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A champion on the track and winning in life, Kimi ‘The Iceman’ Raikkonen has the world at his feet. The F1 world champion was infamously cold on track with his replies and attitude. However, he is a completely different man when he’s off the track. In fact, Raikkonen is a doting father of two and he just announced the third with his wife.

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The Finn took to Instagram to post a photo with his wife and announce they are expecting another baby. The Raikkonen’s aren’t a gender reveal party kind of parents and announced the baby’s gender in the post.

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The iceman announced there is another girl ice cube on the way increasing the size of his family to five. The Finn revealed the gender through his Instagram post caption.

The caption read, “Oh baby girl, you are already so loved❤️ We can’t wait to meet the newest member of our family in a few months!”

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No one, and we mean absolutely no one, could’ve imagined Raikkonen as a father, including his personal trainer. However, the 43-year-old is fully embracing the role and his announcement made the F1 Twitter fandom a little emotional.

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Twitter and Instagram fans got emotional as Kimi Raikkonen announced he’s expecting his third child

The Instagram fanbase cheered the Finn in the comments for becoming a father to another daughter after he made the announcement. Some fans even got emotional about the news. However, once the emotions settled, plenty of fans made the most obvious pun.

“Another ice baby”

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“Ice ice baby”

“New ice baby”

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“Mini iceman”

“Little ice girl”

“Congratulations on mini icewoman”

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“Mini ice cube on the way”

Apart from the iceman puns, some fans talked about the kids’ future and Raikkonen’s post-retirement activities.

“Going to have a full race team shortly”

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Not just on Instagram, the fans had a similar response on Twitter as well.

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The announcement shocked some fans as it surprised them that the Finn is expecting another baby. Regardless of the reactions, one can tell Raikkonen is a happy man, as he should be.

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Mahim is a senior Formula 1 writer at EssentiallySports. With a Diploma in Sports Management, he ventured into sports journalism for his sheer passion for F1. Mahim has written over 2000 articles during his tenure at ES, and his expertise is in perspective pieces and core sports coverage. Mahim’s writing flair and meticulous research work have resulted in him contributing to in-depth analysis on teams like Red Bull and Mercedes as well as Team Principals Christian Horner and Toto Wolff. His support for Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team and their #44 driver Lewis Hamilton came naturally after being awestruck by the brilliance during his foray into F1. You can follow him on X @MahimSuhalka.

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