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Räikkönen and was
Montoya left the team on a high note by winning his last race with them, the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix, which was closely contested with future team mate Kimi Räikkönen.
At the same time McLaren did not take up their option on Montoya for 2007, while his teammate Kimi Räikkönen remained a free agent, although it was later revealed that Räikkönen had signed with Ferrari for 2007 before Alonso had signed his McLaren deal.
The fastest lap in the Formula 1 race was 1 ' 15. 841 by Kimi Räikkönen, while Sébastien Bourdais ' fastest lap was 1 ' 22. 325 in the Champ Car race.
In, Räikkönen was among the two Formula One drivers who made it into the Forbes magazine's The Celebrity 100 list, the other being Fernando Alonso.
Räikkönen was asleep 30 minutes before the race.
Completing the year with 9 points, Räikkönen, along with teammate Nick Heidfeld, helped Sauber to what was then its best result of fourth place in the constructors ' championship.
During the next round in Brazil, Räikkönen was declared the winner after the race was stopped on lap 55.
At the, Räikkönen made a mistake in qualifying and had to start from the back of the grid, and at the start, he collided with Antônio Pizzonia, who was stuck on his grid position owing to a launch control problem, causing Räikkönen to retire from the race.
In Canada, Räikkönen made 5 pit-stops but was classified 5th since the Williams-BMWs and the two Toyotas were disqualified.
At the, Räikkönen was shunted by Felipe Massa on the first lap of the race, which caused him handling problems.
Despite the disappointment of the 2004 season, Räikkönen was still seen as one of the rising stars of the sport, along with BAR's Button, Renault's Alonso and 2005 McLaren teammate Montoya.
In Germany, Räikkönen was comfortably in the lead having dominated all weekend, but suffered a hydraulics failure, handing victory and a further 10 points to Alonso.
Significantly, at the opening of the, though saying he was very comfortable at McLaren, Räikkönen raised the possibility that he might leave McLaren when his contract expired in 2006 if reliability issues were not solved.
During the race, Räikkönen was forced to take an extra stop when his left-rear tyre delaminated, which dropped him down to 12th.
In Malaysia, Räikkönen was hit from behind by Red Bull Racing's Christian Klien on the first lap.
The running order was Alonso, Räikkönen, Schumacher until the second set of pitstops where Räikkönen was demoted to third by Schumacher, a position he held until the end of the race.
Räikkönen said after the move that he was very happy with this change of events but wished McLaren the best of luck in the future.
Räikkönen and equal
Two of Massa's title contenders failed to finish after Hamilton collided with a stationary Räikkönen in the pitlane, allowing Massa to equal Hamilton and jump ahead of Räikkönen in the driver standings.
Räikkönen and 2nd
This granted the win to Fisichella, with Räikkönen 2nd.
However, Räikkönen finished 2nd at Imola.
While having engine problems, Räikkönen successfully defended his 2nd position from Rubens Barrichello in Austria.
Räikkönen finished 2nd at the next race, the.
Räikkönen took pole at the, but Michael Schumacher won the race with Räikkönen finishing 2nd.
After qualifying 8th in Japan, Räikkönen finished 2nd while Michael Schumacher just slipped into the points to win his 6th World Championship.
Montoya's retirement during the race also meant that Räikkönen finished 2nd in the championship, just two points behind Schumacher.
Räikkönen later battled Montoya for the lead and finished 1 second behind him in 2nd.
A week later at the, Räikkönen suffered another Mercedes engine failure due to an oil leak ; his 2nd place qualifying place became 12th.
In the, Massa qualified 2nd on the grid behind his teammate Räikkönen.
The pitstop sequence allowed the two long-running McLaren drivers into 2nd and 3rd positions, with Juan Pablo Montoya ahead of Räikkönen.
Lap 55 saw Räikkönen make his second and final stop for the race, leaving him in 2nd position, around 33 seconds behind Alonso.
Räikkönen ensured the gap in the championship standings only widened by 2 points by finishing 2nd, while Michael Schumacher picked up a timely Ferrari podium, allowing him too to stay in the championship hunt.
Räikkönen and highest
Räikkönen switched to Ferrari in 2007, becoming the highest paid driver in motor sport with an estimated wage of $ 51 million per year.
Following the retirement of Michael Schumacher and his new deal with Ferrari, Räikkönen was estimated to be the highest paid driver in F1, with a base salary reportedly worth US $ 51M annually.
Räikkönen and world
Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen have all won drivers world championships driving for the team.
Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello predicted whilst on the podium with Alonso and Räikkönen that both drivers would be future world champions.
Massa led much of the Brazilian Grand Prix, until yielding the lead to teammate Kimi Räikkönen, thus securing Räikkönen's world championship title.
Formula One world champion Kimi Räikkönen said that " event is probably the closest to asphalt driving as you can get on gravel.
Kimi Räikkönen of McLaren-Mercedes started from third, while world champion and championship leader Michael Schumacher started from fifth.
It was at this race that Michael Schumacher won his seventh world championship despite Kimi Räikkönen taking his and McLaren's only race win of the season from tenth place on the grid.
In the form of Minardi ’ s Fernando Alonso and Sauber ’ s Kimi Räikkönen, two future world champions were taking to the grid for the very first time at the season opener in Melbourne.
Räikkönen and behind
Montoya had a solid race at Monaco, inheriting second place 14. 5 seconds behind championship leader Fernando Alonso after Räikkönen and Mark Webber went out with engine problems on lap 50.
Räikkönen finished 4th in France behind Schumacher but finished one point ahead of him with a 3rd place finish at the.
Räikkönen finished 7th behind his team-mate, David Coulthard.
At Silverstone, Räikkönen took pole and went on to finish second behind Michael Schumacher.
Räikkönen ended the year seventh, with 45 points, only one behind sixth placed Jarno Trulli, and four podiums.
The following race, the, saw Alonso clinch the Drivers ' Championship, after finishing third behind Montoya and Räikkönen.
Having started the year clearly behind Renault, McLaren improved in Australia, where Räikkönen finished second after flat spotting a tyre and losing a wing end-plate, which caused him to fall off the pace somewhat around the midpoint of the race.
The at Silverstone saw Räikkönen qualify second behind Alonso and in front of Michael Schumacher.
Juan Pablo Montoya won the race ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and Michael Schumacher who were less than two seconds behind Montoya at the finish.
In Spain, Massa qualified third behind Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso.
He passed Alonso at the start and got up to second behind Räikkönen.
In the wet race, while Hamilton dominated and Räikkönen finished fourth, things made a turn for the worse as he spun an embarrassing five times and finished last in 13th, over a lap down behind both his rivals.
And so, at the end of the halfway stage of the season, Hamilton, Massa and Räikkönen were deadlocked on 48 points, with Robert Kubica only 2 points behind them.
After the race, Massa was 4 points behind Hamilton but 3 ahead of Räikkönen.
After the race, the stewards decided to fine Massa € 10, 000 for the incident with Sutil, but the victory stood and he was only 6 points behind Hamilton as well as being 7 ahead of Räikkönen.
At the last race of the season, the the situation for Ferrari was: Felipe Massa was seven points behind Lewis Hamilton, meaning that Massa had to either finish first or second to win, and Hamilton had to be outside the top 5 – the same position Räikkönen had been in a year earlier, when he won the championship.
He was lying fourth for most of the race until the late shower, behind Massa, Alonso and Räikkönen.
Fernando Alonso became the youngest ever Formula One World Champion at the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix, his third place behind winner Juan Pablo Montoya and championship rival Kimi Räikkönen enough to clinch the title with two races remaining.
Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya finished 18 seconds behind in second position while McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen came home in third place and was the only other driver apart from Montoya, not to be lapped by Schumacher.
Furthermore Rubens Barrichello got closer to his team mate and was followed by Jos Verstappen, David Coulthard and Kimi Räikkönen causing a line of cars behind Montoya.
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