Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen is excited ahead of his return to Formula One next season, having signed a two-year deal with the renamed Lotus team in November.
2007 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen returns to Formula One with Lotus Renault GP.
There is worth to the Sprint Cup All-Star Race beyond a sizeable purse and a year's worth of bragging rights. Just a week before the Coca-Cola 600 marathon, the All-Star Shootout is a test session in microcosm, according to two-time winner Jimmie Johnson.
Is Kimi Raikkonen serious about pursuing a career in Sprint Cup? It sure sounds like he is, based upon his released statement before testing for Kyle Busch's Camping World Truck team Monday and Tuesday at Gresham Motorsports Park in Georgia. Raikkonen has a multi-race deal with Busch for this year, starting at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 20.
Former Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen will make a debut in NASCAR this year.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen claimed his fourth Belgian Formula One Grand Prix victory in five years at Spa to end an astonishing run of 26 races without a win for the 2007 world champion.
Mikko Hirvonen extended his lead at the Rally of Finland on Saturday to boost his hopes of a first victory in his home event, while Formula One star Kimi Raikkonen suffered a spectacular crash.
Ferrari Formula One racing driver Kimi Raikkonen talks to CNN's Pedro Pinto about this season's Ferrari campaign.
Lewis Hamilton took his first Formula One world championship after an eight-month-long duel with Felipe Massa.
Lewis Hamilton took his first Formula One world championship after an eight-month-long duel with Felipe Massa.
Lewis Hamilton took his first Formula One world championship after an eight-month-long duel with Felipe Massa.
Kimi Raikkonen wants to salvage a win from the wreckage of his Formula One world title defense.
The weather could play a major role in deciding the Formula One world championship, according to the sport's top two teams.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa was declared the winner of the Belgian Grand Prix after McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, who was first over the finishing line, was given a 25-second penalty for an illegal maneuver and demoted to third.
Lewis Hamilton won a dramatic dual with Kimi Raikkonen to triumph in the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps.
Fernando Alonso returned the fastest time in Friday's practice for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen is keeping his fingers crossed that a return to Spain can bring about the change of fortune his Formula One title defence needs.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen is praying for sun at the German Grand Prix, as he seeks to end a miserable run that has seen Lewis Hamilton draw level with him in the race for the championship.
Lewis Hamilton led from lap four for McLaren to claim his first British Grand Prix triumph in stunning style and take a share of the lead in the world drivers championship.
Felipe Massa moved to the top of the drivers' championship by winning the French Grand Prix at Magny Cours, after team-mate Kimi Raikkonen had problems with a broken exhaust.
Defending world champion Kimi Raikkonen claimed pole position for the French Grand Prix at Magny Cours with a lap of one minute 16.449 seconds.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen says he has never had such a "great lust" to win as he seeks redemption at the French Grand Prix.
Kimi Raikkonen has lambasted McLaren's Lewis Hamilton for the pit-lane accident that ended both of their races at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen says he will not be changing his approach at the Canadian Grand Prix despite Monaco being a "staggering blow."
Force India owner Vijay Mallya has expressed his dismay after world champion Kimi Raikkonen rear-ended Adrian Sutil out of the Monaco Grand Prix.
World champion Kimi Raikkonen has won the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona to claim his second victory of the season and move nine points clear in the drivers' championship.
World champion Kimi Raikkonen snatched pole position from Fernando Alonso in the dying moments of a remarkable qualifying session for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari was fastest in both of Friday's practice sessions for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen believes three teams are in the race to claim Formula One's crown this season.
Kimi Raikkonen has entered a jetboat race dressed as a gorilla under the name of deceased Formula One legend James Hunt, Felipe Massa goes shopping for watches and Lewis Hamilton loves listening to Chaka Demus & Pliers.
Kimi Raikkonen cruised to victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday and insisted Ferrari never doubted they would bounce back from a terrible start to the season
The flying Finn Kimi Raikkonen starts his second season with Ferrari highly favored to claim back-to-back drivers' championships but McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, the star of 2007, leads a pack of young talent determined to ruin his plans.
And so it ended how it began, with the initial favorite -- and highest paid driver -- taking the glory of the 2007 Formula One World Championship. But, for much of the season right up to immediately before yesterday's Brazilian Grand Prix, Kimi Raikkonen seemed the man least likely to succeed of the three drivers in contention for the title.
Final Standingsupdated: Mon Oct 22 2007 05:56:00
Kimi Raikkonen claimed his first world title by one point after previous overall leader Lewis Hamilton suffered a nightmare end to his rookie season at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Kimi Raikkonen claimed his first world title by one point after previous overall leader Lewis Hamilton suffered a nightmare end to his rookie season at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.
McLaren appeal
updated: Mon Oct 22 2007 04:44:00
Ed Foster of Motor Sport Magazine joins CNN to discuss the Brazilian Grand Prix and comment on Lewis Hamilton's performance.
Formula One doesn't have the Chase, and its technical specifications allow equipment to be as unequal as money can buy. It's diametric to the Nextel Cup in how many teams and drivers have a chance to win the championship in a typical season.
Lewis Hamilton's shock retirement from the Chinese Grand Prix has set up a grandstand finale to a thrilling and controversial 2007 season. F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone could not have wished for a better conclusion to a year filled with surprise, intrigue, espionage and infighting -- for the third time this decade, the driver's championship goes down to the wire.
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton spun out of the Chinese Grand Prix to send the world title race to a cliffhanger finale in Brazil on October 21.
Kimi Raikkonen was fastest in Friday's practice for the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was unhurt in a high-speed crash during final practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza before Fernando Alonso took pole position for Sunday's race.
McLaren and Ferrari shared the honors after Friday's two practice sessions at Monza ahead of Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton put McLaren back on top of the timesheets with the fastest lap in Friday's second free practice for the Turkish Grand Prix.
Finland's Kimi Raikkonen dashed the ambitions of home hero Lewis Hamilton and further enhanced his own world championship hopes with victory in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday.
Finland's Kimi Raikkonen won the French Grand Prix on Sunday, leading Brazilian team-mate Felipe Massa in a Ferrari one-two to end McLaren's winning streak.
World champion Fernando Alonso won the Malaysian Grand Prix to hand new team McLaren-Mercedes its first Formula One triumph since 2005.
Renault's world champion Fernando Alonso swept to his fourth pole position in a row with a last-gasp flying lap at the British Grand Prix on Saturday.
Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso led the Monaco Grand Prix from start to finish on Sunday to hand Renault their fifth victory in seven races.
Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren team dominated the two opening practice sessions for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix, but championship leader Fernando Alonso also impressed in his Renault.
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen lapped fastest in a rain-hit first day of practice for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.
Renault's Fernando Alonso could be crowned F1's youngest champion next weekend after finishing second to Juan Pablo Montoya of McLaren in the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.
McLaren-Mercedes laid down an early marker ahead of Sunday's Italian Grand Prix by dominating both free practice sessions at Monza on Friday.
Kimi Raikkonen won the first Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul on Sunday and Renault's title favorite Fernando Alonso snatched second place after a mistake by Raikkonen's McLaren team mate Juan Pablo Montoya.
Title challenger Kimi Raikkonen claimed pole place at the Istanbul Park circuit Saturday when he finished fastest in qualifying for Sunday's inaugural Turkish Grand Prix.
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen revived his world championship hopes with a comfortable victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest on Sunday.
Renault's Fernando Alonso cashed in on Kimi Raikkonen's misfortune to win the German Grand Prix on Sunday and take a huge step towards becoming Formula One's youngest champion.
It was bitter-sweet for McLaren in qualifying for the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim as Kimi Raikkonen secured pole position while teammate Juan Pablo Montoya slid off on the final corner.
Championship leader Fernando Alonso claimed his second consecutive pole position, as race favorite Kimi Raikkonen suffered a second successive engine failure, at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Kimi Raikkonen's hopes of winning the French Grand Prix have receded after the McLaren title contender suffered a blown engine in practice.
Finn Kimi Raikkonen gave his title hopes a huge boost when he won the Canadian Grand Prix after championship leader Fernando Alonso crashed out in Montreal.
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen led the Monaco Grand Prix from start to finish for a commanding victory in F1's most glamorous race.
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen flew from pole position to the chequered flag to win the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, the Finn's third Formula One victory.
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen crashed on Tuesday while testing the Formula One team's new car at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona.
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen came out on top after the second practice session ahead of Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix, out-pacing the Ferraris of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello.
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen upstaged the Ferraris and home hope Jenson Button to claim pole position for Sunday's British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
McLaren set their sights on a first podium finish of the season after Kimi Raikkonen led British Grand Prix practice.
Kimi Raikkonen enjoyed a rare moment of success in a difficult season by topping Friday's practice times ahead of the European Grand Prix.
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