Kimi Raikkonen Debuts With Ferrari


By Dale Calkins
January 10 2007

New Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen, has appeared for the first time as an official Scuderia driver and for the first time in Ferrari uniform. Raikkonen was present at the annual Wrooom festival along with his new team mates, Felipe Massa and Luca Badoer.

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New Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen, has appeared for the first time as an official Scuderia driver and for the first time in Ferrari uniform. Raikkonen was present at the annual Wrooom festival along with his new team mates, Felipe Massa and Luca Badoer. Kimi was very excited to been seen as an official member of the Ferrari family greeting his team with "Buongiorno a tutti," the first words in what hopes to be a very strong and successful partnership. Raikkonen had this to say about his experience with the team:

"When I first went to the factory and for the test I noticed the atmosphere is different, is very good. It's more like a family feeling, even if people are working as hard as they can, doing their best, it's very relaxed and the people are easy to work with so I was very happy and that's really what I expected and what I heard before, so I only have positive things to say. For sure, it's very different from McLaren. For me, it's only going in a positive way, so it's been very pleasant."

Raikkonen was especially excited about the racing uniform, a true symbol that he had joined the illustrious Scuderia:

"I think red is more warm for sure. It's very nice. I like the style of the team, with everything. Of course it is a bit special to wear the Ferrari clothing for the first time and the racing suit is new and exciting. It's always nice."

The Finn will take his first laps in the new Ferrari on the 21st of January in a multiple day test session at the Mugello circuit. Much is anticipated from Raikkonen and many are still unsure as to whether or not he can replace Schumacher properly, let alone reclaim Championship glory. Things do seem promising though. Kimi is quick, perhaps the quickest and that combined with Ferrari's passion will without question bring success.

January 10, 2007