Kimi Raikkonen is my favorite driver in Formula 1. Kimi, drives, of course, for Scuderia Ferrari and is fourth in the drivers world championship right now. I think he’s the real deal. The “Iceman’, indeed.

I thought this picture was really nice, though too bad Mr. Red Shorts is in it and the yellow lid from the fuel filler is flipped up, but still, you can really see the new stunning livery on the car (paint). Check out the left front tire. It’s been abused. The white line on the right front tire means he’s on the softest of the tires (you have two choices, hard or soft), and the fact that the white line is worn off the left front tire is amazing.

His head is about eighteen inches off the ground. The car weighs about 1300 pounds with him in it and has about 750hp. The drivers can experience up to five gees under breaking and after about seventy mph could be driven upside down on the top of a tunnel because the car has so much “down force”. The cars are like little fighter planes with the wings pushing the car down instead of providing lift.

I’m fascinated by the whole thing, including all the crazy politics.

BTW, I got the picture from here.