
F1 Fanatic guest writer Gerard Hetman met baseball player Phil Coke recently – and was struck by how much he looked like Kimi Raikkonen. Which got him thinking about F1 lookalikes…
Last year I paid a visit to the Yankee Stadium while clad in McLaren gear to conduct some impromptu market research on how well-known F1 is in America.
Recently I visited the Yankees brand new stadium and, by sheer luck, spotted their player Phil Coke – who bears a striking resemblance to F1 pilot Kimi Raikkonen.
At six feet and one inch tall (1.85m) and 210 pounds (95kg), Coke stands a bit taller than Raikkonen, but he?óÔé¼Ôäós a near-double for him from certain angles.
The relief pitcher was autographing baseballs, caps, and other memorabilia. A native of Sonora, California, Coke has been enjoying steady success with the New York Yankees since his debut with the club in September of 2008.
To his credit, Coke appeared to sign something for nearly ever fan at the fence, and no doubt brought a smile to many faces, despite the Yankees suffering a 6-4 loss to the Oakland Athletics later in the day.
Can name any other F1 lookalikes? Do you look like an F1 driver or personality? Post links to images below or upload pictures to the F1 Fanatic drop.io.
Read more: Being Kimi Raikkonen
Ronman
14th August 2009, 7:59
humm i don’t know what to think about that…. i can’t see the resemblance with those two… however i think Mark Webber and the actor Eric Bana look a lot alike (different weight and height) and they are both Australian…. what do you think?
Ashwin
14th August 2009, 14:46
Yeah, I thought so too..
Pink Peril
17th August 2009, 11:29
I’ve always thought there is more than a passing resemblance between Webber & Timothy Dalton:
http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/01/13/caption-contest-73/
http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/bond/pics/timothy.jpg
WelshChris
14th August 2009, 8:04
Don’t know about famous F1 lookalikes but in my local pub in the last few weeks my F1-mad wife and I have spotted Vettel and…. Bernie!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
14th August 2009, 8:46
Wow – where do you go drinking?
IDR
15th August 2009, 7:25
Swag and Tails on Fairholt Street in the heart of Knightsbridge… :-)
TommyB
14th August 2009, 11:51
I am ALWAYS being told I look like Vettel. The fact that I have a Toro Rosso jacket doesn’t help matters :P
Thats me and my Display pic too not Vettel :D
TommyB
14th August 2009, 13:00
I think its the hair. A few people have mentioned it to me on Twitter too which I found a bit strange. See what you think
http://www.f1zone.net/download/file.php?avatar=7922_1244663829.jpg
StrFerrari4Ever
14th August 2009, 16:25
SWEET! you got the STR overalls :D awesome how much was it?
TommyB
14th August 2009, 18:18
They were free :D
Got them here
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop
:D
Wesley
14th August 2009, 21:35
got them at photoshop!….that made me laugh.
Max should resign now!!!
14th August 2009, 8:21
I can’t see the resemblance to be honest.
Jonesracing82
14th August 2009, 8:32
i recall seeing a similar in “F1 racing” years ago, it had DC as buzz lighyear and Eddie Irvine – Aiden Quinn to name but a few
Gerdoner
14th August 2009, 11:36
And M. Schumacher – Celine Dion :D
James_mc
14th August 2009, 17:55
Uncanny!
Matt
16th August 2009, 11:25
lmao
samindenver
14th August 2009, 8:34
Kimi Raikkonen and Phil Coke
I can’t seem to see the resemblance either, sorry.
Katy
14th August 2009, 8:37
I think my boyfriend looks like Vettel, quite a few people have mentioned it too. Lucky me :)
TommyB
14th August 2009, 11:54
Haha thats the only reason you like me :P
Katy
14th August 2009, 12:22
Course not :-P but it helps hehe.
Hakka
14th August 2009, 8:40
Oh come on, this is a non-article. First there’s no resemblance, second this is just plain silly and should at least be in the “Articles in Brief” section, shouldn’t even be on the front page. Belongs in the forum at best, maybe not even that.
Katy
14th August 2009, 8:41
Lighten up eh?
Rob R.
14th August 2009, 8:55
Yes please, lighten up. Come on we’re in a month long break between races here!
TommyB
14th August 2009, 11:52
Everyone moans about the amount of politics in F1 then when something light hearted and funny is posted, people moan about that too.
Come on guys this isn’t an F1 website. It’s a fun f1 blog :D
Alianora La Canta
14th August 2009, 21:13
Besides, it’s a guest entry and these, as a rule, belong together. They provide a different texture to F1 Fanatic than would be the case if only Keith wrote for it, but they do that most effectively when treated as full articles.
TJ
14th August 2009, 9:36
To be fair, I agree with Hakka here.
1) I dont see the resenblance. Maybe its just not the best two pictures.
2) I’d much rather hear about this ‘market research’ that appears to have been the original aim of this expedition.
ajokay
14th August 2009, 9:59
The market research was covered extensively in an article a fair while ago. Maybe someone can find the link to it. It was an interesting read though.
Hakka
14th August 2009, 10:09
Here it is:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/09/03/f1-in-america-the-ballpark-experiment/
Excellent piece.
Untitled258
14th August 2009, 8:49
Mario Theissen has looks like Super Mario :D
http://s2.faceinhole.com/09/7/29/dd21f7d971d131f2d1ad.jpg
Alastair
14th August 2009, 9:29
No Ways, Mario Theissen is Ned Flanders!
There is a guy on my commute who looks EXACTLY like Michael Schumacher, I mean exactly. It’s eery.
yeang
14th August 2009, 10:24
haha maybe it IS him!
i remember seeing in F1 racing magazine a few years ago (they had this f1 look-alike feature) how michael schumacher and celine dion looked alike.
they also had this side-by-side picture in a different issue showing how fernando alonso’s helmet in 2005 resembled a thomas the tank engine beach ball – all the bright colours.
RaV
14th August 2009, 14:48
IMO Theissen looks like Mr Potato from the Toy Story!
Lustigson
14th August 2009, 9:08
A classic:
Heinz-Harald Frentzen – David Duchovny
Lustigson
14th August 2009, 9:09
Shoot, no images. Here’s the links:
Heinz-Harald Frentzen – David Duchovny
TJ
14th August 2009, 9:33
They are the same person
Ned Flanders
14th August 2009, 12:02
That’s a good one!
Tom L
15th August 2009, 0:10
Oh look, it’s Mario Theissen…
1994fanatic
15th August 2009, 3:30
good call I remember thinking that myself in the day. There’s a flag holder for the road crew on my way to work, he is spot on to the iceman. He’s even got a tribal tat on his wrist
Jake Archibald
14th August 2009, 9:15
I’m not sure the picture shows it, but a friend of mine, Rob, has a passing resemblance to Vettel http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3533/3210502750_e5d4cdfcae_b.jpg
Another friend, Laura, reminds me of Rosberg, but don’t tell her that. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2329/2478656603_034079384e_b.jpg
Super Aguri
14th August 2009, 14:00
Jake you are the saving grace of what otherwise might have been a non-article.. Too many of those these days on this website
On reading the title I had expected something on Neil Davis the Hamilton lookalike
StrFerrari4Ever
14th August 2009, 16:30
Man that food looks tempting but can’t have it since I’m doing my training to start competetive karting soon hopefully.
Maksutov
14th August 2009, 17:47
lol
1994fanatic
15th August 2009, 3:34
your friend laura’s a handsome woman. my bad i’m a bad person, my karma’s not so good, maybe i should keep my mouth shut
stjoslin
14th August 2009, 9:25
Does anyone not thing Ari Vatanen and Max Mosley look rather similar?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Ari_Vatanen_2006_EMS.jpg
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01430/Max-Mosley_1430380c.jpg
Tom L
15th August 2009, 0:12
Yeah I thought so!
Red Andy
14th August 2009, 9:30
If you squint a bit, England bowler Stuart Broad looks a little like Nico Rosberg.
Yorricksfriend
14th August 2009, 11:16
I always thought Stuart Broad looked like Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter
Journeyer
14th August 2009, 9:30
My personal favorite: French president Nicolas Sarkozy and French ex-F1 ace Jean Alesi. Separated at birth, I say!
http://much-better-blog.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76:separated-at-birth&catid=1:muchbetterblog&Itemid=53#comments
Tom L
15th August 2009, 0:13
YES! I think that one may have come up in F1 racing magazine once.
GR
14th August 2009, 9:46
Bernie’s a regular to a pub in Knightsbridge (where he lives and I work near) – I’ve seen him a couple of times. Last year I even saw him there in a heated debate with Flavio over lunch. As I walked past Flav mentioned Alonso whilst waving his arms aronud exageratedly and Bernie even caught my eye in a ‘$%^* off and stop staring at us…’. I didn’t stop talking about it for weeks!
GR
14th August 2009, 9:48
Hmm – that was meant as a reply to Keith’s comment above…
Daniel
14th August 2009, 9:50
I don’t really see the similarity between Kimi Raikkonen and Phil Coke – ok maybe the hat ;)
In my opinion, Jaime Alguersuari looks a little bit similar to actor Chris Pine
Daniel
14th August 2009, 9:52
sorry, wrong link, Chris Pine
Gary Davidson
14th August 2009, 10:31
Kimi Raikkonen and Man City goalkeeper Joe Hart…
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00447/01_hart_280x390_447142a.jpg
iBlaze
14th August 2009, 10:33
I’ve always thought that Jenson Button bears more than a passing resemblance to the Coldplay front man, Chris Martin.
Jenson Button
Chris Martin
Maybe Button has a secret musical career away from the circuit?!
Max should resign now!!!
14th August 2009, 11:36
I always thought the same thing.
TommyB
14th August 2009, 12:04
Yeah I noticed that one too
Matt
16th August 2009, 11:33
Definitely separated at birth
D Winn
14th August 2009, 10:34
They can’t be lookalikes – Kimi never smiles
Luke
14th August 2009, 10:47
I was thinking exactly the same! And Kimi has a HUGE cap peak! :)
verasaki
14th August 2009, 21:23
Actually I think when I was digging up some of the rally youtube spots I found a vid of him being interviewed and he was actually smiling, laughing a bit as well. The interview was in his own language though so, hard to tell if he is just super self concious of his english or something else.
Yorricksfriend
14th August 2009, 11:15
I have one, Adam Goldberg, he looks a LOT like Fernando Alonso… I spotted it while watching Deja Vu one day and a quick google search later I found I wasn’t the only one who thought so
Bartholomew
14th August 2009, 11:43
Yes sir !
Shagrathian (@shagrathian)
14th August 2009, 22:00
Exactly!
sumedh
15th August 2009, 18:21
I was about to post adam goldberg.
Saw that it is already done.
Ned Flanders
14th August 2009, 11:58
Me and Mario Thiessen!
Becken
14th August 2009, 15:38
Both systematic guys…
Wesley
14th August 2009, 21:47
I said that yesterday Ned.
Ned Flanders
14th August 2009, 22:42
Sorry Wesley
TommyB
14th August 2009, 11:58
You just can’t beat the Alonso vs The Hulk one
http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/01/25/look-alike-fernando-alonso-vs-the-incredible-hulk/
Becken
14th August 2009, 15:38
eheheh…good one!!!!!!!!
Luke
14th August 2009, 16:09
LOL. That is brilliant! :)
CD
14th August 2009, 12:02
Mak Webber and Matt Dillon have some similarities.
CD
14th August 2009, 12:03
I mean Mark* Webber
TommyB
14th August 2009, 12:06
DC looks quite a lot like Kryton from Red Dwarf
stjoslin
14th August 2009, 16:01
Brilliant!
http://aaagames.wz.cz/plus/serial/rd/kryton.jpg
Random Chimp
16th August 2009, 17:32
LOL
CD
14th August 2009, 12:12
Michael Schummacher and Hugh Grant.
Felipe Massa and “Sam” in Lord of the Rings.
Eddie Jordan and John Lennon.
Grace Lovvorn
14th August 2009, 12:12
Well, I will see random people and be like “Ohmygosh, that guy looks like [fill in the blank]!”
Here’s what I’ve remembered:
My UPS guy looks EXACTLY like Mark Webber. I used to always joke about how the UPS guy looks like he should be an Australian crocodile wrestler. But come to think of it, maybe he looks like an F1 driver.
Also, if you want to include well-known people, I agree that Jenson Button looks alot like Chris Martin, and the British accents don’t help at all. Also, Lewis Hamilton and Tiger Woods. I rather surprised that no one has mentioned that already!
Ned Flanders
14th August 2009, 12:20
Brendon Hartley and Hansel from Zoolander:
http://img36.imageshack.us/i/hansel0vc.jpg/
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/LGKEr3GVOrQ/2009+New+Zealand+A1GP+Race/FAgMwR9ULx1/Brendon+Hartley
He’s so hot right now!
Katy
14th August 2009, 12:25
Haha! Hartley looks like he should have been in Hanson :)
http://www.boston.com/ae/sidekick/blog/hanson.jpg
StrFerrari4Ever
14th August 2009, 16:40
Haha good one can see him blending in with them how old are they now anyways 35 xD
Obi-Jiff Kenobi
14th August 2009, 12:26
I always thought Alonso looked like Alanis Morrisette.
GooddayBruce
14th August 2009, 12:35
The Alesi Sarkozy one is the best but how about:
Gary Lineker
Bruce McLaren
Heikki Kovalainen Beavis
neracer
14th August 2009, 23:50
kovy – beavis, v. funny!
Eric
14th August 2009, 12:58
I don’t know if anyone has noticed but Bernie and Max both look like a horses ass!!!!!!!!!!
nolaughs84
14th August 2009, 12:59
Scott Speed – “My car has no brakes!” at Monaco
Sean Williams Scott – “Dude Where’s My Car?”
Paul F
14th August 2009, 13:03
Rubens is looking more and more like a cross between Frasier and Niles Crane…
Andy
14th August 2009, 13:09
No – Rubens is Marshall from Alias!
neracer
14th August 2009, 13:27
lol.
kallan
14th August 2009, 15:06
I’m never going to get that out of my head..
Andy
14th August 2009, 13:05
I seem to recall the human version of Shrek was half David Coulthard, half Gordon Brown.
But for a real spooky resemblance, I was at the winners’ press conference after the last Superleague Formula meeting at Donington and really wasn’t sure whether I was in the presence of FC Basel driver Max Wissel – or David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor…
http://bit.ly/17PphO
adz2193
14th August 2009, 13:09
Nico Rosberg and the actor from Princess Diaries =P
Rick DeNatale
14th August 2009, 13:11
Well there’s this guy AldoWho is the spitting image of the last American F1 champion!
Gman
14th August 2009, 13:51
Thanks for the comments guys!!
For all of you that can’t see the look-alike between Coke and Kimi, please keep in mind that I developed that attitude after seeing Coke on TV many times, and then had it reinforced in person, which is reflected in this article. For all of you guys it’s something new, but I’ve seen them both so many times now that the comparison just developed.
I did get some photos of him from a side view as well- if Keith could put a few of those in, you might get a different perspective as well.
kmccauley
14th August 2009, 13:52
Timmy from South Park and Kubica.
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z214/AllAboutLee/Flash/TimmyV.gif
Maksutov
14th August 2009, 17:56
lol
Random Chimp
16th August 2009, 17:35
yup.
jMITCHELL
14th August 2009, 13:56
kimi and the actor Ewan Mcgregor… look alike.
Liquid
14th August 2009, 13:59
Phew so its not just me… noone here finds kimi and phil coke photos similar… hmm..
Although Michael schumacher and celine dion was a classic one!! lol..
Super Aguri
14th August 2009, 14:13
Aussie Captain Ricky Ponting & Ex US President GWBush. Ponting’s Decision Making (Stubbornness) also matches :D
Ned Flanders
14th August 2009, 14:52
Not really an F1 lookalike though is it!
Lenny
14th August 2009, 14:24
Eddie Jordan and Arty Ziff from the Simpsons
http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/content/pictures/regulars/ArtieZiff.gif
Aaron
14th August 2009, 14:41
http://www.dotdotdotcomma.com/motorsport/f1/lookalikes/lookalike.phphttp://www.dotdotdotcomma.com/motorsport/f1/lookalikes/lookalike.php
Travis
14th August 2009, 14:49
TommyB – YES! DC looks exactly like Kryton and he doesn’t even have make up on! I was about to post that then read down and saw you did. I thought that the very first time I saw him. Maybe nobody else here watches Red Dwarf…
And also, a butcher at my local shops looks exactly like Raikkonen. He also rarely smiles (but when he does, its that awkward half mouth thing that Raikkonen also seems to do).
kallan
14th August 2009, 14:53
Nick Heidfeld and Aussie musician Josh Pyke (on the right)
http://a.imagehost.org/view/0622/nickheidfeldjoshpyke
Maksutov
14th August 2009, 17:58
wow that one is pretty good
mp4-19b
15th August 2009, 4:39
thats the best so far in the entire tread!
Wesley
15th August 2009, 22:52
That is a really good one kallan.
The hulk and Alonso is great!
Ned Flanders
14th August 2009, 15:08
Apparently, photographers who have secret pictures Max Mosley sunbathing have noted his resemblance to Edward Norton…
http://bifsniff.com/wp-content/files/2007/04/edward-norton01.jpg
(Apologies if this offends anybody)
Leaf
14th August 2009, 15:18
Regarding the Phil Coke/Kimi comparison. I think I could see a resemblence except that #1) Kimi doesn’t smile, and #2) Kimi would never sign that many autographs. hahahahahahahaha :-)
mp4-19b
14th August 2009, 16:24
anyone?
http://www.galano.net/materiale-blog/schumacher-hitler-313.jpg
Leaf
14th August 2009, 17:21
OMG too funny
Maksutov
14th August 2009, 18:00
Lol funny
just me
14th August 2009, 19:54
that one takes the cake!
1994fanatic
15th August 2009, 3:43
Those germanese all look the same. Good one
Leaf
14th August 2009, 17:24
Oh…I almost forgot. If Phil Coke is really going to look like Kimi he needs to pull the baseball cap down over his ears and get the brim real flat.
Oh…and by the way…Does anyone think Graham Hill could pass for Mario Theissen’s Father? :-)
Guio Oblepias
14th August 2009, 18:21
Bernie really looks like Disney’s Mad Hatter, don’t you think?
Bartholomew
14th August 2009, 18:45
Ross Brawn looks a little like Eric Clapton, and Todt like the assistant of the mad scientist in The Return Of Frankenstein.
Uncle Flav looks like the manager of Deep Purple
Tom Watson
14th August 2009, 21:20
Brawn – Clapton is a good one
just me
14th August 2009, 19:51
Since we are in silly land now:
Keith Collantine looks like Nicki Lauda ;-)
Wesley
14th August 2009, 22:06
I always thought actor John Lithgow looked like an old version of Michael Schumacher.
…and Keith doesn’t look like Lauda…he looks like one of the guys from the band Weezer.(no insult intended,Weezer ROCKS!)
ciaran
14th August 2009, 22:43
there is a actor in that movie called aliens in the attic called austin butler.looks like sebaistian vettel
Tom L
15th August 2009, 0:28
Can’t believe no one has mentioned it yet – Lewis Hamilton and Barack Obama! And, to a lesser extent, the rock, and apprently, myself!
Tom L
15th August 2009, 0:28
*the Rock
Woffin
15th August 2009, 0:45
Rubens Barichello? Frasier?
Best F1 lookalike ever!
http://thebosh.com/upload/2008/07/25/kelsey_grammer_blames_his_failed_tv_sitcom_for_his_heart_attack/Kelsey-Grammer.jpg
1994fanatic
15th August 2009, 3:45
Rubens doesn’t need to be drunk to crash a car though
Wesley
15th August 2009, 22:45
Whoa!…I am a big Kelsey Grammer fan and I have never noticed that.Good catch!They have the same hairline and the same smile…unreal.
qazuhb
15th August 2009, 2:33
I believe Argentinian TV host Samuel “Chiche” Gelblung looks like Ron Dennis
mp4-19b
15th August 2009, 5:01
anyone? i see a little resemblance in lampard & fisi
http://mm.denik.cz/1/45/lampard_frank_denik_clanek_solo.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/246/523765915_89a0a9c232_o.jpg
Paige Michael-Shetley
15th August 2009, 7:09
I’ve always thought that Ewan McGregor resembles Kimi Raikkonen quite closely
Ewan
http://www.songnetworks.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/1ad59_ewanmcgregor_granitz_4583517.jpg
Kimi
http://www.mybiocharts.com/images/celebs/kimi_raikkonen.jpg
Daniel
15th August 2009, 13:42
Leoandro Di Caprio
&
Nico Rosberg
They look really similar!!!
kallan
16th August 2009, 4:43
http://a.imagehost.org/view/0175/RosbergLeonardo
Melanie
16th August 2009, 8:15
Kimi
http://www.sawf.org/Newsphotos/entertainment/PrinceHarryDianaConcert03.jpg
Prince Harry
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/285/kimi177.jpg
Sebastian Buemi
http://cannoneerno4.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/bruno.jpg
Bruno
http://img.skysports.com/08/11/218×298/SebastienBuemi_1507387.jpg
mp4-19b
16th August 2009, 13:55
lol!! @ bruno-buemi, if thats the case does he also resembles borat & ali-g??
borat
http://warisboring.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/borat-mankini-62408-1.jpg
ali-g
http://www.phawker.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/ali-g.jpg
Rob Wilson
16th August 2009, 14:13
jenson button – chris martin, in some photos, they look the same
nayanesh
17th August 2009, 7:02
have you seen Andrei Arshavin who plays his football for Arsenal.he looks more similar to kimi
ukk
17th August 2009, 9:12
Keith, sorry, but Phil Coke does not look like Kimi – it is very obvious – Mr. Coke is smiling ;-)
Sarah
17th August 2009, 9:23
why does everyone assume Kimi doesnt smile, he does the press just seem to highlight the ones he doesnt smile in, heck if i had cameras in my face all the time i wouldnt be smiling either. look on you tube it shows many videos and pictures of kimi smiling
graham228221
17th August 2009, 16:24
lmao, my kid looks more like Kimi than Phil Coke!
no seriously, my three year old really does look like him:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2663780&l=914c9172ee&id=694147591
you’ll have to use your imagination to turn the cap from black to red, but other than that it’s uncanny.
CRM
18th August 2009, 16:07
I know I’m a bot late on this but Pedro De La Rosa looks EXACTLY like Steve Carell out of the American version of the Office and the 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Pedro De La Rosa – http://sixwordstochangetheworld.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/steve-carell.jpg
Steve Carell –
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/drivers/delarosa.shtml