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Kimi Räikkönen offered a rare treat on Tuesday in Helsinki when he
arrived to his sponsor’s event.



The DNA commercial starred by Kimi was shown to the invited guests in
Tennispalatsi (a movie theater). Before they showed the commercial he
answered to Anette Latva-Piikkilä’s questions.



Kimi was in a good mood and relaxed when he remembered his times in F1
and also veiled the smokescreen concerning his future. Anette asked Kimi
where he sees himself in 10 years.



"Well my career has been quite long already. Of course a lot depends on
the next few years but I haven’t thought about driving seriously at 40.
It could of course be that I would drive in some serie just for fun,
for the joy of driving. But I’m sure that it’s not a full-time job so I
guess this ends at some point," Kimi confessed.



Kimi answered about what he is going to do next season.



"The scale hasn’t gone over to rally, no decisions have been made yet.
We do what feels most sensible."

 

Kimi: I’ve never been interested in other peoples’ opinions



Kimi Räikkönen visited his sponsor’s event in Finland where they showed
the Iceman DNA commercial.



Kimi’s unique sponsor-event brought a handful of media people and a full
hall of eager DNA partners who got to see Finland’s most famous
celebrity in flesh.



Kimi was in a good mood and he answered with a smile to Anette
Latva-Piikkilä’s questions. He also compared himself to other F1 drivers
and pondered what made him different from other talented drivers.



"Of course there’s a lot of things, everyone is a different person. Of
course a lot depends on who looks and who thinks whatever but I have
never thought about what they think about me. And I haven’t been
interested in what they do, I’ve always tried to do just my own thing,"
Kimi revealed.



According to Kimi this strategy has always worked for him but the same
recipe isn’t necessarily the right one for others. Kimi reminded that a
good car makes a big difference when thinking of success.



"You have to have a good car and a good team. The top drivers are yet
quite even although there might be some small differences in some
things. But the top drivers don’t differ much from each other if you
would put them in the same car," Kimi confessed.

Is this Kimi Raikkonen’s new career?



The Iceman got to try his wings as an actor when the sponsor DNA’s
commercial was filmed in Barcelona.



"It wasn’t a torturing experience at all but I doubt I’ll ever become a
character-actor. It will never happen," Kimi laughed.



Kimi isn’t planning on becoming an actor when he retires. Yet the
experience was fun and left good memories.



"It was a relatively easy day although I say so myself about a thing
that has never been close to my heart."



According to Kimi shooting the commercial was remarkably easier than
taking care of things in the motorworld.



"Everything was organised really well and people were really helpful
and knew what to do. Usually in rally or F1 a thing that takes 30
minutes usually takes 2,5 hours because nobody knows what to do. But
this wasn’t a torturing experience at all," Kimi praised his sponsor.



DNA’s commerciall starred by Kimi has a lot of humour too because they
are joking with cheap phone bills. With Kimi’s earnings one wouldn’t
think that phone bills would be any big money issue; Kimi has earned over
100 million euros during his career.

Raikkonen: I will always find something to do



Kimi Räikkönen drives in WRC this season. His plans for next season are
completely open and Räikkönen isn’t going to start worrying about the
future yet. And he has no reason to do so either, like the man himself
says: I will always find something to do.



Räikkönen came in 5th in Rally Turkey. Part of the stages were on
tarmac.



"Of course it’s somewhat more familiar to drive on gravel but there
they drove on tarmac with gravel tyres and that’s something completely
new.



"Then when you drive with real tarmac-tyres it’s going to be more like
what I’m used to.



"When they have drove the same roads for 6-8 years the old hands have
quite an advantage when they almost remember the roads by heart. That’s
where the difference comes from.



"In summer there will be few completely new tarmac-races so nobody has
any advantage there.



Kimi’s name has been flashed, again, in rumours concerning F1. Räikkönen
admits that rumours are part of motorsport.



"Firstly there’s a lot of reporters in the F1-world. Everybody wants to
make stories and they interview a lot of people out of which some
deliberately tell wrong things and some tell right things. Then
everything gets quite mixed up," Räikkönen thinks.



"Everybody wants to do their own story. There has always been rumours
and there will always be too.



There isn’t much truth in the recent stories. They have tried to fit the
Finn into F1 but at the moment Räikkönen is focused on rally.



"I only have a contract for this year so it could be that everything
changes next year. I’m in no hurry to decide anything, there’s still
many months before I even need to start thinking about it.



The comeback to F1 is possible but Räikkönen admits the disadvantages of
the sport. Without doubt the media banging is smaller in WRC than in F1
which is filled with rumours and media.



"Of course F1 is the sport I’ve been doing for a long time and doing it
for my living. Of course you would want to do it but there are also a
lot of other things you can do for your living.



"There’s much of all kinds of useless things in F1 that many don’t
like. A lot of everything and people are fighting for useless things. It
really doesn’t belong there and it spoils many good things in the
sport," Räikkönen thinks.



The contract with Red Bull is for this year. The Iceman is cool and calm
when he talks about his future. The door to F1 isn’t yet closed.



"Of course I have to see what next year brings with it. I don’t have
anything against F1 but I don’t have a craving back there either. Of
course things can change suddenly.



"I haven’t worried much, I will always find something to do, Räikkönen
ends the interview.



Why is Räikkönen’s name on Guns´n Roses’ new albums credits and what is
his favourite movie? Watch YLE Urheilu’s internet-program Urgent next
Monday where you can hear more Räikkönen’s thoughts.