Kimi räikkönen born 17 October 1979 in Espoo, Finland. In ten years, participated in karting competitions, where he performed quite successfully. From 1994 to 1997 participated in the race on the cards then on the only track in Russia in the pinery (Grand Prix SELA), where took the second place[6][7]. In 1999 he became the Vice-champion of kart Super califormula A. In the same year he won the winter series britanskogo Reno, winning four races. In 2000 Raikkonen dominated in the regular season of Formula Renault, he won 13 victories in 23 races.
In an interview, based on questions from visitors of the official website of the McLaren and the readers of the magazine Racing Line in 2005, Raikkonen said that his first car was Russian "Lada".[8]
The season "Sauber"Edit