Slater: Kimi's Return Shakes Up Market

by - 12/19/2011 11:31:00 p.m.

\"It says a lot for the way in which Kimi Raikkonen is revered by fans, that the return of the feisty Finn completely swamped any news from the 2011 finale in Brazil. He has certainly added an unprecedented buzz to the end of the season. 

It is not just 2007 world champion's driving performance that marks him out. It is the way that Kimi goes racing that makes him special. 

Unlike the chatty reigning champion Vettel, who is a PR man's dream, Kimi is equally monosyllabalic in both his native Finnish and English. However fans around the world love him anyway, because has never - and will never - fit in any mould. 

This is the man who once used the pseudonym \"James Hunt\" when he took part in a snowmobile race, an activity specifically banned by his Ferrari contract and the morning after the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, the newly crowned Formula One world champion was apparently found fast asleep on a sofa in his hotel lobby, clutching a large inflatable dolphin. You can't imagine Vettel doing that, can you?\" 

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