F1: Predicting the Top 5 teammate rivalries of 2019

#4 Kimi Raikkonen vs Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo)

The Iceman was done and dusted, they said. And it wasn’t too surprising why he was being picked. For if you do not secure a win in over five years in Grand Prix Racing- what good are you anyway?

So when Kimi Raikkonen found a way to snub his critics albeit sans words, first by putting relentless speed at work at Monza and later, by winning the US GP tackling none other than Lewis Hamilton, those who’d questioned the “laconic” Finn found their mouths shut.

That said, now as life’s come full circle for the Kimster, with the oldest man (also the fastest in the sport’s history- 1:19:119 at Monza) getting behind the wheel of a car that birthed him in the sport, it can be expected that the 2007 World champion will go for the ‘kill!’

Having said that, will the C38 give Raikkonen some flying lap times and can a Kimi, who’s not growing any younger, easily beat Antonio Giovinazzi, interestingly someone who looks up to the Finn- we don’t know yet.

For starters, Raikkonen will easily hold the upper hand in the battle for track ascendency and maybe put the car on a podium- if at all- there’s so much power in that Ferrari engine.