After scoring 13th place recently in his rally debut in the Arctic Rally, Finnish newspapers report today that Kimi Räikkönen will be back for the Vaakuna Rally the upcoming weekend. Obviously the debut in the Abarth Grande Punto made an impression (not a big surprise!) on the Formula 1 World Champion. Good to the rally sport – since Kimi is a true superstar that brings a lot of attention to the sport.
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Kimi Räikkönen finished 13th
Sunday, January 25th, 2009Kimi Räikkönen made his rally-debut earlier this weekend doing the Arctic Lapland Rally in Finland. A 13th place is not at all bad considering he’s not a rally driver – but a racer. The rally seems to have been a huge success regarding PR and spectators – but I’m afraid we wont see Räikkönen back in a rally car. Of course he needs to focus on his racing career – and being a F1 champion he has nothing to win but everything to lose by being a regular in rally. However, as a one time PR thing he obviously thought it was OK.
See some nice clips of Räikkönen (made by Kimismely) in his Punto here:
