Kimi Raikkonen Quotes

You don’t drive races on paper.

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?

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

Formula 1 would be a paradise without the media.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Driving is the only thing I love about F1.

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

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.