There can be a video circulating which reveals the Finn grappling with the radio cable whereas making an attempt to get out of a automobile that was on fireplace.
View PhotosRaikkonen who returns for 2021, escaped his automobile within the nick of time.
It appears Romain Grosjean is not the one man in F1 in 2020 who has escaped a automobile which went up in flames. His former teammate from his days in Lotus – the 2007 world champion, Kimi Raikkonen joined Grosjean to change into the second driver in 2020 to grapple with a automobile that went up in flames. His Alfa Romeo was broken as he became a nook and this induced the automobile to catch fireplace which is a rarity for an F1 automobile. This occurred throughout FP2 for the race in Abu Dhabi which is the final one of many season.
Raikkonen began his F1 profession in 2001 with the identical staff, then branded as Sauber
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While driving the automobile throughout FP2, Raikkonen, slowed down as his automobile began bellowing in smoke, until that smoke turned to fireplace. “You have a big fire and get the hell of there quick,” stated the staff radio, warning Raikkonen to exit the automobile instantly.
More than this, there may be additionally a video circulating which reveals the Finn grappling with the radio cable whereas making an attempt to get out of a automobile that was on fireplace.
“I don’t speculate, we’ll see, for sure obviously there is some damage, hopefully, it’s mainly bodywork,” he instructed reporters at Yas Marina Circuit after FP2.“Obviously it is not the engine and gearbox that we run tomorrow, however yeah it is a bit extra work for the blokes to do,” added the 41-year-old who is now the most experienced driver in the history of F1.
Kimi Raikkonen is essentially the most skilled F1 driver within the historical past of the game.
More than this, there may be additionally a video circulating which reveals the Finn grappling with the radio cable whereas making an attempt to get out of a automobile that was on fireplace. Raikkonen for his half in a typical nonchalant approach shrugged off the “scare” and went about extinguishing the fireplace himself out of concern of damaging some parts of the car.
“No there was nothing scary about it, it’s just a shame that it gets on fire and then it gets all messy with trying to put the fire down,” he defined. “We’ll see tomorrow and Sunday, obviously it’s only Friday and impossible to say,” stated the Finn.“I believe issues have been fairly okay, on at the present time it wasn’t nice, however we could not do many laps for instance extra on high-fuel runs,” he elaborated.
Flames from the again of Kimi Raikkonen’s automobile introduced a brief halt to FP2 #AbuDhabiGP ???????? #F1 pic.twitter.com/cY1qi7Cr6d
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