31st July 2009

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was 20th in his World Rally Championship debut at Rally Finland on Thursday. Kimi successfully completed the opening super special stage of Rally Finland 2009 and was only 0.1 second behind his teammate Anton Alen, both are driving Abarth Punto S2000s. Raikkonen beat his opponent, Sveinung Bieltvedt, on the stage around the Killeri horse trotting track and set the 20th fastest time in the process.

Competing while F1 takes a monthlong break, Raikkonen, the 2007 world champion, was driving as a guest in Group N Fiat. He was the early leader on the 2km prologue on a horse trotting track, but dropped down the list as the more experienced rally drivers finished. World rally champion Sebastien Loeb of France won in 1 minute 20.3 seconds. Daniel Sordo of Spain, Loeb’s Citroen teammate, was second in 1:20.4 and Finnish Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen third in 1:21.2.

On Friday, there will be nine special stages totalling 131.28km.

Source - Kimi’s Official Website

Image (c) Bridgestone Corporation

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