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Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (born Oct. 17, 1979 (31 years ago) in Espoo), nicknamed Iceman and Kimster, is a Finnish Formula One race car driver, currently driving for Scuderia Ferrari (13 pics). He was the 2007 (3 years ago) Formula One World Drivers' Champion.

Räikkönen entered Formula One as a regular driver for Sauber-Petronas in 2001 (9 years ago). Having previously only raced in very junior open-wheel categories, he was given his Super Licence from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) after a performance delivery promise from his team boss, Peter Sauber. He joined McLaren Mercedes in 2002 (8 years ago), and became a title contender by finishing runner-up in the 2003 (7 years ago) and 2005 (5 years ago) championships to Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso, respectively.

Switching to Ferrari (13 pics) in 2007 (3 years ago), Räikkönen became the highest paid driver in motor sport with an estimated wage of $51 million per year, in part because the previous highest paid driver Michael Schumacher had retired. In turn his move to Ferrari (13 pics) saw him secure his first Formula One World Drivers' Championship, beating McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point.

Räikkönen is known to be very calm, cool, and calculating in his race strategy—prompting the nickname "Iceman", which is subtly written on the side of his current helmet design. His other nicknames include Kimppa, Räikkä and Kimster (used by his mechanics). In Finland Räikkönen is sometimes humorously nicknamed Räkä (snot in English), a reference to Mika Häkkinen's moniker Häkä (carbon monoxide in English).

In 2008 (2 years ago), Räikkönen is one among the two Formula One drivers who made it into the Forbes magazine's The Celebrity 100 list, the other being Fernando Alonso. He is 36th on Forbes magazine's The Celebrity 100 list of 2008 (2 years ago), and 41st on the previous year. On the same list, as of 2008 (2 years ago), he is listed as the 26th highest paid celebrity overall and the 5th highest paid sportsman behind Tiger Woods, David Beckham (14 pics), Michael Jordan and Phil Mickelson. In 2009 (last year), Räikkönen is listed as the 2nd highest paid athlete in the world, still behind Woods.

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