2018 Italian Grand Prix: Kimi Raikkonen, who at 38 has become the oldest pole sitter since Nigel Mansell in 1994, lapped Monza’s iconic 5.7 kilometres at an average of 263.587 km/h (163.785 mph), demonstrating not only his prowess behind the wheel, but the incredible performance levels of the current era of F1 machinery.
When Montoya clocked his lap, his car was fitted with a 3-litre, normally aspirated V10 engine. In the back of Kimi Raikkonen’s SF17H? A 1.6-litre turbo power unit, boosted by electrical energy harvested from waste heat and braking energy.
Leave a Reply