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WATCH: Kimi Raikkonen Hilariously Engages in Conversation With Fans on Random ‘Meme’ Group Chat

Published 05/23/2022, 10:56 AM EDT

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Kimi Raikkonen takes the time out for his fans in a peculiar manner. The Ferrari world champion casually replied to his fans on Instagram. And these are replies to group chats his fans randomly added him to. So if you’re wondering whether the celebrities who’re added to group chats ever check them? Kimi has an answer for you!

However, Raikkonen did not reply to just one random group chat. The Iceman replied to multiple group chats as fans shared screenshots on Twitter. The Finn hung up his helmet as he drove his last race for Alfa Romeo last season. And now, clearly, with plenty of time on his hands, the former world champion is interacting with his fans.

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Raikkonen asked his fans a question, “Is it legal?” in one of the Instagram groups. Not sure about the context of the question, but surely couldn’t be the Red Bull-Aston Martin debate, could it?

The Finn was notorious for his blunt replies to reporters throughout his career. But that is obviously not the case when he’s talking to his fans. He even commented “Nice helmet” in a different Instagram group chat about what appears to be Carlos Sainz’s helmet.

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Raikkonen was the last Ferrari driver to win a world championship title with them. And this was back in 2007. Ferrari is in the fight again for the world championship this season and could bring home the championship for the first time since Raikkonen.

Kimi Raikkonen will return to Formula 1 for a charity event

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The Finn will rub shoulders with old colleagues for the first time since last the 2021 season. Raikkonen will return to Monaco for the annual charity football match in the “World Stars Football Match”. The football match was standard practice before the COVID-19 pandemic. But is returning after a two-year break.

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They will conduct the match on the 24th of May, the same week as the Monaco Grand Prix. It will be interesting to see if Raikkonen will attend the Monaco Grand Prix as well. Especially after declaring, “I may never set foot in the paddock again.” 

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The Finn famously declared he has better things to do after his retirement. And we’re glad that replying and interacting with the fans is one of them.

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Mahim Suhalka is an F1 Author at EssentiallySports. This Sports Management post-graduate is an ardent supporter of the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team and their lead driver, Lewis Hamilton. The fact that Lewis dominated one of the most expensive sports in the world for all these years, despite his humble beginnings, has been a huge inspiration for Mahim and has made him a tenured fan of the competitive sport itself.
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Ranvijay Singh