51+ Kimi Raikkonen Quotes Unleashing the Passion and Precision of a Motorsport Icon

Kimi Raikkonen is a Finnish racing driver and former Formula One World Champion. He currently competes in the World Rally Championship for the Citroën Junior Team. He is one of the most successful and popular Finnish sportsmen of all time. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Kimi Raikkonen on love, brilliance, track.

Top 10 Kimi Raikkonen Quotes

1. I read somewhere that I drive with the luck of a drunk.
2. I’m not going to a language school to learn Italian, that’s not what I came to do at Ferrari.
3. Only when I am in front by a country mile, like in Melbourne last year. Then you are thinking about other things or you’re playing with the buttons on the steering wheel.
4. I don’t give a damn about what Trulli says.
5. Coulthard can say what he wants. I’m not interested in what he’s saying.
6. I’d rather be probably out of second and third place so I don’t have to go to the prize-giving.
7. The helmet has a special meaning for many drivers. How important is it to you?
8. I think so it’s the race start, always.
9. Montoya’s comments doesn’t interest me.
10. The most exciting moment during the race weekend?

Kimi Raikkonen Short Quotes

• He doesn’t come and tell us drivers anything. And at least I don’t need his advice.
• The Constructor’s Championship doesn’t really mean anything to me.
• Is it true that sometimes you’re bored in the car?
• I wipe it so that I can see better.
• Ah, go and interview Mikko Leppilampi. He likes to talk.
• I don’t care what happened to the others.
• I’m not interested in what Jackie says. He hasn’t got anything to do with me.
• Others can sit in the simulators if they want. I´m here to drive.
• It’s all the same if it rains or not.
• Do you have any special rituals when the helmet is concerned like many have?

Kimi Raikkonen Quotes About Racing

The interesting thing will be to see what the weather will do tomorrow. I lost my mirror during the final qualifying session but didn’t notice it, and it had no effect. Now we will see what happens in the race. — Kimi Raikkonen

Since I started in motor racing I've worked with people from all over the world. We are all here to go racing and prejudice will never play any part in that. — Kimi Raikkonen

I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that. — Kimi Raikkonen

Im winning races, Im still challenging for the world championships, the team is fantastic and I have a great relationship with everybody here - so why would I want to even consider changing? — Kimi Raikkonen

Do you have any ambitions outside racing? My main ambition at the moment, whether inside or outside racing, is to become Formula 1 World Champion. — Kimi Raikkonen

In F1 too many things overshadow the racing. There is too much politics. — Kimi Raikkonen

When I was a kid, I would watch the grands prix. Everyone dreamt of becoming a race driver, while I only started thinking about it when I was 18 or 19. Only at that age did I seriously start thinking about this job. Before then, I would change ideas from one second to the next. — Kimi Raikkonen

Where I went off, you can get back on the track by going through the support race pitlane, but you have to go through a gate. I know this as I did the same thing in 2001 and the gate was open that year. Somebody closed it this time. Next year, I'll make sure it's open again... — Kimi Raikkonen

You don’t drive races on paper. — Kimi Raikkonen

When I did some Nascar races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock. — Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen Quotes About Formula

Formula 1 would be a paradise without the media. — Kimi Raikkonen

Ive just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can. — Kimi Raikkonen

I'm delighted to be coming back to Formula 1 after a two-year break, and I'm grateful to Lotus Renault GP for offering me this opportunity. — Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen Famous Quotes And Sayings

Suddenly the steering wheel was in my hands. I tried to put it back on, but it was too late. I was just wondering where I was going to end up. — Kimi Raikkonen

If there’s a red light when you leave the pitlane you have to stop. Then some wooden eye Lewis Hamilton crashes into you and breaks the car. — Kimi Raikkonen

The helmet has a special meaning for many drivers. How important is it to you? - It protects my head. — Kimi Raikkonen

I have not looked at what everyone else is doing and what teams are running, so we are just doing our own thing. — Kimi Raikkonen

My life would be much more easier had I been a f1-driver in the 70’s with the guys. I was definitely born in the wrong era. — Kimi Raikkonen

Ferrari’s own parties are the nicest. There are all the crew and their children. I don’t know exactly what I will do there. Maybe I will be Santa. Other parties are official and boring. — Kimi Raikkonen

If I could throw my phone away, I would probably do it. It's always on silent, and I don't like when it rings and people are calling. We could live without those things in the past when we just had a phone on the street somewhere, on the corner or at the house. I have no interest in telling all the people what I do every day and where I am. — Kimi Raikkonen

I’m not interested in what people think about me. I’m not Michael Schumacher. — Kimi Raikkonen

It was an easy choice to return with Lotus Renault GP as I have been impressed by the scope of the team's ambition. — Kimi Raikkonen

Ha, some days ago the same people were one hundred per cent sure that I'd signed for Red Bull! So much for that. — Kimi Raikkonen

I'm happy, but there's nothing to jump around about. — Kimi Raikkonen

You always want to have a winning car, but there is no guarantee that it will be. — Kimi Raikkonen

My time in the World Rally Championship has been a useful stage in my career, but I can't deny the fact that my hunger for F1 has recently become overwhelming. — Kimi Raikkonen

In rallying every curve, every hill may be different than you thought. That makes it interesting. — Kimi Raikkonen

Be yourself. If you try to be someone else, it won't work. Whatever you do, you are not going to make everyone happy. — Kimi Raikkonen

For sure, sometimes I don't know what I am doing. — Kimi Raikkonen

There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think. — Kimi Raikkonen

Driving is the only thing I love about F1. — Kimi Raikkonen

Life Lessons by Kimi Raikkonen

1. Kimi Raikkonen has demonstrated that hard work and dedication can pay off, as he has become one of the most successful Formula One drivers in history.
2. He also shows that it is possible to remain humble and level-headed despite achieving great success.
3. Finally, Raikkonen's success is a testament to the importance of never giving up, as he has continued to compete at the highest level despite numerous setbacks.