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Raikkonen does overtime with tifosi and surprises Ferrari boss

Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene was left wondering whether he was with the real Kimi Raikkonen after his Finnish Formula One driver devoted half an hour to signing autographs and greeting fans at the Italian Grand Prix. The 2007 world champion is regularly voted the sport's most popular driver, despite the ‘Iceman' being renowned for his taciturn attitude and lack of enthusiasm for sponsor engagements. Asked whether it was true that Raikkonen had 'set a record' for signing autographs at Monza on Thursday evening, and whether he had pushed him to do it, Arrivabene smiled. 'We had several conversations and I said: I know that you are a very cool guy and most probably because you...
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