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Raikkonen confirms he'll retire at end of season

41-year-old Kimi Raikkonen has confirmed that he's to retire from Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 season. With 344 race entries to his name across 20 years, the Finn is the most experienced F1 driver of all time, and given that, when he'll finally call it a day has been a question asked throughout the sport in recent years. We now have an answer, with the Alfa Romeo man announcing on his Instagram that he's going to leave the grid for good once this campaign has reached its end. “This is it. This will be my last season in Formula 1,” he said. “This is a decision I did during last winter. It was not an easy decision but after this season it is time for new things. “Even though the...
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