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Räikkönen eventually finished 5th, with team mate Montoya ahead in 3rd place.
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His mechanic thought Räikkönen had retired, but he eventually caught up with the other competitors and finished third.
Räikkönen eventually finished 4th in the race, losing five championship points to race winner Michael Schumacher.
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 5th
In Canada, Räikkönen made 5 pit-stops but was classified 5th since the Williams-BMWs and the two Toyotas were disqualified.
In Australia, he qualified on pole, but was overtaken on the run to the first corner by Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen after a safety car period ; he was running 5th in the race, before his engine blew at the last corner on the last lap.
Trulli survived an attack by Barrichello on the final lap to hold on to 5th, with Ralf Schumacher and Räikkönen closing out the pointscorers.
Barrichello came third ahead of a disappointed Montoya and an astounding Kimi Räikkönen in 5th, in only 11th race which in turn was only his 34th single seater race.
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.
The McLarens of Juan Pablo Montoya and Räikkönen were also able to pass Schumacher, moving into 4th and 5th behind Button.
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All current ( with the exception of Russian driver Vitaly Petrov ) and many former Formula One drivers grew up racing karts, most prominent among them, World Champions Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.
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.
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 switched to Ferrari in 2007, becoming the highest paid driver in motor sport with an estimated wage of $ 51 million per year.
Along with rallying, Räikkönen has turned his attention towards NASCAR, and made his debut for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Camping World Truck Series.
Räikkönen has signed a 2 year deal with Lotus starting with the 2012 Formula One season.
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.
Räikkönen scored a third-place podium finish in his first race with McLaren, the 2002 Australian Grand Prix.
Räikkönen came close to winning his first Grand Prix in France, but went off track at the Adelaide hairpin with a handful of laps to go, because of oil from the blown engine of Allan McNish's Toyota on the circuit.
This granted the win to Fisichella, with Räikkönen 2nd.
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.
Räikkönen failed to finish the after being involved in an accident at the first corner with Ralf Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello.
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.
The 2004 season began with Räikkönen only claiming a single point in the first seven races.
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