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Räikkönen eventually finished 4th in the race, losing five championship points to race winner Michael Schumacher.
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Räikkönen and eventually
His mechanic thought Räikkönen had retired, but he eventually caught up with the other competitors and finished third.
Räikkönen eventually finished 5th, with team mate Montoya ahead in 3rd place.
Räikkönen eventually earned his maiden Grand Prix victory with a large margin of 39s.
The Sauber driver instead handed it to Räikkönen on Lap 55 himself after pitting, before eventually finishing in third ( his second podium in four years at Indianapolis ).
Montoya did eventually lay to rest the ghost of this event by winning the 2004 race in his final Grand Prix for Williams before moving to McLaren, holding off his future team-mate Kimi Räikkönen to take a hard-fought victory.
The race was eventually won by Giancarlo Fisichella of Jordan, demoting McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen, the initial winner, to second place.
Da Matta eventually ceded the lead after pitting on the 30th lap to Räikkönen.
Michael Schumacher eventually passed Trulli on the 46th lap, but an unforced error by Räikkönen allowed Montoya to seize second position.
The first attempt to start the race was yellow flagged, due to the stalled McLaren of Kimi Räikkönen, who would eventually start the abbreviated race ( 57 laps from 58 ) in pit lane.
Räikkönen and finished
However, Räikkönen finished 2nd at Imola.
Starting from the pitlane in Canada after he went off track during qualifying with understeer, Räikkönen finished 6th, more than a minute adrift of race winner Michael Schumacher.
Title rival Michael Schumacher finished 5th taking 4 points advantage from Räikkönen.
Räikkönen finished 4th in France behind Schumacher but finished one point ahead of him with a 3rd place finish at the.
Räikkönen finished 2nd at the next race, the.
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.
At the, Räikkönen finished 6th.
Räikkönen finished 7th behind his team-mate, David Coulthard.
Räikkönen later battled Montoya for the lead and finished 1 second behind him in 2nd.
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.
Räikkönen driving for Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari at the 2007 United States Grand Prix, where he finished fourth.
During this race he finished third and stood on the podium next to Michael Schumacher ( Germany ) and Kimi Räikkönen ( Finland ).
Before the race, McLaren's David Coulthard was leading the championship however the Scot retired on lap three handing the championship lead to his teammate, Kimi Räikkönen who finished third in the previous race.
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.
2007 Formula 1 World Champion Kimi Räikkönen was an official driver in 1999 and finished second in the European Formula Super A Championship.
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.
Nick Heidfeld finished fourth for Sauber, scoring his first points in Formula One, and his new team mate Kimi Räikkönen finished sixth in his debut race, only his 24th race in a motor car.
In the end David Coulthard finished first, just ahead of both Ferraris and a fourth place for Kimi Räikkönen in his Sauber.
Räikkönen and 4th
Kimi Räikkönen took 4th in his McLaren MP4-17.
After the disqualification, Jenson Button claimed 3rd, with Giancarlo Fisichella taking 4th, Räikkönen and Coulthard taking 5th and 6th, and an excellent result for Timo Glock and Nick Heidfeld in 7th and 8th respectively, giving Jordan a good points haul.
It was Alonso's 4th win for the season, increasing his championship lead to 32 points ahead of Räikkönen and Trulli.
The McLarens of Juan Pablo Montoya and Räikkönen were also able to pass Schumacher, moving into 4th and 5th behind Button.
Räikkönen took his final stop on lap 45, easily taking 4th position from Button as he re-entered the race.
Räikkönen climbed from 11th place to finish 4th, ahead of Jarno Trulli, Ralf Schumacher, Antônio Pizzonia and Jenson Button.
Räikkönen and race
* October 17 – Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver
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.
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.
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.
Räikkönen was asleep 30 minutes before the race.
Räikkönen, long linked to Sauber's engine supplier Ferrari, instead sufficiently impressed McLaren to earn a race seat in Ron Dennis's team for, taking the seat left vacant by double-world champion, mentor and fellow Finn Mika Häkkinen.
Räikkönen scored a third-place podium finish in his first race with McLaren, the 2002 Australian Grand Prix.
In Malaysia, Räikkönen won his first race after starting from 7th on the grid.
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.
At the, Räikkönen took pole, and controlled the race from the start until his engine failed on lap 25.
Räikkönen took pole at the, but Michael Schumacher won the race with Räikkönen finishing 2nd.
Räikkönen would need to win the next race with Schumacher not scoring any points.
Both cars got off to a good start, however Räikkönen lost his rear wing on lap 13 of the race while following race leader Michael Schumacher.
At the, Räikkönen was shunted by Felipe Massa on the first lap of the race, which caused him handling problems.
Räikkönen compounded this by stalling on the grid of the first race of the season, the, and ending the race with just a point.
0.240 seconds.