F1: Top 5 Races at Spa-Francorchamps

General View of the 'Eau Rouge' corner and the Start-Finish Straight
'Eau Rouge' corner and the Start-Finish Straight - Spa Francorchamps

The Iceman keeps his cool to win at Spa, 2009

F1 Grand Prix of Belgium - Race
The 2009 win at Spa-Francorchamps was Kimi's last win in a Ferrari car

He might be called and celebrated as the Iceman but out here in the Belgian wilderness, Kimi is hailed as the 'King of Spa.'

Having picked up some of his most famous wins at the Belgian Grand Prix, Kimi's worked hard to cement that unflappable reputation and one of the best pieces of evidence of his prowess in the 44-lap contest came in 2009.

Raikkonen, then, aged 28, was driving in his final year for Ferrari, before he'd be shown the door for an in-coming Fernando Alonso. So it was emphatic by all counts that the only win that Kimi would pick would come at a track he personally hails as his 'favourite.'

The most standout moment for Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari's last world champion came in the form of a stellar move over Sahara Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella at a corner that's called not only the most glamorous but also the most challenging positions on any race track.

Aided by a visibly balanced machine, Raikkonen, then in his Ferrari F-60, got the better of the holder of track position- Fisichella- at around Eu Rouge to put himself up into first at Spa.

From thereon, Fisichella would have no realistic chance of bouncing back to reclaim the lead from Kimi, who would chip away to an easy win. But while Raikkonen was stellar in his speed all weekend and deserved to win, having passed Hamilton's McLaren in the mid-stages, it cannot be denied that it was the KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) advantage that earned the Finn the track position.

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Edited by Jilin Cherian
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