Kimi Raikkonen compares himself to Shakespeare on Haiku book launch

Kimi Raikkonen has often offered varying sides to his personality, but the one that he has presented us with today is one that could stay with fans for a very long time.

Raikkonen has just released a Haiku book, with haikus about his life off and on track. Currently the book has been distributed in the paddock in Japan, and no real intimation has been provided if it will be available to the general public.

Some of the haikus have been released on social media, thanks to Will Buxton and Andrew Robertson, and the fans have taken a strong liking to them.

Kimi’s book of Haiku is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/8X1gl3TkjN

— Will Buxton (@wbuxtonofficial) October 4, 2018

This is possibly the apotheosis pic.twitter.com/hep7f8lx73

— Andrew Benson (@andrewbensonf1) October 4, 2018

Or perhaps this pic.twitter.com/TX5wHLOEz0

— Andrew Benson (@andrewbensonf1) October 4, 2018

Fans have been wanting to know if the book would be available for sale, but no official confirmation has been provided until now.

While initially snippets of the book were released by a few journalists, Kimi has now himself revealed the cover of his book.

The Finn has also gone onto compare himself with Shakespeare while presenting his fans with the cover of his first ‘Haiku book’.

 

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Shakespeare, Runeberg, Räikkönen. Photo: @calloalbanese

A post shared by Kimi Räikkönen (@kimimatiasraikkonen) on Oct 4, 2018 at 1:13am PDT

Kimi Raikkonen would be itching to get back onto the track in Japan, after a rather drab showing in Russia, where Bottas overtook him in the race to third place in the driver’s championship.

Ferrari too would be hoping for Kimi to bring his A-game to the fore, as they are fighting for the constructor’s championship with Mercedes and every point would matter now, going into the final 5 races.