{"id":25997,"date":"2023-05-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/?p=25997"},"modified":"2023-05-20T09:54:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T08:54:24","slug":"kimi-raikkonen-becomes-a-dentist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/kimi-raikkonen-becomes-a-dentist\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimi Raikkonen becomes a dentist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Retired motorsport star Kimi Raikkonen has found a new career, almost two years after leaving the Formula 1 grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he retired from the sport, Raikkonen had recorded 21 wins, 103 podiums and 1873 career points.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His first win was at the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix and his last came at the 2018 United States Grand Prix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 43-year-old Finn, who claimed the Drivers\u2019 title in 2007 while driving for Ferrari, has become a \u201cdentist\u201d for his daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kimi-Raikkonen-in-Russia-2021.v1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kimi-Raikkonen-in-Russia-2021.v1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kimi-Raikkonen-in-Russia-2021.v1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kimi-Raikkonen-in-Russia-2021.v1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kimi-Raikkonen-in-Russia-2021.v1-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kimi-Raikkonen-in-Russia-2021.v1-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kimi-Raikkonen-in-Russia-2021.v1.jpg 1207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/category\/motorsport-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Want to work in Formula 1? Browse the latest F1 job vacancies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a moment shared on social media by his wife Minttu, Raikkonen was caught helping his child brush her teeth while wearing a dentist\u2019s light on his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photograph was captioned \u201cDr KR,\u201d with a smiley face emoji added to reflect the adorable nature of the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A man of few words when speaking to the press, Raikkonen has always shown his softer side off the racetrack as a devoted family man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Charles <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Leclerc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Leclerc<\/a> warned about trying to join <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mercedes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mercedes<\/a> and Red Bull <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xYD60Tuhgx\">https:\/\/t.co\/xYD60Tuhgx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Formula1News.co.uk (@Formula1newsUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Formula1newsUK\/status\/1659619837847453715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/christian-horners-reveals-red-bull-get-out-of-jail-card-with-netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christian Horner reveals Red Bull\u2019s \u2018get out of jail\u2019 card with Netflix<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raikkonen currently has two children, with a third on the way, announced back in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Finn\u2019s son could be on course to follow in his father\u2019s footsteps, having won a karting race back in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While he\u2019s no longer in Formula 1, Raikkonen hasn\u2019t given up racing all together, competing in the NASCAR Cup Series at the 2022 Go Bowling at The Glen and the 2023 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired motorsport star Kimi Raikkonen has found a new career, almost two years after leaving the Formula 1 grid. 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Browse the latest F1 job vacancies In a moment shared on social media by his wife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":6660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,26],"tags":[32,53,716],"class_list":["post-25997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-latest-news","tag-ferrari","tag-kimi-raikkonen","tag-nascar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kimi Raikkonen becomes a dentist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kimi Raikkonen stepped away from Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 season, 20 years after he debuted in the sport.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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