Kimi Raikkonen’s old F1 number is being brought out of retirement
Kimi Raikkonen’s old F1 n🐽umber will be back in 2025
Kimi Raikkonen's former race number will be brought back to Formula ♔1 next year.
Jack Doohan has revealed he will use Raikkonen’s trademark number when he makes his F1 debut in 2025.
The Australian will drive for Alpine next seaඣson, having replaced Esteban Ocon to become Pierre Gasly’s new teammate♈, and will run the #7 for his rookie campaign.
It is the number previously u📖sed by Raikkonen between 20ꦏ14 and 2021. Under F1’s rules, the 2007 world champion’s number is now available for others to compete with.
Doohan, who raced with the #7 in the Euroformula Open Championship in 2019, originally wanted to use the #12 for 2025.
However, th▨is number has been taken by Mercedes prodigy Andrea Kimi Antonelꦦli.
“So t🅷hat's it. Number seven will be my ra꧒ce number for 2025. Super psyched,” Doohan said in a video shared by Alpine.
, also drove with that number.“I'm really looking forward to continuing it on and making it my own. Aꦑnd yeah, getting so💦me luck from number seven.”
Antonelli, who will repla൲ce seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, revealed at the Italian Grand Prix that he♉ had chosen #12 as his permanent F1 number.
“I will take 12,” he said. "I have many numbers that I like. But 12 is a special one, also because of an ඣidol. I've beenꦦ using it since F4. It always went well with 12. So, no reason to change it for next year."
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