 Raikkönen akawana nzvimbo yake yokutanga yepolar mumakwikwi e129 paRenault de Paris, achikwikwidza 0.04 masekondi nokukurumidza kupfuura shamwari yake yechikwata Sebastian Vettel kuti ave mutevedzeri mukuru wemakwikwi kubvira 1997. Akapedza nhangemutange ari wechipiri mushure mekunge Vettel ave nehurongwa hwepamusoro, achipa Ferrari yavo yekutanga 1-2 kupedzisa kubvira 2010. Räikkönen akapedza ari wechinomwe muCanadapashure pokurwisana nezvinetso zvebhureki. Akakwanisa wechitatu paAzerbaijan Grand Prix, asi akasiya mujaho nekudonha kwemafuta. Akabva apedza ari wechishanu muAustria. 