Kimi Raikkonen is undoubtedly the wittiest F1 driver that anybody has ever come across. He has gone to extreme lengths to show that he is a no-nonsense personality.
The 2007 world champion, who is also referred to as ‘The Iceman’ is famous for his dry humour and reluctance to participate in public relations and for his innumerable drunk anecdotes.
The host of the Top Gear show, Jeremy Clarkson, revealed yet another story of the Icemen when he amazed his fan by collapsing on his feet.
Clarkson asked Raikkonen if he met ‘The Stig’ because he is a big fan of the Iceman. Though, he further revealed that this is not the first time that Stig had met Raikkonen even though they didn’t speak a lot to each other.
He[Stig] was in Monaco, standing in a bar when Raikkonen collapsed on his feet, drunk. Humorously he looked at the floor and was amazed as he realised, ‘Oh it’s my hero.’
As he listened to the story carefully, Raikkonen recalled collapsing in a bar in Monaco giving everybody a good laugh.
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Kimi Raikkonen thinks the job of the Stig is best for him
For those who don’t know, Clarkson introduced the character of ‘Stig’ on his show. The character depicts the anonymity of drivers behind the helmet, with no one knowing who is inside the stig’s suit.
As the character defines, the Stig stays quiet in order to keep his identity anonymous and gets to drive different types of racing cars.
Raikkonen who avoids being captured in social situations said that he thinks he would be the best suited for Stig’s job since everything that the job requires is ‘no talk, just drive.’
The Iceman speaks less due to his high intelligence
Raikkonen’s character of being quiet dates back to his childhood. And when he was a kid and spoke a lot less than other kids around him, his parents got a little worried.
They took a 6-year-old Raikkonen to a child therapist. The therapist told them that Kimi spoke less due to his above-average intelligence.
The therapist even gave the young Finnish a coordination exercise which takes about 3 hours for an adult to solve. But given his high intelligence, Raikkonen amazed the room by finishing the test in merely 20 mins.
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