F1: Top 5 races of Kimi Raikkonen

#2 Brazilian Grand Prix, 2009

Even though Kimi didn't win the race, it is remembered one of his best drives

Ferrari's 2009 car wasn't a patch on the title-winning 2007 machinery that earned the Finn driver his only world championship.

But knowing Raikkonen's ability to push himself, he decided to persist with a recalcitrant machine a few races down the reason.

And thus came upon an epic contest in the form of the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix, a race that shall forever mark the phlegmatic character of the Finn.

In fact, few wins personify the fighting character and grit of the Iceman as well as the Brazilian Grand Prix of 2009.

This would forever be remembered as a race where despite Raikkonen not winning the Grand Prix, forget even challenging others for any step on the podium was able to drive home his car to some valuable points courtesy a P6.

But none of that would have ever been possible had it not been for Kimi's icy resolve to continue driving undeterred, despite suffering arguably the most botched-up pit stop of his career, when during the halfway stage at the famous Interlagos, Raikkonen's race was nearly compromised.

Kimi followed Kovalainen into the pits with Raikkonen's compatriot in a McLaren suffering an unsafe release with the fuel hose still attached to the back of the car.

While he took it away, pulling away from the pits, Kimi's Ferrari, almost on the tail of McLaren, endured a sudden spray of fuel, as Raikkonen's exhaust ignited the spilt fuel into a fireball, causing a tizzy and a clear upheaval into the pits.

As a result of this "near-fatal" mishap, Kimi's front of the car suffered a slight fire and it could have well proven to be dangerous. But, instead of stopping, Raikkonen continued to drive and collected a P6 by the end of the checkered flag.