Kimi Raikkonen Quotes

• For sure, sometimes I don't know what I am doing.

  Kimi Raikkonen

  Sometimes, Knows, Hurrying

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• Be yourself. If you try to be someone else, it won't work. Whatever you do, you are not going to make everyone happy.

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  Being Yourself, Trying, Ifs

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• I’m not interested in what people think about me. I’m not Michael Schumacher.

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  Thinking, People, Schumacher

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• The helmet has a special meaning for many drivers. How important is it to you? - It protects my head.

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  Special, Important, Protect

  "Top Gear", March 11, 2012.

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• I'm happy, but there's nothing to jump around about.

  Kimi Raikkonen

  "Räikkönen, Alonso, Vettel Meet the Media Following Thrilling Abu Dhabi GP". Podium Interview, autoweek.com. November 3, 2012.

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• Driving is the only thing I love about F1.

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  Things I Love, Driving

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• If I could throw my phone away, I would probably do it. It's always on silent, and I don't like when it rings and people are calling. We could live without those things in the past when we just had a phone on the street somewhere, on the corner or at the house. I have no interest in telling all the people what I do every day and where I am.

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  Past, Phones, People

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• You don’t drive races on paper.

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  Race, Paper

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• Formula 1 would be a paradise without the media.

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  Media, Would Be, Paradise

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• There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think.

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  Motivation, Thinking, Race

  "Kimi Raikkonen: The iceman cometh again, this time with Lotus Renault GP", www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2011.

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• In rallying every curve, every hill may be different than you thought. That makes it interesting.

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  Curves, Interesting, Different

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• In F1 too many things overshadow the racing. There is too much politics.

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  Racing, Too Much

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• When I was a kid, I would watch the grands prix. Everyone dreamt of becoming a race driver, while I only started thinking about it when I was 18 or 19. Only at that age did I seriously start thinking about this job. Before then, I would change ideas from one second to the next.

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  Jobs, Kids, Thinking

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• Ive just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can.

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  Jobs, Long, Good Job

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• Since I started in motor racing I've worked with people from all over the world. We are all here to go racing and prejudice will never play any part in that.

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  Motor Racing, Play, People

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• Im winning races, Im still challenging for the world championships, the team is fantastic and I have a great relationship with everybody here - so why would I want to even consider changing?

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  Team, Winning, Race

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• Where I went off, you can get back on the track by going through the support race pitlane, but you have to go through a gate. I know this as I did the same thing in 2001 and the gate was open that year. Somebody closed it this time. Next year, I'll make sure it's open again...

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  Race, Years, Track

  "Brazilian GP: Kimi Raikkonen 'knew where he was going' in excursion". Interview with Pablo Elizalde, www.autosport.com. November 25, 2012.

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• You always want to have a winning car, but there is no guarantee that it will be.

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  Winning, Guarantees That, Car

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• I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that.

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  Feels Just, Racing, Spirit

  "Kimi Raikkonen coming to NASCAR... with Foster Gillett". sports.yahoo.com. March 29, 2011.

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• My time in the World Rally Championship has been a useful stage in my career, but I can't deny the fact that my hunger for F1 has recently become overwhelming.

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  Careers, World, Facts

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• Do you have any ambitions outside racing? My main ambition at the moment, whether inside or outside racing, is to become Formula 1 World Champion.

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  Ambition, Champion, Racing

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• Ha, some days ago the same people were one hundred per cent sure that I'd signed for Red Bull! So much for that.

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  People, Bulls, Red

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• When I did some NASKAR races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side - to race against each other - because in rallying you really race against the clock.

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  Race, Years, Missing

  "Q & A with Kimi Raikkonen". Interview with Renault F1 press office, www.autosport.com. November 29, 2011.

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• It was an easy choice to return with Lotus Renault GP as I have been impressed by the scope of the team's ambition.

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  Team, Ambition, Gps

  "Kimi Raikkonen: The iceman cometh again, this time with Lotus Renault GP". Lotus Renault GP Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2011.

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• I'm delighted to be coming back to Formula 1 after a two-year break, and I'm grateful to Lotus Renault GP for offering me this opportunity.

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  Grateful, Opportunity, Gps

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