Kimi-Matias Räikkönen

Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (Born in October 17, 1979 in Espoo), nicknamed Iceman, is a Finnish Formula One race car driver, currently driving for Scuderia Ferrari. He was the 2007 Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.

Räikkönen entered Formula One as a regular driver for Sauber-Petronas in 2001. Having previously only raced in very junior open-wheel categories, he was given his Super Licence from the FIA after a performance delivery promise from his team boss, Peter Sauber. He joined McLaren Mercedes in 2002, and became a title contender by finishing runner-up in the 2003 and 2005 championships to Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso, respectively. He won the championship in 2007 with Ferrari.

In 2008, Räikkönen was one among the two Formula One drivers who made it into the Forbes magazine’s “The Celebrity 100″ list, the other being Fernando Alonso. He is 36th on Forbes magazine’s The Celebrity 100 list of 2008, and 41st on the previous year. On the same list, as of 2008, he is listed as the 26th highest paid celebrity overall and the 5th highest paid sportsman behind Tiger Woods, David Beckham, Michael Jordan and Phil Mickelson.

Formula One World Championship career:

2008 team		Ferrari
2008 car #		1
2009 team		Ferrari
2009 car #		3
Races			140 (139 starts)
Championships		1 (2007)
Wins			17
Podiums			57
Career points		531
Pole positions		16
Fastest laps		35
First race		2001 Australian Grand Prix
First win		2003 Malaysian Grand Prix
Last win		2008 Spanish Grand Prix
Last race		2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
2008 position		3rd (75 points)