Kimi Raikkonen � The Iceman who turned up the heat in F1

Digitalvedant449902 Sep, 2021Sport

2 decades in Formula 1, 21 career-wins, 103 podiums, 46 fastest laps, still the third-highest tally ever behind Schumacher and Hamilton, and a plethora of ice cool moments, all of which culminated into a world title- Kimi Raikkonen is all set to leave F1 having blazed a trail of greatness whilst presiding over a debatable legacy. How was he a grand talent when despite being in the sport for 20 years all he managed was a single world title? And yet, he?s touted as an icon, a driver of a very high pedigree whose smooth and uncomplicated race-craft seamlessly complimented his uncomplicated personality. Perhaps there?s a hint. It?s in the fact that given Raikkonen, laconic, notoriously shy- and let?s face it- bored of the media still continues to find much love offers insight into a man who was doing that one thing most consistently and happily where others were also taking time for other shenanigans built around it.