Interview after Monza 08 (Kimi again failed to score any point) Are you satisfied with the result? - Do you think I am?

It's nice to get the championship trophy from Monaco. I haven't been interested in that party before, but after I got the first place, my party feelings are high.

Does Michael Schumacher's presence bother you during the races? - Why would it bother? Why should I care about Michael? I'm a driver, so it means nothing if he's there or not.

Well, in summer there's fishing and fucking. And in winter... the fishing is bad.

Describe yourself. What are you made of ? - Blood, flesh and bone like everybody else!

Party at the President’s castle:
Kimi, good independency day!
Thanks.
Are u feeling excited?
No.
What will you say to the president?
I don’t know. We’ll see.
Do you think president have watched your races?
I don’t know, probably at least some from tv.
Kimi and Jenni…..
I have nothing to say really.
I would have just wished u a happy independency day.
No, I’m not excited, I think this is pretty normal stuff.
When did you come to Finland?
This morning.
Happy evening for you then, how was the night?
Was ok, but quite short yet, there’s a lot job left to do.
Did you say anything to the president?
Yes, I did say morjensta.

How often do you have Finland on your mind when you are abroads and racing?-Mainly when I hear the national song after a victory. In other situations during the weekend I wont spend time thinking that I'm from Finland. Not that I would in general think much about my home country anyway.

Interviewer: The most exciting moment during the race weekend?
Kimi: I think so it's the race start, always.
Interviewer: The most boring?
Kimi: Now.

Suddenly the steering wheel was in my hands. I tried to put it back on, but it was too late. I was just wondering where I was going to end up.

Is it true that sometimes you're bored in the car?
Only when I am in front by a country mile, like in Melbourne last year. Then you are thinking about other things or you're playing with the buttons on the steering wheel. Then I suddenly missed a braking point. This year unfortunately we haven't had such race.

Bernie Ecclestone complains about Raikkonen being few wordish in front of the press - Everyone has their own opinions. I don't care much about what other people say about me. Raikkonen respons when asked about Ecclestones comments.

I will just have try my best and drive as fast as I can. There is nothing I can do about it.

The interesting thing will be to see what the weather will do tomorrow. I lost my mirror during the final qualifying session but didn't notice it, and it had no effect. Now we will see what happens in the race.

I don’t know. I think we have something new on the car but I wasn’t at the test so I haven’t seen the team… I’ve just arrived here. I will find out tomorrow.

No, it’s no worry. I’m happy with what’s happening now and I don’t really need to worry about next year or any other years, so we will see what happens.

And would it be even better if also Marcus Grönholm was able to win the championship? - It's good for him and good for Finland, but it doesn't affect my life. I'm not that interested in it.

Q: (Peter Windsor - F1 Racing) Kimi, I’m sure you’re aware that, as a result of the seventeen laps you led in Hungary, McLaren Mercedes, for the first time this year, have now led more racing laps than the Mercedes safety car driven by Bernd Maylander. I just wonder how you see that battle developing in the remaining races and how strong McLaren will be versus the safety car. - Hopefully we can beat them. At least it’s the same company so it doesn’t really matter but we will see what happens.

Kimi, have you ever got angry about anything, and jumped up and down and shouted?
Yeah, many times but of course you’re not happy if you retire or something but I guess it mostly happens more in normal life than in racing.
Can you give us examples?
No, not really.
What are the kind of things that make you angry in normal life, as you say?
If you keep asking questions like those.

I have not looked at what everyone else is doing and what teams are running, so we are just doing our own thing.

We will see where we are at some point, it is just too early to say. You see what times they are doing, but it is still hard to tell.

I don’t know much what is going on, I'm just waiting what's gonna happen next and they always tell you, so I think so it's more you just wait and see what happens and just try to do your best, but whatever it is, and it's not easy, because they also know that they don’t expect us to be active so everybody does the best what they can and hopefully it'll work well in the end.

(Sal Zanka - AP) And Kimi what advice would you seek from Michael as an incoming Ferrari driver? - As I said, it depends on many different things, but we will finish this year and then we will see what happens.

I don’t know what’s going to happen next year. So far, I just want to finish this season and do the best I can for McLaren and then we see next year and what’s going to happen, but I don’t really know.

When asked to comment on Hamilton's crazy move at Fuji that ran everyone off at the first curve: - You have to learn how to find the breaking points already when you are six years old while starting in Go Karts. Obviously, you should know how it goes at this level. I don't know about others but, at least, my father Matti put sticks on the right places for me and for my brother to know where to break. That's how you learn that lesson the best and you remember it always where ever you race.

The car is certainly different, but do you feel different to last year? - I don’t know anything about a different feeling. It’s a new season, so it’s hard to know what to expect.

What about Felipe? Is he still the same guy he was last year or has he changed a lot? - I don’t know. You should ask him. I don’t know what he’s been doing, so if you want to know something about his life you should speak to him.

Who do you see as your main competitors this year? - It could be all tight - but then again, it might not be. I don’t know more than anybody else - I just see the times. That’s it.