The young prodigy is acceptable to vie successful his archetypal planetary race
- Kealan Hughes, Digital Sports Reporter
- Published: 10:13, 24 Oct 2024
- Updated: 10:13, 24 Oct 2024
KIMI RAIKKONEN'S lad is opening to travel successful the footsteps of his dada aft tasting occurrence connected track.
Robin Raikkonen is acceptable to vie successful his archetypal planetary kart racing competition.
He qualified for the race by winning the Swiss National Championship this year.
Robin, 9, is acceptable to instrumentality connected the lawsuit astatine Circuito Internazionale Napoli, Italy, with an Instagram relationship successful his sanction writing: “Ready for the Grand Finals!”
The youngster picked up a trophy and a immense summons confirming his spot successful the Grand Finals, with his race acceptable to instrumentality spot this week.
Raikkonen, 44, is blessed with his son's advancement and is pleased helium is having amusive down the wheel.
He said of Robin's progress: “Ah, he’s enjoying.
“Everything is going nicely. We’ll see. If thing comes oregon not, who knows? But he’s having amusive – that’s the main thing.”
Raikkonen has settled into status since retiring astatine the extremity of the 2021 play and helium has worked arsenic a mechanic for Robin.
The Finn competed successful 349 F1 races betwixt 2001-09 and 2012-21, winning 21, and raced for the likes of Ferrari, McLaren and Sauber.
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He won the 2007 Championship - the past Ferrari operator to bash so, beating Lewis Hamilton to the rubric by conscionable a point.
Hamilton past got the amended of Raikkonen the pursuing twelvemonth arsenic helium won his maiden F1 Championship.
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F1 newsman Isabelle Barker's prediction
I EXPECT Max Verstappen to spell each guns blazing implicit the adjacent six-rounds. I besides deliberation his acquisition and aggression could springiness him the edge.
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You can't assistance deliberation what could person been had helium sorted retired his first-lap issues sooner.
Norris needs to beryllium helium has the intelligence fortitude, due to the fact that we each cognize he's got the speed, the squad and the fastest car.
Verstappen has endured an eight-race winless streak, but helium has inactive managed to people points, with 3 second-places during that time.
So I deliberation the Dutchman volition assistance his 4th world-title this season, by the tegument of his teeth.