The fact and fiction of Raikkonen’s unique F1 reputation

Few Formula 1 drivers – if any – have accrued quite the same enigmatic reputation as Kimi Raikkonen.But how far is the myth from the reality, and how well does the laidback, care-free persona align with what Raikkonen, still Ferrari’s most recent F1 drivers’ champion, was like behind the scenes and at the wheel?Raikkonen is the subject of episode two of the third season of our Driving Style Secrets series, where Mark Hughes and Edd Straw take an unapologetically deep dive into the driving techniques of F1’s biggest names.Between them, Hughes and Straw have seen Raikkonen’s entire F1 career and spoken to him and key figures around him in great depth, so are well-placed to tell the real story of one of the most misunderstood – or perhaps even miscaricatured – …