Kimi Räikkönen’s relaxed mood at the 2018 FIA award ceremony is memorable.
Kimi Raikkonen EPA / AOP
Formula legend Kimi Räikkönen’s relaxed appearance at the FIA awards gala a few years ago has had far-reaching consequences.
Spanish According to Marca Räikkönen’s appearance drunk at the 2018 gala is the reason why the gala can no longer be watched live.
In the 2018 F1 season, Räikkönen finished third in World Championship points. As a result, the Finnish driver, who drove his last Ferrari season, received an invitation to the annual awards gala of the international automobile association Fia.
At the party organized in St. Petersburg, Räikkönen had the momentum going, so to speak. When the awardees of the F1 season 2018 were announced on stage, Räikkönen walked onto the stage cheerfully applauding himself.
Kimi Räikkönen picked up the award at the FIA Gala 2018. Team mate Sebastian Vettel was smiling a lot. Screenshot, Youtube / FIA
Räikkönen’s hops could be described as benevolent hiprakas. Team mate Sebastian Vettel’s there was a lot of excitement when Räikkönen, who had stripped off his Iceman image, appeared and gesticulated on stage, hugging and shaking hands with one or the other.
Räikkönen’s sincere joy both at the gala and at its unofficial part received almost unanimous approval from the fans. However, the suit gentlemen were not amused by the Finn’s behavior.
According to Marca, the FIA does not want to see similar protocol errors again. Therefore, the broadcast shown on the Internet on Fia’s social media channels is not live, despite its “live” status. According to Marca, it has been delayed by up to an hour, so that nothing that Fia does not want to be shown to the public accidentally ends up in the photos.
Without a stir, Fia was not spared at this year’s gala either. Ripped off the umbrella organization Lewis Hamilton put Fia in an embarrassing situation when the British driver’s podium ended up in the hands of a fan due to a misunderstanding.