Kimi "Iceman" is loved by most people. His dry humour and short answers are comedy gold. Hes just a regular dude, goes to work, gets paid and doesn't bother with anything extra

10:24 "Happy Mother's Day to Mum and all the other mothers as well. That's all, thanks."

One of my favorite stories about Kimi Räikkönen is when in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, the Finnish ice hockey team had advanced to the final match and Kimi and his friends rented a plane from his home in Switzerland to fly to watch it. The boys drank and had fun on the flight. The previous renter had left a jar of baby talcum powder in the plane and that too was thrown around in a festive mood. After the plane landed, the group moved in front of the serious-faced Italian customs officers. Kimi and the others also had white powder on their faces and clothes. A suspicious customs officer asked Kimi where they were coming from. Kimi answered with a serious face: "From Colombia".

He is Finland in a nutshell!

Yeah, Kimi has a very unique way of speaking, even for a Finn. Stand up comedians (most passed away/retired already) used to imitate Kimi a lot back in the day

Kimi is one of my favorite characters. I mean how many people would REALLY be 100% themselves while 100 million people are watching?

Kimi was a breath of fresh air in the F1 circus with his authenticity, that's why people liked him.

We Finns love him for his laconic humour and down to earth attitude.

Kimi was loved universally. He came to the sports in an era where "corporate" was sweeping thru the paddocks and every driver was coached to give answers that the marketing department approved...the kind of "we are always trying and i want to say thanks to _______", praising sponsors, giving overtly generic "we tried 110%" answers.. Kimi just didn't give a shit and always was honest. He either shuts up or tells the truth. Also... they had an outhouse when he was growing up.. That is how working class driver he was. There is only Bottas in the current grid that has background that is even close to Kimi's. Everyone else was either picked up in a junior program very young or has very rich dad. Lewis is also working class, until age 12 when he was picked by McLaren who paid the bills. He still comes from working class, which is now very rare. He is most likely some sort of neurodivergent, didn't speak until he was 4. Has higher than average intelligence but... his brain works just slightly different way than most. There are many experts who believe he is the most naturally talented driver F1 has ever had. He didn't do much practicing, didn't do simulators, no trackwalks but just hopped in the car and was immediately quick.

I agree that Finnish and British humour is similar, I love many British comedians.

I think he's loved by most.

He's really just into the racing and performing well. He can't be bothered with the media nonsense and all the fluff around it.

Kimi is a Legend and still the last Ferrari F1 World Champion. I named my cat after him. Together with Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari was a perfect comedy couple of teammates off track. They shared the same sence of humor.

I'm from Finland and I've always loved Scotland, Ireland and England. Feel like home in those countries as much as in Finland.

10:24 translation: Well, happy mothers day to my mother and to all other mothers too. That's it, thanks.

Very typical Finnish humour I'd say. In general Finns like British humour too. We have had LOADS of well known British comedy shows on tv since the 70's. I think 80's and 90's were the golden times.

In my opinion, 2005 Japanese GP was Kimi's greatest race ever. There are many clip compilations from that race. 2005 Kimi was an absolute beast on track and he should have won the championship that year.

Kimi is a legend. Forever rememberd by F1 community. Hats off, ladies and gentlemen.

Kimi is legend.

Kimi was the master of getting interviews over with as quickly and efficiently as possible. I can honestly understand those people because it's not for everybody even though fans want to hear their opinions on different matters.

When will you make your first stop to F1 car? Kimi: When gasoline ends.

british and finnish humour is very similar in my opinion when i compare finnish shows like Kummeli or Pulkkinen to British show Little Britain and others like it. If you want to check some kummeli sketches like perintöä odotellessa (in english "waiting for inheritance") they barely speak at all in these so its perfect if you dont know finnish language :D

*very elaborated long question* "yes" "well okay then"

My late uncle taught both him and Mika Häkkinen in vocational school. My uncle unfortunately suffered a TBI later, but along with his sense of humor he recalled his career to the end (can't tell you how often he would retell the stories).

There is a whole very Finnish thing called "rallienglanti" (rally English), which means the "Finnish formula drivers accent" but there are orher Finns who speak English like that, especially when drunk. One channel that almost paridicaöly takes it to the extreme, is the Hydraulic Press Channel. Maybe you already knew this, not sure.

WRC has many great Finnish drivers, not a difficult to google :D

lol funny to say that you are pretty much one of the rarest non-finnish who says kimi räikkönen at least pretty much right!! the "Ä" came just right!

Kimi would have 2 more WC under his belt if the McLaren has worked well in 2005-2006 (?) - the car was fast, Kimi was fast, but the car was too unreliable. Kimi is funny person and all around good racing driver. I love him.

10:22 He said "Well.. Happy Mother's Day to (my) mom and all other mothers, so... that's all. Thanks."

have u seen the vid of topgear "captain slow" in the teaching of mika häkkinen? i would totally recommend it to you to see one new aspect to finnish motorsports! and it is awesome!

I love Kimi. Been partying with him many times in Helsinki karaoke bars. Feets still on ground.

Kimi going through the smoke not letting off is my favorite!

Oh yeah, definitely react to Mika Häkkinen!

I have been partying with him in Helsinki karaoke bars. Always so humble and kind.

The mount of interviews the F1 drivers have to give and the promo they have to do must be a pain most of the time. Räikkönen made unwillingness to interact with the media a winning strategy. Or maybe it backfired since he just became even more popular: "Funny Kimi Raikkonen Commercials (12 Minutes of Kimi ads)" and "Hartwall Original Long Drink Kimi Räikkönen - Live Original". Some of the Finnish rally drivers are also known as similar type of media personalities: "WRC Rally Funny interviews with Finnish drivers". Mandalin has covered the Finnish English accent: "Mandelin Memesplained: Rally English".

most Finns would likely consider Kimi very extroverted and talkative.

Finnish people traditionally are very to the point, there is no reason to decorate what you are saying. Finnish humor is very dry, clever and dark ;D And Finnish people traditionally like to get very drunk. So Kimi as himself is doing his profession, where he excels, and just perfectly delivers these points, and I can see why it is hilarious to everyone else in the world :D

It’s no wonder that Finnish humor reads a bit like British. English-born director and writer Neil Hardwick is a monumental sculptor of the Finnish comedy scene. He pretty much single-handedly brought the “Fawlty Towers” type of long-form comedy series to Finland. And as he was the head-writer, he definitely imported that dry observational humor along with him back in the 1970’s. I think that Finns enjoyed a lot more of the British comedy series back in my childhood (Blackadder, Mr. Bean, Keeping up Appearances, Alas Smith & Jones) exactly for their sardonic humor as opposed to the more skittish* American shows (Cheers, Mork and Mindy, Happy Days, The Brady Bunch, etc.). *By skittish I mean, US comedy (at the time in 70’s-early 90’s) was much more reluctant to tackle taboo subjects like sex, death, boozing, religion, etc. wherein both Finnish and British humor everything has been free game.

Yeah, Kimi and Mika, legends in racing. And the most funny answers in sports history imo.

haha i love how he dealt with the british gurl in the car XD

A legend.

KImi was a beast! and he did not give a s**t

Kimi is so normal Not any proud - i love he.

He's the spirit animal of all us introverts or otherwise socially awkward folks 😂❤

Looooove Kimi ❤❤❤❤

he's one of my heroes for sure

You need to react to his best team radio moments

Held hostage go with that! Haha nice.

You have Neil Hardwick to thank for the finns sense of dry humour ;)

Kimi IS GOAT

Kimi IS The best !!!

Kimi hated all PR stuff with passion and it shows. 5:25 is a perfect example of this: he clearly is obligated by the contract to do the ad but he really doesn't care how it turns out. As a result, he'll put zero effort to make it good. In addition, he really didn't want to speculate so if the reporter asks stuff like "who do you think will win the race" he'll answer something like "the driver that gets to the finish first". On the other hand, when the situation is okay for him, he can talk quite a lot: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/gpx1baKZjnxmuIU.html

He told that happy mothers day to all mothers in Finland.

He said happy mothers day to all mothers

I think finns are little like kimi.. More silent, honest type, not so confident all the time if needed to express ourself verbally but we have Sisu so we go straight through of the gray rock. Of course koskenkorva(booze) helps often

my favorite thing that kimi has ever done is either win a championship or that when he crashed in monaco and went straight to the his yacht

Apart from being multi talent and rich, he is like rest of us.

"When Finnish people wait for the bus! Why Finland's Individualism Developed" by K-contents Voyage might be a fun watch

IT'S NOT HUMOUR. It's a statement of fact. Welcome to Finland. (As in, why are you asking me stupid questions?)

we do have intonation if we are excited etc. but in a formal setting we just speak.

Check Tommi Mäkinen 1998 Championship call. There are english subtitles version.

You mentioned British humour. It's actually quite popular in Finland. For example On The Buses, Keeping Up Appearances and The Thin Blue Line are my favourites.

Well, Kimi was quite good at driving in circles, but the best Finnish racer was Hannu Mikkola who died in 2021. He is rightly a rally legend!

Missing the "It's more like a hobby to me" video

You should read his biography, book composed by Kari Hotakainen. There are plenty of funny stories!

he doesn't care because it is just hobby to him 🤣

10:29 happy mother day for mom and other moms too. nothing else. thank you xD. mom is his fan and all other moms too xD

Hi say in finnish "good mothersday for all mothers thats it"😆 whit the depressed voice😄👍

finnish and scotish/english are same sense of dry humor❤😂

There's many similarities between Finnish and British humor. Even some of our most beloved comedy series have been made by a British director and writer Neil Hardwick who moved to Finland in 1969

10:25 He literally said "Good mother's day to mom and to all mothers, too. I don't have anything else to say." in Finnish here. I guess the intent of the reporter was to ask him to say something to Finn in English.

You need Pocket Matti!

It's interesting you mention the monotone speaking at 6:00. In that video it was obvious Kimi just didn't care, but in general also finnish is spoken very monotonically compared to english, so maybe that also makes him speak in a monotone manner

F1 lost Huge charachter when Kimi ended his career

he syd good mothers day to mother and all the other mothers

he actually advices that woman "point the wheels direction you want to go and throttle." Every rally driver knows that or let's say everybody knows that. If you don't, don't try.

10:24 ''happy mothers for my mother and all the other mothers. nothing else thanks''

He said to all the finns: ''Happy mother's Day to mom and to all the mom's, thanks''

i dont know if this is true but Kimi was at bar and he wanted a thousand white russian drinks, bartender said they dont have enough milk .. kimi said give me a phone I call to milk company to get milktruck here LOL.. this might be urban legend but its Kimi so who knows

Kimi real last name is Räikkönen. Only Finnish know a and ä.

at the 1024: regards to finnish fans... it was pretty much like: "well.. try to keep up with ur work/stuff and good to my mom and every other mom so. fa r.. thanks" :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDddd

find markus and rally englis :)

finnish people learn finnish ....have you any idea how difficult that is???

Javiti....

20 years of stupid questions, how would you answer.

I'd go as far as to say scots and finnish humor is alike also german. like proper british is too coplicated imo. :D

well he only tell truth. why ask what happen you drive out track. answer is he drive out track. why ask when everyone see it lol

F! teams comes with their own cooks ....what a stupid question????

Typical fin

he hates nothing more then this celebrety crap and interviews

F1 is quite boring nowadays.

It’s just his limited language skills …🙄

Iceman definitely a Rockstar ❤😊