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Kimi-Matias Räikkönen(born October 17, 1979 in Espoo, Finland) is a race car driver, currently driving for Scuderia Ferrari. He is the 2007 Formula One World Drivers' Champion.Räikkönen entered Formula One as a regular driver for Sauber-Petronas in 2001. Having previously only raced in very junior open-wheel categories, he was given his Super Licence from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) after a performance delivery promise from his team boss, Peter Sauber.[1] He joined McLaren Mercedes in 2002, and became a title contender by finishing runner-up in the 2003 and 2005 championships to Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso, respectively.Switching to Ferrari in 2007, Räikkönen became the highest paid driver in the sport,[2] and secured his first Formula One World Drivers' Championship, beating McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point.Räikkönen is very calm, cool, and calculating in his race strategy—prompting the nickname "Iceman", which is subtly written on the side of his current helmet design. His other nicknames include Kimppa, Räikkä and Kimster (used by his mechanics).Personal lifeRäikkönen married Jenni Dahlman, a Finnish model and former Miss Scandinavia, on 31 July 2004. They currently live in Switzerland. His older brother, Rami Räikkönen, is a rally driver and a national junior-class champion. His father Matti was a road builder.[28] Rami also competes in the Finnish Formula 3 Championship.Räikkönen's hobbies include snowboarding and ice hockey.[29] He has also competed in several different kinds of motorsport events. In March 2007, while his Formula One rivals were in Australia preparing for the season opener, Räikkönen competed in a snowmobile race in Finland under the pseudonym "James Hunt", referring to the 1976 world champion whose "playboy" lifestyle has been compared with Räikkönen's own.[30] Räikkönen won the Enduro Sprint race by over 20 seconds with his Lynx MaMo.[31] Later in the year, he and two friends entered a powerboat race in the Finnish harbour city of Hanko while wearing gorilla suits. Again, he raced under the name "James Hunt".[32] They then won a prize for the best-dressed crew.[33]In January 2005, at a London Mayfair strip club called "For Your Eyes Only", Räikkönen stunned onlookers by cavorting with a lapdancer before launching into his own strip show.[34] It proved an embarrassment to McLaren officials who were unveiling the new MP4-20 car in the same month. Chief executive Martin Whitmarsh admitted that Räikkönen may have been naive.[35]Räikkönen has often been contrasted to his predecessor as Ferrari lead driver, Michael Schumacher. Schumacher, who is married and has two children, was very protective of his private life and disliked the celebrity spotlight.