"Tell me that I'm wrong but I do what I please."
Thrown back into the world that was Formula 1, Kalevi Räikkönen was ready to show his true colours as a Red Bull reserver driver. Determined to carry the memory of Anthoine Hubert with him, Kalevi nee...
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Spa, 2020
"After a terrible crash last year in his formula 2 season where he saw the loss of his teammate he redeemes himself and gets revenge for him, for his debut race in Formula 1, Kalevi Raikkonen gets his first podium in Formula 1!" Said David Croft, he was commentating the Belgium Grand Prix.
"Bwoah, what a race. Thanks guys." Said Kalevi on radio.
"No, thank you Kalevi. You drove brilliantly. Anthoine will be proud." Said his team principal, Christian Horner, on the radio, Kalevi got slight tears in his eyes at the mention of his old best friend and teammate from when he was in F2 last year, he was petrified to race in Spa after the crash but after a lot of convincing from his dad, and Uncle Seb he agreed and it was the right choice.
He didn't expect to race at all this season but after Alexander Albon called in ill after catching Covid- 19 Red Bull needed Kalevi to race, it just had to be Spa when Alex got ill, as much as he didn't want to race, he got his revenge for Anthoine.
He parked in the P3 spot where he saw the two Mercedes drivers, Lewis Hamilton in P1 and his fellow Fin Valterri Bottas in P2, both drivers shook his hands and congratulated him, his father came up to him a gave him a hug.
"Good job. I'm proud." Said Kimi in their native language, his teammate for that weekend, Max Verstappen who came in sixth also gave his congratulations.
When he stood on the P3 podium he looked up at the Sky and couldn't help but smile ever so slightly, he hoped he made Anthoine proud and with the sun shining on his face he knew he did.
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2021, Bahrain
Having spent most of the 2020 season on the sidelines, Kalevi was happy to have gotten a seat with his father's team, Alfa Romeo. It did mean that he had to have a meeting with Red Bull about opening his exit clause to joint the Italian team which they allowed as long as he was still their reserve which he agreed to as it was part of his contract.
Kalevi arrived at the Alfa Romeo hospitality with his father in front of him and he met with the team principal.
"Hello Kalevi. I know we met in the factory but I thought to welcome you to our team. Are you excited or nervous for the first race?" Fred Vasseur asked.
"Meh, I won't know until I'm in the car." Kalevi replied with wanting to keep things short so he can focus on preparing for the race.
