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Kimi Raikkonen Wants to Try Motorcycles

By Paul Crowe

Kimi RaikkonenWhat is it with these Formula 1 drivers? First Michael Schumacher starts racing motorcycles, just a hobby, or so he says, and now Kimi Raikkonen, current F1 champ, wants to throw a leg over a MotoGP bike. That’s right, all he’s really ridden is a motocross bike, but he wants to get on the premiere 2 wheel racing machine and have a go at it.

Of course, he may have a feel for tracks just like Schumacher and surprise a lot of people but I would think the Ferrari folks would be a little leery of having their high dollar driver zipping around on 2 wheels.

Thanks for the tip, Zipi.

Link: Autosport

Posted on April 8, 2008 Filed Under: Motorcycle Racing


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Comments

  1. hoyt says

    April 8, 2008 at 10:50 am

    Nothing against the car guys, but to answer your question, “What is it with these Formula 1 drivers?” — motorcycle racers have more fun.

    😉

  2. anon says

    April 8, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    Well, Ferrari turned Valentino Rossi loose in one of their F1 test chassis…so why not the other way around?!?!

    No, he won’t turn competitive laps out of the box, but as long as he doesn’t get cocky, he won’t likely hurt himself.

  3. DZ says

    April 8, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Rock stars want to be actors, actors want to be rock stars.

    Variety is the spice of life.

  4. Ricky says

    April 8, 2008 at 9:54 pm

    “I like to drive anything with an engine and do so as often as I can. When I’m back in Finland I love to take a snowmobile through the woods.”
    from an article in the Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/live/live.html?in_article_id=517554&in_page_id=1889

    No direct mention of motorcycling there, though…

    but at http://www.walz-hardcore-cycles.com/englisch/index.html
    you can see Iceman and Iceman 2, the choppers Kimi has comissioned from them.

  5. jamesbowman says

    May 17, 2008 at 10:41 am

    Guys who like going fast like to mix it up I am sure. I just hope he doesn’t end up with a tennis injury like his old teammate Montoya did ;o]

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