He’d also score a win upon his famed F1 comeback with Lotus Renault at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, would set what was then, in 2018, the fastest-ever lap in the sport’s history by blazing a 1:19:119 at Monza before claiming at COTA in the USA that very year a race win after 113 race starts, a record in itself. In so doing, he left behind Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, two of the greatest the sport has ever seen.

He came close, not once- but twice- at taking a world title with McLaren and finally succeeded at Interlagos in 2007, winning the championship by one point for Ferrari. He first scored a win in 2003 at Sepang, home to the Malaysian Grand Prix. He scored points on debut a fighting sixth for Sauber back at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix (having begun from thirteenth on the grid).

Kimi Raikkonen is still Ferrari’s last world champion, but for how much longer will that record stay and for how long will one of F1’s most enigmatic racers stay relevant to the sport? Truth be told, Kimi’s critics can’t be doubted.It’s not that Kimi Raikkonen hasn’t erred.Still the last world champion with Ferrari.

Through it all, Kimi Raikkonen blazed a trail of sorts!.

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