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Exclusive with Raikkonen: I wasn't ready for Formula 1

Interview To news overview © Sauber Kimi Raikkonen is the most experienced driver in Formula 1, making his debut over 20 years ago for Sauber at the Australian Grand Prix. Remarkably he had just two years of racing in single seaters, mostly at national level before he found himself in the pinnacle of motorsport. At the age of 20, the Finn was offered a test for Sauber having impressed in Formula Renault UK. "I probably didn't even know what ready [meant] anyhow," Raikkonen joked to RacingNews365.com. "If you get the chance, you take it. You might not get many chances here [in F1] and obviously you try to take use that chance as long as you can because who knows what comes...
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