Kimi Räikkönen couldn't attend the exhibition in Helsinki on Thursday due to illness. They had arranged the press conference of their Ice One Racing -motocross-team to be held there.Riku Kuvaja assured MTV3 that Räikkönen will participate in rally Sweden although he is sick now.
Räikkönen's team will start in motocross WC-serie in MX1- and MX2 -classes this year. The team will use Kawasaki bikes.
Kimi Räikkönen's own motives for starting the team are human and come from his own heart.
- I have always wanted to drive motocross more than anything else. When I was a kid it was my dream. The idea of my own team has been born during the years, Räikkönen told.
Ice One Racing motocross-team's team manager is 7-time world champion in enduro, Kari Tiainen, who will take the team's two young bikers up to the top of the world. Räikkönen and Tiainen who both are the most successful motorsportmen in Finland want to contribute in this way by lifting up young Finnish talents. The team has their training center in Spain and they will start on February 13th with an international training race and their serie begins on April 10th from Bulgaria, Sevlievo.
The bikers in the team, Toni Eriksson (MX1) and Ludde Söderberg (MX2), are top names in Finland despite their young age and are both champions in their own class. The boys' goal is also clear.
- We go to the world championship serie for points and we want to be in the top. We are working for that, Söderberg said.
Ice One Racing team also has a junior team where 6 young bikers will drive in different series in Finland's Cup.
Source: MTV3
Courtesy: Nicole
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