Raikkonen: I’m only here for racing, all the other bulls**t I can do without
30 April, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen in the cockpit of the Lotus E20
Apr.30 (GMM) Comeback world champion Kimi Raikkonen insists that he is “not interested” in F1 – except for the cars, and winning – but the rest he can do without.
Kimi finished second in Bahrain
Asked by a reporter for Bild am Sonntag newspaper if the Iceman might remove his sunglasses for an interview, 2007 world champion Raikkonen replied simply: “No.”
“No. I’m only here for racing,” said Raikkonen. “All the other bullsh#t I can do without. If you took away the cars from F1, I would not be there.”
At the end of his fourth race since returning to F1 from rallying, the 32-year-old was back on the podium in Bahrain.
“It’s not going too bad,” he said. “I like what I’m doing, that’s enough. I don’t care if someone says whether I’m doing it well or not.
“Still, it’s disappointing when you’re only second. Who knows what’s going to happen at the next race,” the Lotus driver added.
Just after leaving F1 at the end of 2009, Raikkonen said he disliked everything about the sport – except the cars. Nothing has changed.
“F1 plays no role in my personal life. I have a real life! I think for many people, their life is F1. For me it’s not.”
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The Iceman is so like Human Torch:) Why is he burning?? He’s such a fine racer so what makes him so self-centered?? He should work with his attitude problem before he work on his car:P
I don’t think we would have heard much from Kimi if demand for his comments from fans wasn’t as huge as it is.
Press is pretty much obligated to bombard him with questions even when they know every single word he is going to say
I’m a bit over Kimi’s attitude. You don’t like the media, we get it. You’re such a bad boy, we get it.
“If you took away the cars from F1, I would not be there.” Ummm, why would anyone be in F1 if there were no F1 cars?
he sits and drives the car. that’s what he does best. he doesn’t involve himself with the technical stuff. he is just a goddam good driver.
I’m so glad he is back.