Kimi Räikkönen's jester-side is revealed

The new book "Duudsons - 100 ways to save yourself from boredom" also reveals the playful side of Kimi Räikkönen

The Scandinavian daredevils have already become worldfamous and they have become immensly popular in USA, Asia, Europe as well as in Finland also. Duudsons also want to help other small jesters to endure the boring basic weekday and are hence publishing 100 tricks to get some buzz in life.

They have also included own experiences and the coolness of the daredevils has also infected other known Finns. They tell in the book about the event when they visited Kimi Räikkönen's luxurious yacht in Monaco. Back then Kimi's agent had to endure tough times both from his protegé as from his buddies also. 

– When we were in Kimi's yacht in Monaco we found his agent sleeping on the couch. Kimi revealed totally surprising artistic talents when he secretly filled his agent by drawing the most amazing drawings with a pen. Of course we helped him out the best we could. We didn't hold back our creativity, Duudson's revealead.

Duudson's had a party on Kimi's boat year 2011, when they participated in the Gumball-rally. Back then one stage of the rally was in Monaco at the same time as the F1-race.

Source: MTV3
Courtesy: Nicole

WRC Face to Face 2010 Book: Kimi Räikkönen

WRC Face to Face 2010 Book!

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Wrooom in two hundred pages

This afternoon, the Ferrari motorhome hosted the presentation of the book produced by Ercole Colombo to commemorate Wrooom, the media event organised by Philip Morris International, which has been held on the snow covered mountains of Madonna di Campiglio for the past twenty years, to celebrate the start of the Formula 1 season.

The book tells the story of this amazing event and its splendid setting, with over eight hundred photographs and the recollections of those who, along with Colombo, have taken part since its very first year.

In the presence of Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team principal, Stefano Domenicali, the team’s drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso and Maurizio Arrivabene, Vice-President of Marlboro Global Communication and Promotion, the famous Formula 1 photographer presented the contents of the book to the assembled media, pointing out that Wrooom is now part of the fabric of the sport, as a truly special meeting, far from the stress and strain of racing, which brings together journalists, drivers and others who work in the sport as a launching pad for the new season.

Source: Ferrari.com

Excerpt from Jäämies (Iceman) - Kimi Räikkönen Biography

From Jäämies - the Kimi Räikkönen biography (out in Finnish only), by Petri Nevalainen

Räikkönen didn't give in as a karting-driver and this is best described in a karting-event in 1999, including F1-driver Jarno Trulli. They had two separate classes; F1- and karting-drivers. Trulli wanted especially to come and drive with the karting-drivers because he had been a champion in Europe himself.

In the race for karting-drivers they had the European top attending so it was going to be a tough battle. Trulli drove well but Räikkönen drove better. Trulli was before Räikkönen in the start and Kimi tried to pass the Italian on the narrow inner track.

Räikkönen did pass him by force which led to Trulli hitting the wall. The F1-driver came to the paddock to complain about the treatment he got. Räikkönen said to Trulli that he himself wanted to come and race with racers.

- If you don't have the balls to drive then maybe you should got with the F1-men in the other class Räikkönen lashed back to Trulli.

Trulli told Turun Sanomat that 'I wasn't so happy after the crash'.

According to witnesses Trulli was shouting to Räikkönen so much that his face turned red from shouting.

Steve Robertson heard for the first time about Räikkönen through Peter Collins, ex- team manager in Lotus, who had heard about Räikkönen from Harald Huisman where Räikkönen crushed the records the first time he drove on his karting-track.

They held a test drive in Donington Park and Steve Robertson nearly dropped his phone when he saw Räikkönen coming sideways in a slide through a corner. He couldn't even say a word. And that's where it all started.

Source: Jäämies
Courtesy: Nicole @PF1