Kimi Raikkonen after criticism: ”Nowadays people get angry about everything”. Kimi Raikkonen after criticism.

Alfa Romeo Racing Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen got the laughs on his hand with his Instagram story. The Finn had smoked James Hunt and, with a beer in his hand, put him next to Lewis Hamilton on his scooter. Times have changed, but with a picture of a drunk Kimi, the Finn indicated that there was still hope.

According to Raikkonen, everyone is angry

“The development of the Formula 1 driver’, could be read above the comparison between Hamilton and Hunt. Where many people probably long for the ‘good old times’ where the drivers were really seen as heroes, Raikkonen couldn’t resist the joke that times have changed a lot. However, not everyone could appreciate it, because the Alfa Romeo driver also came in for a lot of criticism.

”It was a bit different when I started Formula 1, but that has been the case in recent years. People get angry about everything these days, but unfortunately that’s what this world is like now”, says Raikkonen according to Motorsport-total.com. The Finn will also hunt for Rubens Barrichello’s record this weekend, because with a start to the Russian GP Kimi equals Rubens’ total of 322 starts.

Kimi crosses the line
”Every record is broken at some point, so it doesn’t really matter to me. Maybe I look at it differently later in life, but right now I just want to race and do my best,” says Kimi. The Finn got another time penalty in Mugello because he had crossed the line of the pit lane. In the end it cost Raikkonen one place and two points.

”Of course I know the rules, but I saw the smoke behind me in that last corner and thought someone had gone off. So I already assumed it was a Safety Car, but I had to wait for the call of the team. I did see that I was crossing the line, but I hoped they hadn’t seen it. Sometimes you get away with it and they didn’t see it in a hurry, but of course I knew right away that I was too late”, concludes the world champion of 2007.