormed through the circuit and took the victory like a boss. Even though Kimi wasn’t famous for his consistency in his early years, there was no doubt that he was able to deliver magnificent performance every week. He had almost no driver errors in 2005, but his car left him down so often. By comparison, Lewis Hamilton had his first mechanical DNF in 2009! I think Kimi deserves so much more than he did in his career. For me, he was my racing hero when I was little ( with Michael Schumacher), and he still inspires so many people now. He wasn’t really considered one the greatest of all time by many, but I do think that he was definitely phenomenal and legendary. Thank you Kimi, for everything.

The story behind Kimi's leaving Ferrari after 2009 revolves around Santander, Alonso's sponsor. Fernando arrived at Ferrari with Santander money. Ferrari were only too happy to have that funding, but the bank (Santander) had an agenda. Bringing Alonso in meant either Massa or Raikkonen had to go. As a Spanish finance company, keen to expand its market, Massa was a great prospect in establishing the brand in South America, an appealing target for Santander. Kimi may have had appeal if the bank had desires to establish itself in Scandinavia or even Finland specifically. This was however not the case, South America was.. Thus pressure was put on Ferrari to retain Massa, for the marketing purposes of Alonso's sponsor. Ferrari relented and so Kimi was let go. But they never had anything against him as such, he had given them their last World title and did, at that time at least, have a loyalty towards him. This is why he was eventually able to return to Ferrari. Some of Santander's money went towards paying Kimi a very large sum of money NOT to compete in F1 for 2 years. Kimi took the deal and he felt like having a break anyway. Imagine being paid not to race in F1..... That is a good demonstration of the quality of his racing skills, that Ferrari didn't want to face the prospect of him competing against him in another team. Kimi took the opportunity to do something else, was financially well taken care of so no issues there and he could do whatever he felt like having a go at, and he did. Then, after the 2 years were up, he talked to a few teams and picked Lotus Renault, as they had a seat available. Eventually he returned to Ferrari, where in an ironic twist Alonso was still in the other car. Alonso, faced with Kimi as his team mate, did all in his power to make Kimi look poor. How? Influence to car build/setup in a direction he could handle better than Kimi could. So that season's Ferrari was an understeering pig that Alonso, with his 'preference' for understeer, handled okay to fine, compared to Kimi's preference for oversteer that meant he struggled. Show me a Fin that does not like a swinging rear end....

Probably the most charismatic driver since Ayrton Senna. And having completely different character and personalities

He still has the fastest lap in F1 and he did that after what people call his “prime”.

II think its also important to note that Ferrari drastically favored Vettel and Alonso and many times left Kimi out begging for a better strategy and just denied time after time to try and help Vettel or Alonso. Ironically the weekend Ferrari announced that Kimi will leave (Italy 2018) he bounced right back up and was on par if not even outperforming Vettel in 2018.

Kimi really reminds me of the old Gentleman drivers of the 70s and early 80s, kinda like Hunt. Just in it for the fun of doing it

IMO.. Kimi should have been a 3 time champion. If it wasn't for the McLaren's reliability issues Kimi would have had 2 titles more And Alonso would have had one title less. Infact in one of the post race interviews Alonso had also said that Kimi was faster But it doesn't matter bcz in race you need to finish first. And that is where Kimi failed bcz his McLaren broke down so many times that you could almost cry for him. In his prime.. in a reliable car Kimi was faster than both Schumi and Alonso.

Insanely quick and rarely felt pressure. He was equally as good as Alonso although a different level of skill. Alonso had more commitment, and almost anger, while Kimi had coolness and the same speed.

One potential factor in Kimi's drop off in his second stint at Ferrari was the handling of the Ferrari's. Kimi notoriously prefers a little oversteer on his cars as oppsed to understeer. The cars being tailored towards Alonso and Vettel might have contributed to Kimi not being able to replicate his pace from earlier in his career. It was a similar story in 2008, when he struggled for qualifying pace with the new tires, that were harder to heat up. But as the race progrssed Kimi always picked up the pace. Only 2 poles and wins that year but 10 fastest laps. His raw talent is up there among the best of all time imo, and his stats don't tell the full story.

That West sponsored McLaren was one of the most beautiful Cars

Because he's been around so long, people forget how amazing Kimi was in his prime years. McLaren years were astounding. He showed no fear of Schumacher (or anyone) and was just an animal. His world championship win was clutch and his years at Lotus were damn impressive too. He doesn't have that ruthlessness anymore, but his talent still remains.

I feel very lucky to witness Kimi winning 2018 US Grand Prix after long stint. Best moment that I cherish in my life. I can’t wait to see him back in action this season. I hope he will race for next season too.

kimi in 2005 might have been one of the quickest drivers ever. so disappointing mclaren couldn't hold up on reliability.

Best of Kimi: "I was having a shit." Drunk Kimi at an FIA event. "No no, is the drink ON or not?" Walking back to his yacht after retiring. "Leave me alone, I know what I'm doing." "Is the front wing ok? I DON'T KNOW, YOU TELL ME." "Gloves and steering wheel, yeah. GIVE IT TO ME, COME ON MOVE!" "Yeah, I have that Force India or whatever the f*** it's called."

One of the best in f1, should have won 3 world championships: 2003, 2005 and 2007

Kimi was probably the fastest driver when he was driving for McLaren.

Kimi was a beast in 2005, half a second faster than Alonso in monaco and comfortably beating JP Monotya, who is not a pushover

He's definitely a GOAT material in his mclaren years and especially in his championship year. Then it became a hobby for him after winning the WDC

I'm a simple kind of man. I see Kimi, I click.

He's been my favorite driver since day one.

Kimi is like old Rock Musician. So much love and passion to the profession that he only retires when he dies. A person who dies with their boots on .

His time at McLaren was what sealed the deal for me as being my favourite post Senna driver

The last of the f1 rebels

Dont forget, kimi is the only driver to have a race win with the v10, v8 and v6 hybrid engines

KIMI deserves more than just 1 title

Kimi in his prime i.e 2003-2005 was probably the fastest driver F1 has seen.

I hope he'd become team principal of Alpha Romeo and win championship with Raikkonen jr. And finally become President of FIA. Oh shit! Pls ignore my love for kimi made me type all this😂

Kimi might be the unluckiest driver in F1 history, and despite that, his achievements are outstanding. He lost to Schumi by a mere 2 points and was in an inferior car. He rarely if ever had the best car on the grid, yet holds a number of F1 records and is in the top ranks for many such records. A true pure racer. Had he better luck with the teams he drove for, Kimi could have easily had 2-3 championships to his name.

I remember when I was 16, Singapore GP 2012. It was my first time watching full F1 race and the driver that piqued my interest the most is the guy driving Lotus that came charging from the back of the field, Kimi Raikkonen. Been watching F1 ever since.

The guy went from P16 to P5 in 1 lap.. in an Alpha Romeo..!!!

13:57 "I could honestly write a book with all of the funny things that Kimi has done over the years" The name of that book would be "Bwoah"

On his day, the fastest driver I've ever seen and his days were every race weekend between 2003 - 2008. Give him a car with a front end that went where he wanted and he'd drive the wheels off it (no pun intended). Probably should've broken the Ferrari/Schumacher hegemony in 2003 and definitely should've in 2005 if it weren't for rotten luck. Still, he's Ferrari's last championship winner and they've had a 2 x WDC (who, rightly or wrongly, is considered one of the greats) and 4 x WDC driving for them since. Shame he couldn't be bothered to play politics as he probably could've gotten himself a RBR or McLaren drive after Ferrari but that's part of his legend. No politics, no PR, no bullsht. Give him his steering and gloves and let him go fast.

Kimi Räikkönen: 338 Starts in F1. 1864 points. 103 podiums. 21 wins. 18 poles. 46 fastest laps. World champion 2007. Second in world champion 2003, 2005. Third in world championship 2008, 2012, 2018. 19 seasons in a row to get at least one point. 13/18 times to be in top 6 in drivers championship. Racing still at age of 41 and is still fast and consist driver at grid. And lots of records left behind! LEGEND!

The man, the myth, and the legend himself. Been watching F1 since 92 and i will definitely miss him when he leaves the sport for the final time. So grateful that i been given the chance seeing him both in tv and on race track

"The day he retires will be a sad day" really made me cry. Good job on this video!

*"I was having a shit!"* Fucking love his Finnish honesty haha.

One of the fastest drivers ever and cleanest. All showed respect but never backed down. An absolute animal behind the wheel

Another great video Aldas!! Kimi was the my guy when i first started watching F1 in 2005. It was a roller-coaster of a season and Kimi stayed cool throughout! The highlight was Japan, and that monster of a race!! As much as I am a huge Lewis fan, I am glad Kimi got his championship in 2007. You have to love the ICEMAN!!

Great video. Must say you have an excellent balance when it comes to the volume of the narration and background music. Excellent balance.

The best part about Kimi, and why I love him the most, is his DGAF attitude.

It's remarkable that a driver with such little experience was given an F1 seat but he had such amazing raw talent. On that first F1 test, Michael Schumacher was there on the track observing and he noticed Kimi driving and ask "who is that? He should be in F1". Pretty crazy he did not make mistakes and crash the car with so little experience and by the second day he was on par with the test driver, just raw talent so Sauber gave him the seat because he knew he would be snapped up quick. Alas, it does feel like he could have won more given his amazing talent, wonder if his personality and team relationship hinder that, but he still performed great overall. That move of going to the yatch and jumping in the jacuzzi was a boss move 😂.

Kimi is to Formula One as Ronaldinho is to Football. Both are an absolute delight to watch. May we see a lot more of the iceman in the coming years.

When it comes to raw race pace, prime Kimi was probably the fastest this sport has ever seen.

Just like Casey Stoner at MotoGP. He has the raw talent like Senna but didn't give any shit about taking them quite seriously like other world champion. Pretty much resembled James Hunt characteristic minus the temper.

@aldas caught my enjoying the background music... Dancing a bit. Also Kimi is a stud. Keep up the great work!

Can’t forget when he drove flat out without lifting through the smoke and debris that one time. In my top 3 of all time honestly

Decent video but you completely glossed over the reasons why he suffered during certain points in his career. And didn't mention his driving style that hugely benefited him during the McLaren years but struggleed at other points. On joining ferarri Kimi struggled to get used to the bridgstones, and was further hampered by Schumacher's development direction for the f2008 which induced understeer and favoured massa's driving style. Kimis speed is shown in that season by how many fastest growing laps he had. It wasn't untill the rear tyres had stated to wear that the balance returned to kimis favour and he was able to set fastest lap. Lotus suited Kimi well, the car was developed on his feedback and the team trusted his feedback. Kimi was extracting the maximum from that car and the team atmosphere helped him do that. You can see how his performance dropped off in the latter half of 2013 and this was partly due to Silverstone 2013 when new tyres and camber restrictions were introduced making it harder for Kimi to get the car to handle how he wanted. 2014 showed kimis lack of adaptibility when it came to an understeering car. During 2015 2016 and 2017 kimis performance didn't quite match that of vettel, while kimis age may have been part of it. A lot of it was down to still not being completely comfortable in the cad and being the 2nd driver. In 2018 the car suited Kimi much better and if it wasnt for the vsc in Australia and the barhain mechanic issue Kimi would have been leading seb in the championship early on. Arguably Kimi would have been Hamilton's closest rival if you he hadn't had his strategy sacrificed and didn't have to run the old spec engine due to a failure.

Me and my dad couldn't stop laughing watching the moment where he went to the yacht instead of McLaren's paddock. What a lad. That moment alone turned me into a kimi fan

i just can't imagine losing Kimi from the sports. he wasn't as much of a knob as a lot of other world champions. and i'll never get tired of him. that win in 2018 still makes me emotional as i had been rooting for him to get another win for quite some time ...

He will always be one of my favorite drivers, I watched F1 on and off for a few years but i really got into F in 2012. Watching him compete in Lotus against the front teams and still being successful made me like him even more.

11:41 theres just that something in that pic. Kimi has this strange, james bondish classic charisma.

Kimi Raikkonen is still the GOAT.

Loving your most recent format/approach to videos! The music, your lil intro speech's, I enjoyed your content before purely for the content and your opinions and analysis of the given topic. But with the addition of background music, a switch around of structure and it makes a massive difference! Keep the videos coming :)

He’s the greatest of all time he beat everyone he’s a multiple time champion he’s absolutely the best race driver I’ve ever seen nobody can beat him that’s how good he was not one race driver to day in any car could beat him he won everything and every team wanted him but couldn’t afford him

Best thing ever happend in any race in Monaco is when Kimi walks right to the yacht and havinging a drink!

I am sad to see Kimi in mid field but he shall rise. the best personality in f1

That 2005 Season still hurts as a kimi Fan with the Highlight being that tyre blowout at Nurburgring

Hey man. You just got me emotional thinking about the time after he retires. I have worshipped him as a driver for the past 15 years. Can't imagine F1 without the Iceman. :'(

He could manage to complete the race without his drink, THAT GOOOD!

Judging from his incredible 17th to 6th in a lap of the Portuguese GP I'd say he *is* in his prime. Seriously, when did a driver ever manage that in such an uncompetitive car?

Great video Aldas! Kimi really has been a superb driver and with the rub of the green probably should have had more but he has left his mark on the sport and will forever be remembered when that sad retirement day comes!

Kimi has been incredibly fast in his prime. A true driver of no bullshit raw speed and few words. Love him to bits and in my opinion he's the last of his generation and we will never see anyone like him again!

First😁 great idea for a video! He's somewhat underrated for his skill, even though he's loved for his personality

2004-5 kimi was godlike. that mercedes engine blew up far too often

It is this man that held me on to watching this sport for 2 decades now. The day that he retires i might stop watching F1 all together.

Fantastic carrier, fantastic review 😀 Thank you

I have a bad feeling Kimi will retire at the end of this season but I hope he continues until 2120

Shame that Kimi's prime lasted for such a short amount of time compared to other successful drivers. 2003-2007 Kimi was a completely different driver compared to 2008-2019 Kimi.

One of the greatest personalities ever in F1, I've been his fan since I started watching F1 when I was around 10 years old. I will definitely miss him when he retires :( greetings from Brazil

The "Yeah, I was having a shit" quote is my favorite of all time. I'm gonna have it on my tombstone.

Kimi after announcing his move to alfa romeo: guess I’ll win a race now

If the following amount of mechanical failures he suffered from while leading races didn't happen, he'd be: 1: 2x WDC (2003 championship would have also been his) 3: 3x WDC (2003 + 2005 championships would have also been his) 6: 4x WDC (2003 + 2005 + 2008 championships would have also been his) A very talented driver, who was very unlucky during his career due to catastrophic unreliability, such a shame

Sensational analysis. Well done, nice video

2003-2007 Kimi was the best driver in the world. Should've won three titles. I will miss him so much when he finally calls it quits. Forever my childhood hero.