Kimi Raikkonen will return to racing later this year in a one-off appearance in NASCAR’s top-flight Cup series at former F1 venue Watkins Glen.
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Kimi Raikkonen’s two decades of Formula 1 in 50 pictures
F1 pictures
Posted onTake a look back on Kimi Raikkonen’s record-breaking 349-race Formula 1 career, which spanned more than two decades, in pictures.
Raikkonen ‘looking forward to normal life’ as he calls time on longest-ever F1 career
2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onKimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi will run special messages on their cars this weekend as the Alfa Romeo team mates depart Formula 1 together.
Will F1’s stewards face the toughest call of all? Five Abu Dhabi GP talking points
2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onWill a gripping year of racing between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton come to a spectacular conclusion at Yas Marina – or does yet more controversy lie in store?
Vasseur not blaming Giovinazzi over Turkish GP points loss
2021 Turkish Grand Prix
Posted onAlfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur refuses to blame driver Antonio Giovinazzi for costing the team points after he failed to follow their orders in the Turkish Grand Prix.
Verstappen’s rivals don’t share his concerns over “fake” Drive to Survive
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen’s rival Formula 1 drivers don’t share his concerns over how the sport is portrayed in popular Netflix series Drive to Survive.
Giovinazzi ignoring position swap order was “not ideal”, admit team
2021 Turkish Grand Prix
Posted onAlfa Romeo’s head of track engineering Xevi Pujolar says he did not understand why Antonio Giovinazzi refused to let his team mate past when asked.
Alfa Romeo fail to score again as Giovinazzi ignores order to let Raikkonen past
2021 Turkish Grand Prix
Posted onAlfa Romeo left a grand prix empty-handed for the 12th time this year on Sunday. But it could have turned out differently had Antonio Giovinazzi followed his team’s instructions.
“There’s still five in front of me”: How Raikkonen reacted to sixth on his debut
Interview
Posted onLongstanding Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder shares his favourite memories of Kimi Raikkonen throughout his 21-year F1 career.
Raikkonen announces he will return at next race
2021 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onKimi Raikkonen has indicated he expects to return to action at the next round of the world championship, the Russian Grand Prix.
Kubica to remain in absent Raikkonen’s seat for Italian Grand Prix
2021 Italian Grand Prix
Posted onRobert Kubica will spend a second race as a substitute for Kimi Raikkonen in this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix.
Kubica to race in Dutch Grand Prix in place of Raikkonen
2021 Dutch Grand Prix
Posted onRobert Kubica will make an unexpected return to race in Formula 1 in this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix in place of Kimi Raikkonen.
Albon and De Vries to gain F1 seats from Russell’s Mercedes move, Giovinazzi loses out
2022 F1 season
Posted onAlexander Albon is expected to take George Russell’s place at Williams, while Nyck de Vries will replace Antonio Giovinazzi in an all-new line-up at Alfa Romeo.
Raikkonen on his surprise debut 20 years ago and how drivers race each other harder now
Interview
Posted onIn an interview for RaceFans Kimi Raikkonen recalls his unexpected arrival in Formula 1, names his favourite cars, and explains how drivers race each other harder 20 years on.
A “soft landing” for Bottas after Mercedes may happen at an unexpected place
News Focus
Posted onWith Lewis Hamilton signed up for two years, a straight swap between Valtteri Bottas and George Russell seems the logical next move. But Bottas may not end up at Williams.
Alfa Romeo’s “big step forward” not reflected in points yet – Vasseur
2021 F1 season
Posted onTeam errors, misfortune and debatable officiating decisions have cost Alfa Romeo points, says team principal Frederic Vasseur.
Stewards uphold Alfa Romeo’s request for Raikkonen’s Imola penalty to be reviewed
2021 Portuguese Grand Prix
Posted onAlfa Romeo’s request for a review of the penalty Kimi Raikkonen received in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix has been upheld by the stewards.
Alfa Romeo request review of penalty which cost Raikkonen points finish at Imola
2021 Portuguese Grand Prix
Posted onAlfa Romeo have formally applied for the penalty Kimi Raikkonen received in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix to be reviewed.
With Norris’ instincts, Leclerc could have snookered Verstappen into losing the race
2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
Posted onIf had Charles Leclerc passed Max Verstappen when the Red Bull driver went off, it would almost certainly have lost Verstappen his win.
Raikkonen loses points finish after 30-second time penalty, Alonso takes 10th
2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
Posted onKimi Raikkonen has been handed a 30 second post-race time penalty after the stewards found he was in breach of a technicality in the restart procedure.