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Vettel and Alonso will miss 'true character' Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen may not miss Formula 1 next year, but the Finn's former teammates Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso will definitely miss the Iceman and his "true character". Raikkonen will retire from F1 next week after 19 seasons on the job, a prolonged period of presence at the pinnacle of motorsport that delivered to the 42-year-old veteran 21 wins and world title with Ferrari in 2007. Vettel raced alongside Raikkonen at the Scuderia from 2015 to 2018, and while he sees his friend's retirement as "a natural thing", he'll still miss seeing o the grid a man for whom he has the utmost respect. "Time goes one way, and at some point, time comes for him, and at some...
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