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Kimi: ‘No neck muscles' in famous Mugello test
Kimi Raikkonen has reflected on the famous Mugello test that launched his F1 career – as he returns to race there 20 years later for Alfa Romeo. Having just dominated the Formula Renault UK Championship in 2000, Raikkonen was offered an F1 test by Sauber at Mugello. The story goes that by day two of three, the Finn was lapping half a second faster than the team’s race driver Pedro Diniz. Such was the impression Raikkonen made that Michael Schumacher, who was also testing at Mugello for Ferrari, told Peter Sauber he didn’t know who was driving but that he had to sign him up! In order to keep his identity quiet and to ward off rivals for his signature, Sauber referred to Raikkonen as...
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