Subscribe

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe
Autosport Plus

Karting on snow with Raikkonen

Seventeen years on from his Formula 1 debut, Kimi Raikkonen is determined to prove, in his own quiet way, that there's no crushing this ice(man)... Words PETER WINDSOR Pictures LAT/ZAK MAUGER

Snow-karts? Really?

We knew not what to expect even as the mini-coach graunched its way into the mountains, creaking mightily as steering lock strained the diff. Kimi Raikkonen? In winter? No word-pictures sprung to mind.

I always imagined the 'Kimster' to be in Dubai come December and January, or perhaps in some remote castle in darkest Finland. I mean, he isn't your ordinary person, let alone your classic, 2018 racing driver. He isn't affected; he isn't interested in celebrity; he once even told me, late at night in darkest Sao Paulo, that he doesn't really like F1.

Previous article McLaren 2018 F1 car's innovative rear suspension
Next article Why Renault is creating fresh doubts for Red Bull

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe