Q & A With Kimi – From His Italian Fans

The last race of Kimi Raikkonen with Ferrari in Abu Dhabi was also the
occasion to ask him a lot of questions. A way to understand what this
experience in Italy will leave him, but also to find out more about the
most enigmatic driver of the paddock. He comes rather tense because the
topic ‘future’ basically worries him much more than he would like to show.
He sits down at the pitwall and answers (and on the lighter questions
we can also see a smile).


Q: What is your ideal hour to wake up in the morning?


Kimi: (Laughs) Eleven.



Q: Italians are rather open people. Has it been a problem for you in these three years?


Kimi: No, I have always had a good relationship. It’s true, they are
passionate in many ways but I wouldn’t say it has ever been a problem.



Q: How many words have you learned in Italian, apart from the dirty words?


Kimi: Well, I say some things, but not much (smiles and makes clear that he doesn’t intend to perform).



Q: Being a F1 driver is great for what reasons?


Kimi: Because I’ve always loved sports and driving, but driving is the best thing for sure.



Q: What is your worst nightmare?


Kimi: Don’t know, I sometimes have nightmares but when they are very bad I
wake up. But it usually happens that shortly after you woke up you
forget everything.


Q: Can you tell us something about you that you think people have totally misunderstood?


Kimi: No, I don’t tell you.



Q: Is there a category that you hate, journalists apart?


Kimi: No, there isn’t. And I don’t even hate the journalists, the fact is
that I don’t like being with them, because of this job I love the
sport, not talking. But I can say that many of them are also
interesting people, but simply answering to the questions it’s not
something I enjoy.



Q: If you had to choose to have only one car in your garage, what would it be?


Kimi: I have one in my mind, but I think it would be a vintage car, maybe of the ’60s.



Q: What drives you crazy?

Kimi: Many things, but sometimes it depends on whether you’re in a bad
mood and someone just says the wrong thing and in the end you get
angry.

Q: You had many teammates. Who was the strongest one in your opinion?


Kimi: I can say that in the past I’ve had very strong ones, but if I have to do a choice I would say Felipe Massa without doubt.



Q: Over the last two years you received various criticisms, maybe
some didn’t correspond to reality, so which one gave you most
trouble?

Kimi: In Formula 1, people talk, criticize, but I don’t care. If they want to
write bad things they do it, nothing changes for me, I mean … It’s
part of life.


Q: What you will take away from this experience at Ferrari?


Kimi: The best memory: I won the World Championship.



Q: What do you think that you will miss?


Kimi: I met some beautiful people, basically I will miss them.



Q: Is there anything that scares you?


Kimi: Nothing.



Q: What makes you nervous?


Kimi: Usually I’m always nervous at the start of races, but then it’s a
feeling that goes away. In life there are a lot of things that make me
nervous.


Q: You can’t live without…?


Kimi: Many things … even if it’s true that to live you really need very little, I mean once you have water and food you’ll be ok.



Q: What is your favorite food?


Kimi: Pasta.



Q: Do you think Ferrari fans are different from others?


Kimi: I don’t think they are different, they only have a lot of passion. To
have fans is a beautiful thing and however they are, it’s fine for me.