Top 5 Finnish F1 Drivers of all time

#2 - Kimi Raikkonen

The Iceman won for the first time in over 5 years at the USGP last year.

Leave him alone, he knows what he's doing.

The Iceman is another Finnish world champion, and Raikkonen is still going strong to this day. Kimi is one of the most popular drivers on the grid, as his hilarious radio conversations and his nonchalant attitude towards the media has earned him a lot of fans. On track, though, he's an incredible talent that has been thrilling us for nearly 20 years now.

An excellent debut season for Sauber in 2001 saw him move up the grid to McLaren for the following year. Ferrari were too strong in 2002, but '03 equalised the field and Kimi was just two points off his first driver's title. 2005 would be similar to two years prior -- a great season but not consistent enough to become world champion as Fernando Alonso was in the form of his life at this time.

His time at McLaren was a classic case of close, but no cigar, however, a move to Ferrari in 2007 would bear fruit.

Despite a huge points disadvantage going into the last two rounds of the '07 season, Raikkonen would come out on top in the end and become the first Ferrari champion after Michael Schumacher's retirement. The Scuderia's pace would fade for 2009, and Kimi was ousted in favour of Alonso for 2010.

A two-year hiatus saw him compete in the likes of both NASCAR and rallying, but Raikkonen couldn't stay away from F1 for long. A return to GP racing for Lotus in 2012 saw Kimi get two wins and another 13 podiums, before departing in less than polite terms. 2014 was the year Raikkonen returned to Ferrari, it's amazing how that came full circle! Although, he was comfortably beaten by both Alonso and Sebastian Vettel during his five years there.

Raikkonen's longevity is extremely impressive, if he sees out his contract at Alfa Romeo, he'll become the driver with the most ever F1 starts by the time he retires at the age of 41. Kimi is also one of just five men to have scored over 100 podiums and also has the second-most fastest laps of all-time. No matter what happens in his final years, the Iceman will go down as one of the best drivers of the 21st century.