F1: Top 5 races of Kimi Raikkonen

Finland's Kimi Raikkonen drives his McLa
Raikkonen came back from the back of the field to win the race at Suzuka

#3 Belgian Grand Prix, 2009

Ferrari's Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen made two bold moves in the race to win it

In a lame and otherwise unexciting season, Raikkonen returned to winning ways by registering a sterling victory, his only win of 2009 on a track where he's often celebrated as the "King of Spa".

The Belgian Grand Prix would always be remembered for Raikkonen mustering two bold moves, one on Hamilton and the other on Fisichella of Force India, but the fanciest one incredibly on the McLaren- Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton in the second half of the race to enter the top five position of the Grand Prix.

In those days where there was no turbo-powered mechanism and where the Kinetic Energy Recovery System dominated charts, Kimi's use of the KERS over Fisichella during the closing stages around Eu Rouge made the sparkling highlight of the race.

Seemingly unmoved by the ace he'd pulled, Kimi, the happy go lucky lad would be seen content on the top step of the podium, gulping away the champagne and its rewarding taste.

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