Thanks to grid penalties, there were several burns from the stern, including a charge from 13th to second in the French GP. Many of Raikkonen's 2005 performances could have made this list. 2005 Monaco GP, Monte Carlo Car: McLaren MP4-20 Raikkonen's best lap was also only beaten by Schumacher and it was more than a second quicker than Montoya's. Team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya had been over a minute behind Raikkonen when the older-specification engine in the second McLaren blew with eight laps to go. "No one knew, but we knew that he had driven phenomenally well to achieve that with the car we had then." "I remember him coming to the bus afterwards, sweat pouring off him and he said he'd driven 60 qualifying laps - you could see he had done. "The engine was terrible that year," recalls Mark Slade, Raikkonen's race engineer at McLaren and later Lotus.
He overtook Button on lap four and finished fourth, behind the Fernando Alonso's Renault versus Ferrari lead battle.īut Bridgestone had an advantage over the Michelins used by McLaren and Renault, as evinced by Michael Schumacher's defeat of Alonso, and the Mercedes-powered MP4-21 wasn't quite a match for the cars ahead. Raikkonen completed the first lap where he started, having jumped Rubens Barrichello's Honda but lost out to Jenson Button.
On the face of it, this wasn't a remarkable run. 2006 European GP, Nurburgring Car: McLaren MP4-21 Time to pick out his best, with the help of Raikkonen and some of those that have worked with him. His tally of 46 fastest laps is only surpassed by Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton.ĭuring his time with Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari (twice), Lotus and Alfa Romeo, he has put in many great drives. Over two decades at the pinnacles of the sport - featuring a two-year sojourn in which he took in the World Rally Championship and NASCAR outings - Raikkonen has recorded 21 GP wins and 18 pole positions.
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