“We did the test at Mugello. It’s not an easy track for young drivers. I was there only for the second day and that’s when I met Kimi for the first time. He never spoke and it was not possible to speak English with him; maybe two or three words. No more. But one or two things were very, very special. His body language was so impassive and he gave the impression he was so totally focused that if he walked towards you, he could walk through you. That’s only my personal feeling. I thought: ‘This guy is so strange.’”
— Peter Sauber on Kimi’s first F1 test in 2000.