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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 also managed to finish second overall twice and third three times. Räikkönen is the most successful Finnish Formula One driver by several metrics, and has the sixth-most podium finishes (103), third-most fastest laps (46), and second-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 9,160,144 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Kimi Räikkönen is the 39th most popular racing driver (up from 49th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Finland (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Kimi Räikkönen ranks 39 out of 888Before him are Mika Häkkinen, François Cevert, Stirling Moss, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, and Roland Ratzenberger. After him are Jody Scheckter, Denny Hulme, Phil Hill, Valentino Rossi, Damon Hill, and Louis Chiron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Kimi Räikkönen ranks 2Before him is Heath Ledger. After him are Valentino Rossi, Andrea Pirlo, Markus Persson, Jawed Karim, Chris Pratt, Diego Forlán, Rosamund Pike, Anders Behring Breivik, Jason Momoa, and Gong Yoo.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kimi Räikkönen ranks 34 out of 642Before him are Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Mika Häkkinen (1968), Linus Torvalds (1969), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), and Kyösti Kallio (1873). After him are Matti Nykänen (1963), Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892), Aino Aalto (1894), and Eero Saarinen (1910).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Kimi Räikkönen ranks 2Before him are Mika Häkkinen (1968). After him are Hannu Mikkola (1942), Ari Vatanen (1952), Henri Toivonen (1956), Jarno Saarinen (1945), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Juha Kankkunen (1959), Mika Salo (1966), Markku Alén (1951), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), and Valtteri Bottas (1989).