01
2001
Sauber
Debut season with points on his first start.
Kimi RäikkönenF1 career history
Started 349 races across two decades, from Sauber rookie to Sauber veteran, with a Ferrari title in the middle.
- Titles
- 1
- Wins
- 21
- Poles
- 18
- Podiums
- 103
- Starts
- 349
- Teams
- 6
Career Chronology
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6 of 6 team stints shown · 2001 — 2021
1 championship season in this range:2007
Full career totals
2001 — 2021 · 19 seasons- Races
- 352
- Wins
- 21
- Podiums
- 103
- Poles
- 18
- Championships
- 1
Win rate 6.0%Podium rate 29.3%Points 1873Best season 2005 (7 wins, 12 podiums)Titles 2007
Exports the 2001 — 2021 selection only
02
2002 — 2006
McLaren
Nine wins; runner-up in 2003 and 2005.
07
2007 — 2009
Ferrari
World champion in 2007 by one point.
- 2007 title
12
2012 — 2013
Lotus
Wins in Abu Dhabi and Melbourne for Enstone.
14
2014 — 2018
Ferrari
Final win at the United States GP, 2018.
19
2019 — 2021
Alfa Romeo Sauber
Retired holding the record for most starts.
The Long Version
Sauber gave him a superlicence exemption in 2001 after only 23 car races.
McLaren years brought pace and repeated mechanical failures; he lost the 2003 and 2005 titles.
He won the 2007 championship for Ferrari by a single point in his first season with the team.
After two years in rallying he returned with Lotus, went back to Ferrari, and closed his career where he started, at Hinwil.
Where Those Teams Went
BWT Alpine F1 Team6 identities
The Enstone team has raced as Toleman, Benetton, Renault, Lotus, Renault again and now Alpine — winning titles under two of those names.
Trace the Alpine rebrands from 1981 →Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber6 identities
Switzerland's only Formula One constructor, twice sold to a manufacturer and twice bought back — and Audi's works team from 2026.
Trace the Sauber rebrands from 1993 →