Kimi, Let Me Li- One Chance Pls Pls🫣🤲🏻

opinion time cause i rarely see them in ferrari art; ppl need to stop leaving out kimi and fernando out of ferrari drivers of this century artworks

ppl add michael but not kimi -both champions for ferrari, ppl add seb but not fernando -both champions got close and failed to win championship with ferrari

ppl talk about ferrari drivers as if kimi didnt win a wdc and wcc with them and is their last world champion to date!

as if monza didnt used to have finnish flags for kimi even when he wasnt racing for ferrari, they loved him

as if kimi in his first stint with ferrari wasnt fucked by ferrari and why he eventually left the first time, as if he isnt one of the few i think only second to come back to drive for ferrari again in spite of his past experience with the team

as if kimi’s own words werent ignored for other narratives like he lost interest after winning the championship when the team was looking to replace him and kimi had been treated like no 2 despite being their champion -similar to how media said about seb and charles

as if he didnt wish charles well at the team and hoped charles would stay out of the politics bc kimi knows what its like and kimi has met charles twice since he left f1

as if fernando didnt get so close to a wdc and didnt stay at ferrari for years trying to take them back to top

as if he wasnt their hope like charles is once upon a time and waved the ferrari flags with passion & loved the team like both charles and seb have

as if fernando hasnt talked about how special it is to be with ferrari and to win and how he wished he won the championship with the team and it was a big disappointed like seb has in past

as if kimi and fernando havent spoken how much they liked ferrari and how kimi has never not been thankful for his time with them and loved ferrari

charles or lewis wont be michael’s successor for winning a championship at ferrari, they will be kimis!

“charles bleeds for ferrari” “seb bled for ferrari” so did fernando but he is ignored

fernando is a bit bitter about ferrari sometimes but ever wonder why that may be? bc that wound and disappointed will never heal

kimi used to smile so much at ferrari and did have passion to do well but media’s narrative made ppl think him not liking media presence makes him a cold uncaring person overall and he never cared to do well for ferrari like go watch his races at ferrari and tell me he was unmotivated

ferrari fucked their races but it was on them, their fault

I CAN'T GET OVER THIS SHOT HELPPPPPP

he looks good😮‍💨

2012 Bahrain GP winner Sebastian Vettel with runner up Kimi Räikkönen. It was their first joint podium after Kimi's return to F1 that year.

simi pixels <3

Kimi Räikkönen doing his mandatory military service.

This baby face recruit, who is scratching his cheek in such a shy and demure manner, held the record for longest punitive confinement, at 20 days.

One night during his military service, he went out with his friend and they both got drunk. Because they got back to the premises too late, they couldn't use the main entrance, and instead decided to climb over the fence.

His friend got caught by authorities, but Kimi hid in a ditch while they searched for him with dogs. He then managed to crawl back to his barracks undetected, and hide under his bed where he was later found muddy, and covered in twigs.

The little smartass was questioned how he managed to get past the dogs, to which he answered: “That’s what you teach us here, we are scouts.”

On another occasion he ran away from the army because they wouldn't let him go to a race, and only came back because he was promised that if he did, they'd let him go after all.

They lied.

Sad Kimi - 2008 Singapore 

How we got Kimi Räikkönen [x]

The FIA Prize Giving 2018 gala was an insane night for Simi, and I want to share all of it!

First, the elephant in the room:

Kimi was absolutely hammered! He caught everyone's eye because he was tumbling around the place, and generally having a blast yapping his mouth off to anyone who would listen to him. Legends said he would do this when drunk, but never had a live audience been witness to it.

Meanwhile, Seb...

Seb had finished second to Lewis in 2018's title battle, and was also seeing the end of his partnership with Kimi at Ferrari.

Kimi's renewal for Ferrari was always rumored to be something Seb pushed for when negotiating his own contracts, so the news the Scuderia wasn't interested in keeping Kimi past 2018 were a sign that Sebastian's wants weren't of huge importance to them anymore, and they were making way for a promising young talent (Leclerc) to take the lead driver role in Ferrari in the years to come.

Sounds like a bad end of the year for a guy with title aspirations, but guess what?

Kimi was there, with so much booze in his system that he wasn't at all worried with maintaining his quiet and taciturn act. And you know how they say alcohol lowers your inhibitions and makes your deepest thoughts come out freely?

That night, Kimi had one mission, and it was to keep Seb happy.

When he caught cameras filming Seb, knowing his friend was a private guy, he jumped in and tried to stop them. Look at his face. He doesn't know what he's doing. He's driven only by protective instinct.

When Seb talked, you could tell he wasn't hearing a word (and at times it seemed mutual)

For a bit there, the cameras even caught Kimi deciding to go for a smoke, and Seb trying to impinge a sense of responsibility on him, only to end up being dragged along.

When they were called on stage to receive the 2nd and 3rd place trophies, it was the funniest shit. There were designated spots on the stage where each driver should stand, but they were quite apart from each other.

You can see an official trying to stop Kimi and take him to his marked spot, but Kimi strode straight towards Seb and stuck decisively by his side. In fact he gestures at Seb, as if telling the crowd to give him his accolades!

His arm was around his shoulders, half offering companionship in what would be their last official act together as teammates, and half supporting himself so he wouldn't fall on his ass on stage.

And of course, we even had a classic Seb moment, where Kimi offered one of the men delivering the awards a handshake, and Seb took it instead. Kimi didn't even care, he rolled with it, because if Seb wants to hold his hand, god damn it he will.

Even when they had to part to grab the awards, Kimi made sure to return to his original favored position of keeping one friendly arm around Sebastian's shoulders asap.

You see Seb turn to him and say something...

It's impossible to tell what, but it looked an awful lot like a "thank you" that carried years of friendship and support behind it. Kimi's eyes transformed at whatever Seb said. his eyebrows lifted and his expression softened.

He told him something to his ear in return, and it made Seb smile again, whatever it was.

Eventually it was Lewis' time to get on stage. He was the 2018 champion, the guy Seb didn't manage to beat, and as such had the right to make a victory speech.

As he does so, the camera caught the losers, Seb and Kimi.

In that moment, that could have hurt a little harder than usual, Kimi put his arm around Seb's shoulders one more time, downed another drink, and swung him closer.

This was it.

This was the end of their partnership.

Simi, nobody will ever do it like you.