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Raikkonen: It's become more of a hobby for me

What's Kimi Raikkonen's secret to Formula One longevity? He started in F1 in 2001, won the season championship in 2007 and has driven for the sport's biggest names in Ferrari and McLaren. His name is spread all around the F1 record books. He'll be 40 before this season ends, and he's still at it. This season he's with Alfa Romeo, which is the old Sauber team renamed – the same Sauber he started with almost two decades ago. 'I don't have any special thing that I try to motivate myself,' he said Thursday, looking ahead to Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix. 'It's become more of a hobby for me, maybe more than anything else. And probably that's why it's fun again.' Ferrari dropped him after...
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