Just like BA Baracus never ‘I pity the fool’ said in The A-TeamKimi Räikkönen is also often misquoted. mr. T spoke his famous words in the movie Rocky III and Räikkönen did not say ‘leave me alone, I know what I’m doing’ (‘leave me alone, I know what I’m doing’) but ‘leave me alone, I know what to do’ (‘Leave me alone, I know what to do’). He said the frustrated words in Abu Dhabi in 2012 when he was still driving for Lotus. A team he almost let go bankrupt.
While it wasn’t Alfa Romeo that got the snarl at Kimi (Lotus is now Alpine), they do address the legendary quote for a proper goodbye. In Abu Dhabi Kimi races with the words Dear Kimi, we will leave you alone now (“Dear Kimi, we’ll leave you alone now”) on his car. Because as you know by now, this really is the last race for Kimi Räikkönen. The most experienced F1 driver of all time retires after a career spanning twenty years. Alfa will replace him with Valtteri Bottas in 2022.
Although Kimi is the least talkative driver of the moment, he has delivered more than enough quotes in the past twenty years. In 2018, for example, the mechanics forgot to connect the drinking system in his Ferrari. Then the immortal words sounded through the on-board radio ‘no Kimi, no, you won’t have the drink’ (‘no Kimi, no, you won’t have the drink’). Just look it up on YouTube for the funny moments of the Finnish driver. Unfortunately they couldn’t find a place on the car for a good ‘bwoah’.
Also goodbye to Antonio Giovinazzi
We will also not see Antonio Giovinazzi in an Alfa Romeo next year. He has to give up his seat to make way for Guanyu Zhou. The Chinese driver will make his F1 debut next year. In the same place as with Kimi, Alfa Romeo also puts a farewell slogan with Giovinazzi. It says on the car of the Italian “Grazie di tutto, Antonio”, which means ‘thanks for everything, Antonio’. Giovinazzi will enter Formula E next season; maybe we’ll see him again in F1 in a while.
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