Hi, welcome back to 30 Days of Beyond the Grid with me, Tom Clarkson.

We're into the final third, it's day 21.

And today it's a 21 time race winner who retired in 2021.

Kimmy Reikkonen.

And if you only started following Formula One after he left the sport, you've got to go

back and learn all about Kimmy.

He's a modern day great.

A world champion with Ferrari, a brilliant driver for Salber McClaran Lotus and Alfa Romeo.

He didn't care what anyone thought of him, he always spoke his mind.

And he did whatever he wanted to do.

Kimmy didn't do many index interviews, but he came on beyond the grid before his final

race.

And we look back to the very first time he drove a Formula One car at a test in 2000.

I remember, it was the first day.

I think the hardest was, it's not the speed because I don't think the speed, okay, on

beginning it feels fast like the out of the corners, but you get used to it somewhat quickly

to it.

I think the speed, what things happened was out on the first day because everything kind

of jumped on your face and things happened a bit too fast.

And the braking was different physically, it was a lot harder.

Hey, Mugello is not easy.

Yeah, track.

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