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KimiMatias Rikknen , nicknamed The Ice Man, is a Finnish racing driver currently driving for Ferrari in Formula One.

Rikknen was born in Espoo. He had a long line of success in karting from the age of ten. His first race outside Finland was in Monaco when he wasyears old. During the race, the steering wheel broke, but he continued, informing his mechanic by frantically waving the steering wheel in the air on the home straight. Rikknens next Monaco race was also memorable he was thrown on the wrong side of the safety fence in a first lap collision but continued driving until running out of road. Undeterred, he lifted his kart back onto the track and continued to race. His mechanic thought Rikknen had retired, but he eventually caught up with the other competitors and finished third. In 1998 he was 1st in the Nordic Championship at Varna in Norway. In 1999, Rikknen placed second in the European Formula Super A championship for the Dutch PDB Racing Team160 run by 1980 world champion Peter de Bruijn160 utilising a Gillard chassis. He also competed in the Formula Ford Euro Cup. By the age of twenty, h

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