 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pamakwikwi anotevera emwaka muBarcelona, Räikkönen haana kufara nemagadzirirwo emota uye akakwanisa kupinda mumakwikwi ari panzvimbo yechinomwe chete. Zvisinei, akanga ane rwendo rwakanaka rwokutanga munhangemutange uye akawana nzvimbo 2 kuti apedze nhangemutange panzvimbo yechishanu. Räikkönen akadana Monaco GP yekukodzera chikamu kuti ive njodzi; akakwanisa chete kukodzera pachinzvimbo chechitanhatu, aine waaitamba naye Sebastian Vettel akakodzera pachinzvimbo chechitatu, achiteverwa naDaniel Ricciardo naDaniil Kvyat muRed Bulls. Munhangemutange, Räikkönen akakwanisa kukwira kunzvimbo yechishanu, asati apfuurwa naRicciardo, uye nekudaro akabata chinzvimbo chake chekukodzera kupedzisa mujaho ari wechitanhatu. Räikkönen akabudirira zvikuru muMontrealkuti atore nzvimbo yechitatu pagiredhi shure kwavatyairi vaviri veMercedes. Munguva yemakwikwi, panguva yekunze-kutenderera kubva pakumiswa, Räikkönen akatambura kudzokororwa kwechiitiko mumakwikwi egore rapfuura uye akatendeuka pahairpin, iyo yakanzi inokonzerwa neinjini torque yekufananidza nyaya. Izvi zvakaita kuti arasikirwe nenzvimbo yake yechitatu kuna Valtteri Bottas. MuAustria Grand Prix akabatanidzwa mutsaona huru naFernando Alonso iyo yakasiya McLaren yaAlonso iri pamusoro peFerrari yaRäikkönen. Zvisinei vose vari vaviri vakasara vasina kukuvadzwa. Mushure mekuratidzira kusingafadzi kwakakonzerwa nekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze muGreat Britain, Räikkönen akadzoka achimhanya zvine simba wechipiri kumashure kwaVettel achitarisa akagadzirira 12 muHungary, apo kukanganisa kwehunyanzvi maererano nesisitimu yekudzoreredza simba kwaireva kuti akarasikirwa nekumhanyisa kwakatwasuka. Motokari yekuchengetedzwa isina kukodzera nguva yaireva kurasikirwa nedzimwe nzvimbo mushure mekutangazve uye mushure mekumira kwepombi kuti injini iitezve moto zvaireva kuti akadonha kunze kwemapoinzi aakaenda pamudyandigere apo dambudziko harina kuzvigadzirisa sezvo akange arasikirwa nemukana wekudzoka kupfuura chero mota. 