Kimi Raikkonen retired from Formula One at the end of the 2021 season. The Finnish driver won his world championship in 2007 and hung his gloves after two decades in the sport. During his time F1, Raikkonen made some special relationships within the sport. Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto shed light on his relationship with the 2007 world champion.

Binotto mentioned Kimi was a straightforward person. The Italian revealed he will miss the former Ferrari driver in Formula One. Mattia revealed the reason that separated Raikkonen from other drivers on the grid.

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Kimi Raikkonen is a warm-hearted person: Mattia Binotto

As reported by Speedweek, the Ferrari team boss stated that the Finnish driver was different from the one portrayed in the media. Mattia mentioned that Kimi Raikkonen is a warmhearted person and his antics in front of the camera do not really do him justice.

“We will miss Kimi. I got to know him as a thoroughly honest man, a man who renounces all antics. What you see or what he says is the matter, and that’s it; no games,” said Binotto.

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“He may have seemed cold or taciturn to some people, but there was always a completely different person slumbering in him, not the ice cream man at all. On the contrary, Raikkonen is a warm-hearted person, but it’s probably the case that you could only get to know the real Kimi off the racetracks.”

“I’ve known Kimi for a long time now, I think, for more than 14 years. He was always a fantastic and very fast driver. And I think he’s still fast today. But he’s also a great guy,” said the Ferrari team principal.

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Well, Binotto shed some new light on the personality of Raikkonen off the track. It just proves that we will never see a driver like Kimi Raikkonen again in the F1 paddock for a long time.