@@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.
@sadsadasdsadasdsadas Not just that, I think that at the start when everything was new and it felt like it could be taken away from him at any time he did try his best to do the whole PR thing as the team wanted. Then after he starts realizing he's good enough on track to slack off in other areas he just gave up on the interviews because he didn't like them. Can't blame him, either. How many different ways can you answer the same old boring questions before you become bitter...
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.
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
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.
I'm from the future.
The kid becomes world Champion and never speaks again.
😂🎉
Except when he shouts at he's mechanics and engineer
Kimi is Kimi. Never young, never old. Just Kimi.
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.
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
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.
Greatest driver of his generation.
The ultimate natural.
@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 😂
The one time that Kimi smiled
He smiled quite often with Seb and Antonio, as well as on the Top Gear show😊💯
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
Omg he was born this way amd never ever changes amazing
Why we love him
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.
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?
He reached points in his first Grand Prix! Ron Dennis ran to Sauber with his check book open after that performance.
So naturally talented
Of all the adjectives to describe Kimi, never thought "bouncy" would be one.
Good old fashioned British sarcasm.
A little thing called dry humour
😃
Thanks for sharing!
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 😁
Kimi = Legend
someone just dug up pure gold
this interview is a gem :D
My favourite F1 driver of all time.
Mine too. Kimi forever❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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?
Miss you mate!
im a simple man, i see kimi, i click
He said everything he ever needed to say in this interview... He was done after that one 🤣
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.
@sadsadasdsadasdsadas Not just that, I think that at the start when everything was new and it felt like it could be taken away from him at any time he did try his best to do the whole PR thing as the team wanted. Then after he starts realizing he's good enough on track to slack off in other areas he just gave up on the interviews because he didn't like them. Can't blame him, either. How many different ways can you answer the same old boring questions before you become bitter...
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.
Kimi simply wanted to turn up and drive fast, best way to be
Congrats to this young lad, I could see him in a top F1 team, maybe a couple of race wins even.
We love you Kimi!
legend
He is so young waouh
This guy won a championship in Ferrari in 2007 and decided to stay for the 15 years and left. What a legend.
Alex Brundle went back in time to interview Kimi.
Tony Jardine was great, so enthusiastic about f1
Kimi is my favorite!
I miss him in f1,or personality like that in general, he made f1 looking good
Kimi is so cool he has the omnitrix on his hand
Interesting to see that he spoke half of his words in his first interview, the other half in the rest of his career.
AlanMcB has been dropping some absolutely incredible old f1 footage
He said more in this interview than he did in the last 10 years of his career, combined 😂
Thanks mate
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
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!
You never know where you're gonna Finnish.
"Leave me alone Martin, I know what to do!"
ALONSO was there also with a Minardi in his debut
Clint Eastwood vibes
The Last ferrari driver to win the world chamipon in f1
"It's just tires-it's the same for everyone.."
Raikkonen had a Sauber crank.
Oh, this must be before Kimi sadly lost his speech. 😉🤣❤👍
iceman 😮
"its official. it whykoennen"
thanks.
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
Steering wheel !!! give it to me !!!
Wait... Did Kimi say he was NERVOUS?
I expected a:
"Bwoah... I felt ok."
😂
Cyborgs can be nervous too
If you finish the races you don't know where you're going to finish
- Old Finnish proverb
Fucking hell how much did Tony Jardine blink?
Do you have 2001 Qualifying and Race highlights by Jim Rosenthal
No 😂
Back in the days when Kimi bothered talking 😂
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
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.
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.
I'd love to see any f1 driver wear such a watch now.. hahaha
Only had 24 races previous to that debut.....think about that.
I saw Kimi smiling ? wtf
Still the last Ferrari world champion.
kimi had so much talent and potential if only he cared for f1 😂
The reason he spoke less later on is because Brundle keeps asking stupid questions.
Dicaprio vibes
Didn't give a fuck from day one. Legend
Ice Man is missed
The problem for kimi was that hamilton
If you want to win hire the Fin.
Kimi F1 legend.
He always used up all his words in this interview 😂
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
lol 1 point for P6
Not even a single bwoa
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.
Two competent professionals chatting about work. Not a diversity hire asking how it feels to have won a race.
bwah hasn't developed at that stage yet, it took sometime
He's still got acne, just a wee bairn 😅
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 !!!!!