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Kimi Raikkonen will retire from F1 at the end of 2021

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Kimi Raikkonen will retire from F1 at the end of 2021 | Top Gear

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It’s official: the Iceman will leave Formula 1 at the end of the year

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Kimi Raikkonen will retire from F1 at the end of 2021

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It’s official: the Iceman will leave Formula 1 at the end of the year

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It’s official: the Iceman will leave Formula 1 at the end of the year

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Kimi Raikkonen will retire from F1 at the end of 2021

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Kimi Raikkonen will retire from F1 at the end of 2021

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Kimi Raikkonen will retire from F1 at the end of 2021

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It’s official: the Iceman will leave Formula 1 at the end of the year

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Grab that ice cream and ready your finest one-liners, for the day has come: Kimi Raikkonen has announced he is to retire from Formula 1 at the end of this season.

The 2007 world champion today confirmed that he will finish his F1 career racing for Alfa Romeo at the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP.

This isn’t the first time Kimi’s left Formula 1 – he left Ferrari at the end of 2009 to go rallying and dip his toe into NASCAR, before returning to race for Lotus in 2012. This time however, the 41-year old Finnish racer won’t be coming back.

“This is it,” Raikkonen wrote on Instagram. “This will be my last season in Formula 1. This is a decision I did during last winter. It was not an easy decision but after this season it is time for new things.

“Even though the season is still on, I want to thank my family, all my teams, everyone involved in my racing career and especially all of you great fans that have been rooting for me all this time. Formula 1 might come to an end for me but there is a lot more in life that I want to experience and enjoy.

“See you around after all of this!”

He started his F1 career back in 2001 racing for Sauber, impressing with his early pace. He moved to McLaren the following year and remained in Woking until 2006, before making his move to Maranello and Ferrari in 2007. He’d win the F1 drivers’ title in his first season with the Scuderia – pipping a certain Lewis Hamilton by a single point – before his first F1 exit to go rallying.

After his return to the sport and time with Lotus, he went back to Ferrari between 2014 and 2018 where he partnered first Fernando Alonso, and later Sebastian Vettel. He’s been racing with Alfa ever since.

F1 boss Stefano Domenicali said: “Kimi is an incredible part of our sport, a personal friend and a true champion. I had the privilege of working with him at Ferrari and know the fantastic person he is. We will all miss him and his unique style and wish him and his family the best for the future.”

While we remember some of his greatest ever moments – that interview with Brundle, his appearance on a certain motoring televisual programme called ‘Top Gear’, his fondness for pithy one-liners – the question as to his replacement and the driver shuffle begins.

More as we have it. In the meantime, post your favourite Kimi F1 moments in the space below.

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Grab that ice cream and ready your finest one-liners, for the day has come: Kimi Raikkonen has announced he is to retire from Formula 1 at the end of this season.

The 2007 world champion today confirmed that he will finish his F1 career racing for Alfa Romeo at the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP.

This isn’t the first time Kimi’s left Formula 1 – he left Ferrari at the end of 2009 to go rallying and dip his toe into NASCAR, before returning to race for Lotus in 2012. This time however, the 41-year old Finnish racer won’t be coming back.

“This is it,” Raikkonen wrote on Instagram. “This will be my last season in Formula 1. This is a decision I did during last winter. It was not an easy decision but after this season it is time for new things.

“Even though the season is still on, I want to thank my family, all my teams, everyone involved in my racing career and especially all of you great fans that have been rooting for me all this time. Formula 1 might come to an end for me but there is a lot more in life that I want to experience and enjoy.

“See you around after all of this!”

He started his F1 career back in 2001 racing for Sauber, impressing with his early pace. He moved to McLaren the following year and remained in Woking until 2006, before making his move to Maranello and Ferrari in 2007. He’d win the F1 drivers’ title in his first season with the Scuderia – pipping a certain Lewis Hamilton by a single point – before his first F1 exit to go rallying.

After his return to the sport and time with Lotus, he went back to Ferrari between 2014 and 2018 where he partnered first Fernando Alonso, and later Sebastian Vettel. He’s been racing with Alfa ever since.

F1 boss Stefano Domenicali said: “Kimi is an incredible part of our sport, a personal friend and a true champion. I had the privilege of working with him at Ferrari and know the fantastic person he is. We will all miss him and his unique style and wish him and his family the best for the future.”

While we remember some of his greatest ever moments – that interview with Brundle, his appearance on a certain motoring televisual programme called ‘Top Gear’, his fondness for pithy one-liners – the question as to his replacement and the driver shuffle begins.

More as we have it. In the meantime, post your favourite Kimi F1 moments in the space below.

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It’s official: the Iceman will leave Formula 1 at the end of the year