León, Guanajuato. - On the dirty tracks of León, there's a driver from another world, and his presence imposes respect, attracts glances from every spectator he drives by. Kimi Räikkönen has come to give a special shine to the WRC, and in Mexico, this was no exception.
The 'Iceman' has arrived to the León Autodrome along with his co-driver Kaj Lindström to make notes for his route, thus beginning his activities this Thursday. Räikkönen, as usual, was conservative but offered a few words exclusively to Esto del Bajío and Sol de León.
"I'm fine, we're ready to face this race in Mexico, this is the first time we come here and we have found a beautiful city, very good roads and a very interesting-looking competition," he said.
Rally Mexico will be the third race for Kimi in WRC, so the Finn hopes to gain more experience in the rallies, "I believe that's what matters, one is always used to being able to win but let's go for more experience, it's vital that we get it and the results will come soon".
He says he hopes to do a good rally, even though he knows that finishing in the podium looks complicated, "it could happen, we all have that oportunity, it's only a matter of doing a good rally, being focused and don't make mistakes because the roads are sometimes narrow and there might be some mishaps."
He said his Citroën C4 should should adapt soon to the road conditions, so that he doesn't get pushed aside like in Sweden, "in Sweden we had many setbacks, it was the first race and the mistakes until a certain extent are normal. The important is that we make some good notes and have good communication with the people from the team."
Source: Oem
The 'Iceman' has arrived to the León Autodrome along with his co-driver Kaj Lindström to make notes for his route, thus beginning his activities this Thursday. Räikkönen, as usual, was conservative but offered a few words exclusively to Esto del Bajío and Sol de León.
"I'm fine, we're ready to face this race in Mexico, this is the first time we come here and we have found a beautiful city, very good roads and a very interesting-looking competition," he said.
Rally Mexico will be the third race for Kimi in WRC, so the Finn hopes to gain more experience in the rallies, "I believe that's what matters, one is always used to being able to win but let's go for more experience, it's vital that we get it and the results will come soon".
He says he hopes to do a good rally, even though he knows that finishing in the podium looks complicated, "it could happen, we all have that oportunity, it's only a matter of doing a good rally, being focused and don't make mistakes because the roads are sometimes narrow and there might be some mishaps."
He said his Citroën C4 should should adapt soon to the road conditions, so that he doesn't get pushed aside like in Sweden, "in Sweden we had many setbacks, it was the first race and the mistakes until a certain extent are normal. The important is that we make some good notes and have good communication with the people from the team."
Source: Oem
Translation/adaptation from Spanish: Fran
