Кими райкконен биография. Кими Райкконен (Kimi Raikkonen). Биография. Фотографии Кими райкконен биография на английском языке

– “He’s a man of few words,” Jenson Button once said of Kimi Raikkonen, “but he’s all about racing.” Never the most loquacious out of the car, the mercurially-talented 2007 world champion has always preferred to let his driving do the talking, be that in a rally car, on a snowmobile, or, most successfully, in Formula One machinery.

Fast-tracked into the sport with the shortest CV on four wheels, the unknown newcomer who came from nowhere and said next to nothing immediately proved he knew exactly what he was doing: driving a Formula One car as fast as it could possibly go. The car couldn’t always keep up with his talent and it took seven seasons for Kimi ‘Iceman’ Raikkonen to become World Champion. Notoriously inanimate and uncommunicative, the silent speedster’s frozen expression in fact masked the hidden depths in one of the coolest, most original characters in the sport’s history…

Kimi Matias Raikkonen spent his childhood in a house built by his great grandfather in Espoo, a suburb of the Finnish capital, Helsinki. To provide for Kimi, born on October 17, 1979, and his older brother Rami, their hard-working parents Matti and Paula toiled, respectively, as a road builder and an office clerk. Money was scarce but the Raikkonens were a happy family and their humble homestead surrounded by open countryside was an ideal environment for the two rambunctious youngsters to flex their racing muscles. At first (when Kimi was just three years old) the brothers tore around on miniature motocross bikes fitted with training wheels. A move to karts paved the way for Kimi (who began competitive karting at 10) and Rami (who eventually became a successful rally driver) to make rapid progress in motorsport, though it came at a cost. Matti had to work nights as a taxi driver and nightclub bouncer and funds diverted to karting meant plans to replace the outside lavatory with a proper bathroom in the family home had to be postponed.

Kimi, a reluctant student who used his schoolbag as a sled to slide down snow-covered hills, enjoyed winter sports, especially ice hockey, though he eventually gave it up because he hated getting up for early-morning practice. At 16 he left school and enrolled in a course for mechanics, believing this skill might be the only way to stay involved in motorsport. Very soon his mechanical expertise, and the need for family funding, became superfluous, as Kimi’s natural talent for driving fast led to sponsored rides.

Following a rapid series of successes in Finnish, Nordic and European karting, he jumped into a racing car and promptly won two British-based Formula Renault championships. In the fall of 2000, despite having just 23 car races to his name, he was given a test by the Sauber Formula One team. Impressed by his immediate pace and assured approach, Sauber shrewdly signed the 21-year old to drive for them in 2001. His having short-circuited the conventional route to the top provoked fierce debate over his right, let alone his readiness, to race at the pinnacle of motorsport. Raikkonen rapidly silenced his critics (he finished sixth in his Grand Prix debut) and attracted the attention of McLaren, who saw him as a likely successor to the retiring two-time champion, Mika Hakkinen.

Money (stats from 2015)
Biggest salary: $51M/three year deal for 2007-2009 with Ferrari (2009 Salary)
Current salary: €10 million ()
Net Worth: $130 million in .
Ranked 28th in 2003 F1 Rich List, ranked 2nd in 2009 best-paid celebrities under 30 ,
Ranked 32nd in 2015 Forbes Highest Paid Athletes
Charity: Donates to SOS Children’s Villages

History (pre-F1):

Kimi Raikkonen

by Timothy Collings, England (2001)

Formula One journalists are used to seeing new promising talents show up in Formula One, racked up with trophies from F3000 or F3, hailed as the Next Best Thing, then only to vanish into the long list of “had potential” has-beens. But Kimi Raikkonen is different. He simply showed up out of nowhere, with little if any experience in open wheel racing. The FIA refused to give him a superlicense; the pundits in the paddock raised an eyebrow at Peter Sauber. Four races into the season, Kimi-mania is very much alive, and veterans of the press center are talking about the young Finn with enthusiasm rarely seen. Timothy Collings caught up with the endearing youngster, to hear from him about life in the fast lane.

Having overcome some pre-season prejudice caused by his inexperience, a team decision to ban his and his teammate’s girlfriends from the garage, pits and team hotel, and a cynical press with little faith in Peter Sauber’s ability to spot a rising star, Kimi Raikkonen will have enjoyed hearing the sound of words being munched with rare enthusiasm in the last few weeks. This 21-year-old open-faced, broad-shouldered and straight-talking Finn is a rising star, has phenomenal talent and will almost certainly have a flock of females following him around for months and years to come, whatever anyone may try to do about it. In short, as Frank Williams has recently admitted, he is the newcomer to have made the biggest impression so far in the 2001 season.

Yet, to meet him is to meet a shy, bashful and endearingly unsophisticated young man with few cares in the world apart from the performance of his Sauber Petronas car. Speed, reliability and drivability are the keystones of his life. And the rest of it all is taken in his stride with a slow grin. He is not used to big crowds, noisy cities or polluted racetracks. He is used to wide open spaces and nature all around him close to his native Espoo in Finland. But nobody would ever know. He just eats it all up with a vengeance.

“Formula One is easier than I expected it to be,” he said at Imola. “I was worried at first, more nervous than upset. But it is not so bad. I am getting used to it now. Maybe the worst thing was just the start and getting used to things. When we were told ‘no girlfriends’ it was a bit of a fuss, you know. But, I am not bothered now by the rules, they are not against me. If I want to bring my girlfriend here now, I can. There are no special races. And about the superlicence to drive in Formula One – I don’t think about it. It is not a worry. They will check it, they are just rules — not a problem.”

In speech, Raikkonen wastes nothing. Words come sparingly. He talks as he drives, with controlled precision. Speed is gained by the lack of fuss. The message is communicated and he is ready for the next question. It is not like talking to Keke Rosberg, not quite yet, but there is something of all Finns in this young man with his steady gaze, steady hands and outrageous level of ability. No wonder Peter Sauber is smiling all the way to Maranello for his next batch of customer engines from Ferrari. His only real beef, in the circumstances, will be that the new Finnish superstar may also end up in a scarlet machine, perhaps as Michael Schumacher’s next change of partner.

However, confusion still reigns over the conclusion of Raikkonen’s probation period after the young Finn was voted into Formula One before the start of the season, despite his very limited experience, and he is currently racing on a provisional superlicence. Before the start of the season, Peter Sauber, manager of Raikkonen’s team, said that the young star’s superlicence would be under review after the fourth race of the season in San Marino, but with that over, the FIA have remained quiet on the matter, and no-one connected with the young star has been contacted.

The FIA regulations state that every new driver receives his superlicence on a probationary period of one year, but Raikkonen received his license under exceptional circumstances. The governing body have confirmed that this means he will have his performance reviewed after every three months during his first Grand Prix year, but could not reveal when the superlicence was issued. However, a spokesperson confirmed it is extremely unlikely that the license would be taken away considering Raikkonen’s superb performances during the season so far, and added that the probation automatically continues unless there are any problems.

But at this time of his career, Raikkonen is not concerned by the supposed uncertainty of his future and he is more interested in learning circuits, people’s names and other drivers’ good and bad habits. “Yes, this is my first time here, I’ve never been here before,” he confirmed in Imola, at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. “I think it is quite a nice circuit. And for me it is nice to be back in Europe again. The circuit is good. Uphill and downhill which is interesting. I like it. I liked Brazil quite a lot. But they are all different. So far, I have liked them all and they have all been new!

“It makes no difference to me that we have Ferrari engines. It means nothing with me or the Italian crowd. I am just driving the same as anywhere. I feel better, now, of course, than at the beginning of the season. I have more confidence. Then I was unsure what it was going to be like in Formula One. Now, I know. There are no surprises I think. I know a little bit now. You always learn something every time you go in the car and you go quicker every time. Now, for me, it is getting better because I am learning more things all the time. I am more used to it and I am getting faster and better, I think.

“Of the 17 circuits for this year, I have only driven at Barcelona, and at Spa, Silverstone — but only on the half circuit, and Magny-Cours in testing. No others. Not Monza. But I think I learn quickly. I have no special system. I just go easy at first and the best thing is to have someone else that you can go behind for a while. But of course you don’t always get any help. I haven’t asked anyone for help at all. I slow down if someone is coming and they are quicker. Also I find the in-car camera is a big help when I watch the other drivers.

“I have done a few races now, yes, but I still don’t really know anybody. Not personally. Not the other drivers. It is not like that. I know Mika a bit, of course. He talks to me sometimes at the drivers’ briefing. We have a little talk. I didn’t follow him particularly, but of course I remember well when he started in Formula One. When I started to go racing, I had no idea that I wanted to go to Formula One. That only started for me in the last two years. And I have been very lucky to have good management behind me — my main manager is Steve Robertson.

“I have always enjoyed motorsport. When I was five or something, I was doing moto-cross and things like that. I liked it. Yes, I could have gone to rallying, but I didn’t because my brother was in rallying. I was not going to do the same as him. My older brother and me, we were both in karts and doing OK. I didn’t want to copy him. He is nearly two years older than me and his name is Rami. I don’t get home much. I have just moved to Switzerland to live in Hinwil. I have been there for four days now. It is good. I have my own place and I like it. But it is difficult to be there very long as we are always away somewhere. It is something I have to get used to…”

Like racing among the big boys, showing people that he deserves not only a superlicense but to be among the Formula One front-runners, and that he has the talent to go all the way to the top.

Kimi Raikkonen Net Worth, Salary, Cars & Houses

Houses

• Kaskisaari in Helsinki, Finland house ($17.8 million) (Swimming Pool Jacuzzi Beach Spa )

Cars

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren

Kimi Raikkonen: Girlfriend, Dating, Family & Friends

Кими-Матиас Райкконен - (Kimi Raikkonen ) - финский гонщик Формулы 1, чемпион мира 2007 года.

Кими родился в 1979 году, в финском городе Эспоо. В возрасте 10 лет он добился первых успехов в картинге, а в 15 лет впервые выступал за пределами Финляндии - в Монако. В 1998 году он занял первое место на чемпионате северных стран по картингу в Норвегии. В 1999-м году он занял второе место в европейском чемпионате Формулы Super A и принял участие в европейском Кубке Формулы-Ford. К 20 годам, он стал чемпионом зимней серии британской Формулы-Renault, одержав победу в первых четырех гонках сезона. В 2000-м году Райкконен выиграл 7 из 10 этапов чемпионата Великобритании в классе Формулы-Renault.

Эти успехи привлекли внимание Петера Заубера, который пригласил Кими Райкконена на тесты своей команды в Мюджелло. После второй и третьей тестовых сессий в Хересе и Барселоне, Sauber заключил с финном контракт на сезон 2001. Тем не менее, многие (в числе которых был президент FIA Макс Мосли) скептически отнеслись к тому, что такому неопытному пилоту была выдана суперлицензия Формулы 1. На тот момент на счету Кими Райкконена было только 23 Гран При на подобных автомобилях. Несмотря на это, он получил суперлицензию и дебютировал в Формуле 1 на Гран При Австралии 2001 года.

Кими Райкконен провел свой первый сезон довольно удачно, четырежды финишировав в очках. Стараниями финна и его напарника Ника Хайдфельда Sauber завоевал четвертое место в кубке конструкторов, что до сих пор остается их лучшим достижением.

В 2002 году Кими Райкконен заменил в команде McLaren Мику Хаккинена, завершившего карьеру в Формуле 1. Уже в 2003 году он впервые заявил о себе, как о серьезном претенденте на чемпионский титул. До середины сезона Райкконен лидировал в чемпионате, и лишь взрыв мотора привел к потере лидерства. До конца сезона Кими имел шансы стать чемпионом, но в итоге уступил Михаэлю Шумахера всего два очка и стал вице-чемпионом.

2004 год прошел не так успешно. Новая, революционная модель McLaren MP4-19 оказалась чрезвычайно ненадежной и не слишком быстрой. Лишь к середине сезона, на Гран При Франции дебютировала модификация MP4-19B, и результаты Райкконена начали улучшаться. Он занял второе место в Сильверстоуне и выиграл в Бельгии, что позволило ему подняться на седьмую строчку в чемпионате.

Через год Кими снова боролся за чемпионский титул, но большое количество сходов не позволило ему удержаться за Фернандо Алонсо, и финну вновь досталось вице-чемпионство. 2006 год стал для Кими Райкконена последним в составе британской команды. Впервые с 2002 года он не одержал ни одной победы, хоть и показывал стабильные результаты по ходу сезона.

В 2007 году Кими Райкконен перешел в Ferrari и выиграл первую гонку в составе итальянской команды. За две гонки до конца сезона финн занимал третью позицию в чемпионате с отставанием в 17 очков от лидера чемпионата (за победу начислялось 10 очков). Однако финн одержал две победы в двух последних гонках, в то время как его соперники - Фернандо Алонсо и Льюис Хэмильтон столкнулись с проблемами, и не смогли набрать много очков. Таким образом, Кими Райкконен завоевал чемпионский титул с преимуществом в одно очко.

В 2008 году эстафета перешла к его напарнику - Фелипе Массе - бразилец боролся за титул до последней гонке, но удача не улыбнулась ему, и за ним остался лишь вице-чемпионский титул, в то время как Кими Райкконен третье место в чемпионате. В следующем сезоне гоночный темп болида Ferrari не позволяла финну стабильно бороться за высокие места, и Кими смог одержать лишь одну победу в сезоне - на Гран При Бельгии.

Ближе к концу сезона 2009 Ferrari объявили о том, что Кими покинет команду, несмотря на то, что у него был контракт на следующий сезон. Его место занял Фернандо Алонсо. Ожидалось, что он вернется в McLaren, но его переговоры с британской команды зашли в тупик. Затем были слухи о его возможном переходе в Mercedes, но команда пригласила Михаэля Шумахера и Нико Росберга. Незадолго до объявления об уходе из Формулы 1, команда Toyota активно выражала интерес в финском пилоте, но он отказался, так как хотел выступать в команде, способной бороться за победы, а также его не устроил предложенный японцами гонорар. За неимением других вариантов Кими Райкконен ушел из Формулы 1.

В 2009-2010 годах Кими Райкконен принимал участие в чемпионате мира по ралли. После своего ухода из Большого цирка финн подписал контракт с Citroen Junior Team для выступления в WRS в сезоне 2010. Он показал неплохие результаты, и одержал свою первую победу в ралли, а в 2011 продолжил выступления в составе собственной команды ICE 1 Racing. В первой гонке он финишировал восьмым, затем пропустил этап в Мексике, после чего финишировал седьмым в Португалии.

В 2012 году Кими Райкконен вернулся в Формулу 1 в составе команды Lotus. На Гран При Абу-Даби 2012 года он одержал свою первую победу после возвращения, а в сезоне 2013 он смог побить рекорд по числу результативных финишей подряд. Его серия прервалась в Бельгии и составила 27 финишей в очковой зоне подряд.

2002-2006 год. McLaren

2007 год. Чемпионский титул

2008-2009 год. Ferrari

2010-2011 год. Вне Формулы 1

2012-2013 год. Lotus

2014-2016 год. Ferrari

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