The Monday Morning Quarterback: Kimi Raikkonen

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29 October, 2018

Hamilton Wins F1 Title, Verstappen Wins Mexican Grand Prix

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October 29, 2018

Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Lewis Hamilton keeps climbing his way up the list of Formula One’s greatest drivers.

The top now looks very much in sight.

The British driver won his fifth career F1 championship with a fourth-place finish Sunday at the Mexican Grand Prix. It was a race dominated by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, but one that will be remembered for Hamilton tying the late Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina for the second-most championships in F1 history.

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Kimi Raikkonen Wins U.S. Grand Prix to Delay Lewis Hamilton's Title Bid

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October 21, 2018

Sky Sports

Kimi Raikkonen won an outstanding United States GP ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen with Lewis Hamilton's title coronation delayed for at least a week.

Hamilton pitted from the lead of the race with 20 laps remaining but couldn't pass Verstappen, who started in 18th, and Raikkonen for the race victory he required to secure a fifth world championship.

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Kimi Raikkonen Moves to Sauber, Replaced at Ferrari by Charles Leclerc

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September 12, 2018

Alan Baldwin, Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Kimi Raikkonen will not be going out of Formula One at the top, or even with a top team.

The announcement on Tuesday that the 2007 world champion is leaving Ferrari, the sport’s oldest, most glamorous and successful team, at the end of the season was only to be expected.

Less so was the subsequent revelation that the 38-year-old ‘Iceman’ had agreed a two-year deal to continue with Ferrari-powered Sauber in a swap with that team’s Monegasque rookie Charles Leclerc.

That will close a circle at least, the Swiss team being the ones who gave Raikkonen his debut in 2001 despite the powers-that-be fearing he was too inexperienced, and keep the Finn racing on into his 40s.

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Hamilton Wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Leapfrogs Vettel

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April 30, 2018
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Lewis Hamilton took the championship lead from Sebastian Vettel when the Mercedes driver won an eventful Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday.

Hamilton topped Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari, with Sergio Perez's Force India finishing third. Raikkonen's teammate Vettel, who started from the pole, took fourth place.

Hamilton now leads Vettel 70 to 66 in the drivers championship, with both seeking their fifth world title.

"It was quite an emotional race. Valtteri did an exceptional job and deserved to win, Sebastian also did a great job so it feels a bit odd to be up here," the victorious Hamilton said from the podium.

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo smashed into the back of teammate Max Verstappen in a lap 40 collision that ended the race for both of them.

Carlos Sainz was fifth for Renault, and Charles Leclerc earned his first points, finishing sixth for Sauber.

Former world champion Fernando Alonso of McLaren, Canadian Lance Stroll of Williams, Stoffel Vandoorne in the second McLaren, and New Zealand's Brendon Hartley of Toro Rosso, rounded out the top ten.

Fired-up Ferrari Finding Reasons for Optimism

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LONDON - Sebastian Vettel's task with Ferrari this season is as easy to say as it is hard to achieve: bring the Formula One world championship back to Maranello and deny Mercedes a fifth in a row. The oldest, most glamorous and successful team on the starting grid came close last year, with their German driver…

A Legend was Voted the GOAT by One of the Biggest Names in Racing

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In honor of Ferrari’s 70th anniversary on the track fans voted Michael Schumacher as the brand’s best driver of all time. He came out on top in a competition that pitted 38 world championship grand prix winners against one another. Schumacher came to occupy first by a wider margin, taking over 50 percent of the total…