Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren. A partnership that, on its day, could beat just about anyone and everything. Problem was, those days were few and far between, and the saga of Raikkonen and McLaren was one filled with smoky engines, fragile machinery and more bad luck than a man smashing a mirror with a black cat whilst walking under a ladder. What should’ve been an era etched in McLaren history alongside the likes of Prost, Senna and Hakkinen, was instead a tale of regrets and ‘whatifs’.

Today we’re picked through each and every one of Kimi’s years with McLaren, discussing what went wrong, why it went wrong, and just what, with a fairer twist of fate, could’ve been.

Plus references to Ted Lasso, Roll for Sandwich and tying an onion to your belt, all of which make sense if you’ll suspend your disbelief for just a moment.

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
3:13 (2002) Early Omens
8:09 (2003) Missing Championship No.1
16:23 (2004) The Opposite of Bouncing Back
22:19 (2005) Missing Championship No.2
31:08 (2006) Same Story, Different Year
37:00 Remaining Years
39:28 Analysis