@@shingitheduke WTF is funny about what you said and the fact you laughed at how moronic it is suggest you have issues. The Sauber was one of the slowest cars on the grid so to start your F1 career in 6th with the least racing in history is the reason he got the big bucks and promoted to Mclaren. 🤡🤡
He always respected Brundle whenever being interviewed, seemed he was fed up of being interviewed by people who never drove at f1 level during his career asking obvious questions all the time.
@danieldprn9989 That would be actually funny if his speaking voice wasn't because of accident 😃 He damaged his vocal cords as a kid and they never healed.
@@radamus210 there is quite a lot of good f1 drivers who people mention that never won a grand prix. Stefan Bellof is probably mentioned the most. Was a great talent in sports cars. Had his career cut short racing sports cars. Chris Amon is also regarded as one of the best to never win a championship, never mind a race. He won 24 hours of le mans in 66. Tom Pryce was fast but never got a good car in F1.
I was surprised that Brundle pronounced Kimi's last name in perfect Finnish with the rolled r ⟨r⟩ and the vocals ä ⟨æ⟩ and ö ⟨ø̞⟩ and the primary stress on the first consonant. Nicely done
a very unique mixture of still ongoing puberty teenager sound and his damaged vocal chords. eventually it settled down to a relatively normal voice. at the time in early 00s in finland it was a very common imitation/joke to perform the kimi voice and usually going with his dismissive responses. there was a famous song about it and everything.
Therefore, he would never tell that his squeaky voice leading from a bicycle accident from his childhood. Kimi was five years old when he slipped from the pedals and slammed with the neck right on the handlebars. From the severe bruising to his vocal cords have never fully recovered. Even as a child Raikkonen spoke so less that his parents brought him anxiously to the therapist. And he sent him back home after half a day. With a letter in his pocket: “Your son is above average intelligence. That could be the reason why he chooses to remain silent…” A difficult task test, on which an adult needed in average three hours, the six year old had solved in 20 minutes. This had convinced the therapist.
It's rare you see someone with that steely determination and laser focus in their eyes but such a calm temperament despite his circumstances. I was already looking forward to seeing what he could do before that first test day at Fiorano and I should've been surprised by Kimi matching Pedro Diniz times on his first day yet at the same time I wasn't. He might lack the ruthlessness or other skills of other greats, but to me his racing skill, natural speed and precision is unmatched by anyone that's ever raced.
Anyone else notice Kimi was quite the chatty lad at the time? Lordy he was a young man. quite a nice throwback piece to some golden days. Makes me dream of smaller cars of yesteryear, with a Halo. But I'll take the safety stuff. Too many dead heroes in my early days as a fan, Indy/Cart weren't much better. But their just too damn big now, aint never going back of course, but it's nice to dream!
Crazy to see how he hasn't got that alcoholic death stare in his younger days. Whenever you saw him in the later years he's got that eyes wide open staring way off into the distance with a vague panicked look on his face.
For a 20-car grid it should definitely NOT be points to 10th. At *MOST* to 8th like they do for sprints, but just to 6th would be fine. There also at least used to be a rule (could still be currently, it could have gone with cost management), but teams used to have to pay the FIA something like €5000 per point they got the previous season on top of the standard entry fee. F1 is really just a bunch of rich guys giving money to each other.
@@callmeshaggy5166 I don’t know the pros and cons of having more places receive points but I think it would be cool if all places except for last place received points. I think it would make the races more exciting because I feel like teams just give up at some point when they know they won’t place at least 10th during the race
Who knows how he would have sounded like before that but nothing wrong with his voice. I remember in vocational school people teased because of his voice. I never didnt get it.
2:24 "How do you call your name?"Kimi had said "Räikkönen". Seconds later, the host "Räikonen..." Where is your professional? I teach people how to interact with people, how to proceed, how to contact, etc, with new ones. This is something you really should pay attention to. It's not "Räikonen" etc. Do not give new names.
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That's the most he ever spoke in an interview.
He didn’t do much winning either 😂
@@shingitheduke WTF is funny about what you said and the fact you laughed at how moronic it is suggest you have issues. The Sauber was one of the slowest cars on the grid so to start your F1 career in 6th with the least racing in history is the reason he got the big bucks and promoted to Mclaren. 🤡🤡
got one more world championship than you though 😘@@shingitheduke
Its funny to read it once or twice, but at every interview Räikkönen speaks at? Becomes ridiculous.
@@cndJokester still a garbage driver just like jenson button
Loved "it's the same for everyone" trademark kimi answer. He never made himself excuses. Ice.
He was a fair driver!
He always respected Brundle whenever being interviewed, seemed he was fed up of being interviewed by people who never drove at f1 level during his career asking obvious questions all the time.
That's right. Brundle had a lot of respect for Kimi aswell, especially during his McLaren years.
Very true and well noted
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
yes.,he could tell Brundle everything even when he was having a sh!t
@@skyazuldream..to which Brundle replied "so you'll have nice light car on the grid then! 😂
Promising young man, he'll be a world champion one day, mark my words
I could see him and his son race as teammates one day… Oh wait 😳
this joke will never end
Kimi would struggle to ever speak an equivalent amount of words for the rest of his career.
He said everything he had to say in his first interview.
@@AnttiBrax he did. He is missed.
I'm from the future.
The kid becomes world Champion and never speaks again.
😂🎉
Except when he shouts at he's mechanics and engineer
He was already the Iceman in his F1 debut
A voice sounding like crushing ice plates in the arctic ocean
Underrated comment lol
@danieldprn9989
That would be actually funny if his speaking voice wasn't because of accident 😃 He damaged his vocal cords as a kid and they never healed.
@@magicofshootingstarWait for real?? 😮
@TaikaJamppa
Yeah! You seem to be a Finn by username, so google "Kimi Räikkönen puhe" and there is a lot of articles explaining that 🙂
@@TaikaJamppa Yes, that is true. This guy making fun of a disabled kid.
That car was a Sauber, sponsored by Red Bull, with a Petronas-branded Ferrari engine. In 2024 this sounds insane lol
The most serious 21yo ever
Kimi is Kimi. Never young, never old. Just Kimi.
No matter how far I look back for a random F1 result or video, Nick Heidfeld's name always show up somewhere around P3 or P4 😅
Pretty sad actually lol.
I would say he is one the best driver to never win a grand prix. Maybe even the best. But Brundle would also be in shout for that title as well.
@@mramaz1ngarry728 That would be an interesting field of competitors. Whole lot more of them than there are champaign poppers.
Heinz Harald Frentzen
@@radamus210 there is quite a lot of good f1 drivers who people mention that never won a grand prix. Stefan Bellof is probably mentioned the most. Was a great talent in sports cars. Had his career cut short racing sports cars. Chris Amon is also regarded as one of the best to never win a championship, never mind a race. He won 24 hours of le mans in 66. Tom Pryce was fast but never got a good car in F1.
@1:05 "it's same for everyone" I think we have heard that one after this many times. Classic Kimi even in his first interview 😂
Greatest driver of his generation.
The ultimate natural.
Omg he was born this way amd never ever changes amazing
Why we love him
Kimi Raikkonen ;) Martin knows how to do interview with good questions. Kimi liked it too. ;)
I was surprised that Brundle pronounced Kimi's last name in perfect Finnish with the rolled r ⟨r⟩ and the vocals ä ⟨æ⟩ and ö ⟨ø̞⟩ and the primary stress on the first consonant. Nicely done
The one time that Kimi smiled
He smiled quite often with Seb and Antonio, as well as on the Top Gear show😊💯
Geez his voice is something else
He injured his vocal chords in a bicycle incident as a child
a very unique mixture of still ongoing puberty teenager sound and his damaged vocal chords. eventually it settled down to a relatively normal voice. at the time in early 00s in finland it was a very common imitation/joke to perform the kimi voice and usually going with his dismissive responses. there was a famous song about it and everything.
Bwah?
The same then as he is now. Kimi’s one of the few people where the saying “what you see is what you get” actually applies
I like the way he said he was “almost nervous”, implying that he was never actually nervous. Iceman.
Therefore, he would never tell that his squeaky voice leading from a bicycle accident from his childhood. Kimi was five years old when he slipped from the pedals and slammed with the neck right on the handlebars. From the severe bruising to his vocal cords have never fully recovered. Even as a child Raikkonen spoke so less that his parents brought him anxiously to the therapist. And he sent him back home after half a day. With a letter in his pocket: “Your son is above average intelligence. That could be the reason why he chooses to remain silent…” A difficult task test, on which an adult needed in average three hours, the six year old had solved in 20 minutes. This had convinced the therapist.
Finns tend to use a lot of vocal fry but I don't doubt your story and it might explain why he didn't like to talk so much.
@@djmipsthey are true, were mentioned in his book 😁
So naturally talented
😃
Thanks for sharing!
He reached points in his first Grand Prix! Ron Dennis ran to Sauber with his check book open after that performance.
Kimi = Legend
He is one of the few people in public life that became more awkward, stiffer and less polished at interviews as he got older.
@sadsadasdsadasdsadas yeah, that thought did occur to me. I think he is probably also neurodiverse like many many of us.
this interview is a gem :D
Miss you mate!
My favourite F1 driver of all time.
Mine too. Kimi forever❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Of all the adjectives to describe Kimi, never thought "bouncy" would be one.
Good old fashioned British sarcasm.
A little thing called dry humour
He said everything he ever needed to say in this interview... He was done after that one 🤣
someone just dug up pure gold
So old Nico Hülkenberg is young Kimi Raikkonen. And retired Keke Rosberg is current Valtteri Bottas. Interesting.
Rosbergs are idiots.
One often overlooks that this is Nico's 15th season in F1
Rosbergs are still idiots, even if it will be deleted.
You put the dots on Nico Hülkenberg's name but not on Kimi Räikkönen's?
We love you Kimi!
im a simple man, i see kimi, i click
Congrats to this young lad, I could see him in a top F1 team, maybe a couple of race wins even.
legend
It's rare you see someone with that steely determination and laser focus in their eyes but such a calm temperament despite his circumstances. I was already looking forward to seeing what he could do before that first test day at Fiorano and I should've been surprised by Kimi matching Pedro Diniz times on his first day yet at the same time I wasn't. He might lack the ruthlessness or other skills of other greats, but to me his racing skill, natural speed and precision is unmatched by anyone that's ever raced.
He is so young waouh
Kimi simply wanted to turn up and drive fast, best way to be
This guy won a championship in Ferrari in 2007 and decided to stay for the 15 years and left. What a legend.
Kimi is so cool he has the omnitrix on his hand
Kimi is my favorite!
He said more in this interview than he did in the last 10 years of his career, combined 😂
Tony Jardine was great, so enthusiastic about f1
Interesting to see that he spoke half of his words in his first interview, the other half in the rest of his career.
I miss him in f1,or personality like that in general, he made f1 looking good
Alex Brundle went back in time to interview Kimi.
Thanks mate
AlanMcB has been dropping some absolutely incredible old f1 footage
Ruebens Barichello is the best #2 driver I’ve ever seen.
@@bfapple Pardoned
one of a kind.
Thats also the most nervous he's ever been so 'a bit' 😂
Legend
You never know where you're gonna Finnish.
The Last ferrari driver to win the world chamipon in f1
ALONSO was there also with a Minardi in his debut
Wait... Did Kimi say he was NERVOUS?
I expected a:
"Bwoah... I felt ok."
😂
Cyborgs can be nervous too
Clint Eastwood vibes
Anyone else notice Kimi was quite the chatty lad at the time? Lordy he was a young man. quite a nice throwback piece to some golden days.
Makes me dream of smaller cars of yesteryear, with a Halo. But I'll take the safety stuff. Too many dead heroes in my early days as a fan, Indy/Cart weren't much better. But their just too damn big now, aint never going back of course, but it's nice to dream!
iceman 😮
"Leave me alone Martin, I know what to do!"
Oh, this must be before Kimi sadly lost his speech. 😉🤣❤👍
Zoomers in f1 think kimmi is a meme lol like he even cares for what they say . He was really good when he had a good car.
Man those cars were so much more racey. Can we get those back? instead of the boats they currently drive
"It's just tires-it's the same for everyone.."
Steering wheel !!! give it to me !!!
Raikkonen had a Sauber crank.
Do you have 2001 Qualifying and Race highlights by Jim Rosenthal
No 😂
"its official. it whykoennen"
thanks.
If you finish the races you don't know where you're going to finish
- Old Finnish proverb
Back in the days when Kimi bothered talking 😂
Fucking hell how much did Tony Jardine blink?
Favourite Kimi quote "I went for a shit"
This is before he realised he didn't have to speak in interviews haha
That cannot be kimi
I'd love to see any f1 driver wear such a watch now.. hahaha
Why does he sound so squeaky?
He damaged his vocal cords in a bicycle accident as a kid. They never entirely healed, but the effect diminished a bit as the years went on.
Only had 24 races previous to that debut.....think about that.
kimi had so much talent and potential if only he cared for f1 😂
Crazy to see how he hasn't got that alcoholic death stare in his younger days. Whenever you saw him in the later years he's got that eyes wide open staring way off into the distance with a vague panicked look on his face.
Kimi eres Grande.
I saw Kimi smiling ? wtf
Still the last Ferrari world champion.
Didn't give a fuck from day one. Legend
The reason he spoke less later on is because Brundle keeps asking stupid questions.
Ice Man is missed
Dicaprio vibes
The problem for kimi was that hamilton
If you want to win hire the Fin.
Kimi F1 legend.
Lol damn in 2001 you had to come in 6th to score 1 point? 😂
Yes. Was a big thing.
@@TheTripol hah that’s pretty wild. But at least 1st place was only 10 points. I feel like they need to reevaluate the point system again
Yeah, also grid had 22/24 cars, so was even more crazy@@commentator2.0
For a 20-car grid it should definitely NOT be points to 10th. At *MOST* to 8th like they do for sprints, but just to 6th would be fine. There also at least used to be a rule (could still be currently, it could have gone with cost management), but teams used to have to pay the FIA something like €5000 per point they got the previous season on top of the standard entry fee. F1 is really just a bunch of rich guys giving money to each other.
@@callmeshaggy5166 I don’t know the pros and cons of having more places receive points but I think it would be cool if all places except for last place received points. I think it would make the races more exciting because I feel like teams just give up at some point when they know they won’t place at least 10th during the race
What with his voice.
He had a bike crash when he was a kid which severed his vocal chords which is why he has a strange voice
@@franciscoovareladidn't know that. Still, better voice than Lance Stroll 's voice.
Who knows how he would have sounded like before that but nothing wrong with his voice. I remember in vocational school people teased because of his voice. I never didnt get it.
He always used up all his words in this interview 😂
Not even a single bwoa
Two competent professionals chatting about work. Not a diversity hire asking how it feels to have won a race.
lol 1 point for P6
He's still got acne, just a wee bairn 😅
bwah hasn't developed at that stage yet, it took sometime
2:24 "How do you call your name?"Kimi had said "Räikkönen". Seconds later, the host "Räikonen..." Where is your professional? I teach people how to interact with people, how to proceed, how to contact, etc, with new ones. This is something you really should pay attention to. It's not "Räikonen" etc. Do not give new names.
This is a fake AI generated interview. What gave it away? It's too verbose, and Kimmi never said "Bwoah"!
What a man say it as it is and F...k every one else great attitude !!!!!