The bad news for Lewis Hamilton is that Kimi Raikkonen claims the 'hunger' is back. The good news is that no one, perhaps not even Kimi himself, knows whether his appetite is for real.
At his most famished, Ferrari's flying Finn could elbow Lewis out of the way and chomp his way to a second drivers' title in three years. But then again, if last season is anything to go by he may lose interest by the time the starters are cleared away and slope out of the restaurant via the kitchens.
Raikkonen is one of F1's great enigmas. Supremely quick behind a steering wheel, he is positively ponderous when a dictaphone is thrust under his nose. But although he may be determinedly monosyllabic in interview, he can also let his hair down spectacularly when away from the circuit.
In 2005 he got into hot water with former team McLaren Mercedes after allegedly launching into his own strip show at Mayfair gentleman's club "For Your Eyes Only" and he has tried his hand at everything from snowmobiles to powerboats. He once won a powerboat race in the Finnish city of Hanko dressed in a gorilla suit under the pseudonym 'James Hunt', the 1976 world champion whose playboy lifestyle he is often accused of emulating.
Later this month Ferrari are letting him drive a Fiat Punto in the Arctic Lapland Rally. He admits it is an area he enjoys and would like to do more of. You get the idea.
[more via The Telegraph]
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