RACING DRIVER

Kimi Räikkönen

1979 - Today

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Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkimi ˈmɑtiɑs ˈræi̯kːønen]; born 17 October 1979), nicknamed "The Iceman", is a Finnish racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2001 and 2021 for Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, and Alfa Romeo. Räikkönen won the 2007 Formula One World Championship while driving for Ferrari; he finished second overall twice and third three times. Räikkönen is the most successful Finnish Formula One driver by several metrics, and has the seventh-most podium finishes (103), third-most fastest laps (46), and third-most race starts (349) in Formula One history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kimi Räikkönen has received more than 9,732,476 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Kimi Räikkönen is the 64th most popular racing driver (down from 39th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Finland (down from 34th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 78

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Kimi Räikkönen ranks 64 out of 1,080. Before him are Lella Lombardi, Damon Hill, Hannu Mikkola, Alan Jones, Chris Amon, and Gerhard Berger. After him are Louis Chiron, Riccardo Patrese, Maria Teresa de Filippis, Maurice Trintignant, Colin McRae, and Patrick Tambay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Kimi Räikkönen ranks 7. Before him are Heath Ledger, Andrea Pirlo, Diego Forlán, Valentino Rossi, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, and Markus Persson. After him are Anders Behring Breivik, Nicolas Anelka, Roberta Metsola, Chris Pratt, Diego Milito, and Jason Momoa.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kimi Räikkönen ranks 50 out of 751. Before him are Eliel Saarinen (1873), Hugo Simberg (1873), Hannu Mikkola (1942), Zachris Topelius (1818), Jari Litmanen (1971), and Eero Saarinen (1910). After him are Antti Aarne (1867), Armi Kuusela (1934), Georg Henrik von Wright (1916), Ville Ritola (1896), Fredrik Idestam (1838), and Alexander Stubb (1968).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Kimi Räikkönen ranks 4. Before him are Mika Häkkinen (1968), Ari Vatanen (1952), and Hannu Mikkola (1942). After him are Juha Kankkunen (1959), Henri Toivonen (1956), Jarno Saarinen (1945), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Markku Alén (1951), Mika Salo (1966), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), and Timo Salonen (1951).

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