2007 F1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen might be behind the wheel of a race automobile once more later this month as he prepares for an additional race within the NASCAR Cup Sequence at a monitor near his coronary heart.
Raikkonen has agreed to the phrases of driving Trackhouse Racing’s PROJECT91 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at Circuit of the Americas, the place the Finnish driver took his final of 21 F1 victories in 2018.
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The occasion on March 26 will mark Raikkonen’s second Cup Sequence race after he debuted with PROJECT91 at Watkins Glen Worldwide final August – he completed twenty seventh and was within the high 10 for many of the afternoon earlier than being caught in a crash on the finish of the race.
“I had a good time in NASCAR. There was loads to be taught in a brief period of time, however everybody was so useful, the competitors was an enormous problem,” he stated.
“This time I will be racing on a monitor that I am conversant in, so it will not be such a steep studying curve. I wish to have enjoyable, however I additionally wish to do our greatest.
Trackhouse Proprietor and Founder Justin Marks added: “Once we introduced Kimi final yr, I stated he was the worldwide celebrity I had in thoughts when creating PROJECT91.
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“I believe you’ve got seen the response from followers all over the world and Kimi’s efficiency within the automobile was proof of idea. Kimi has an enormous following and NASCAR, Trackhouse and I believe Kimi actually enjoys our races.”
Previous to his Cup Sequence excursions, Raikkonen had raced within the Xfinity and Truck Sequence races at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Might 2011.
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