What if Räikkönen had returned to F1 with Red Bull in 2010?
Kimi spent 2010 in the WRC. If he had returned to Red Bull, would he have won the title with the RB6?
The simulation's verdict
Kimi Räikkönen would have won the 2010 title in 71% of the 200 simulations.
Kimi Räikkönen
Mark Webber
Who finished ahead
Based on 200 simulations of the 2010 season. Numbers can vary each time you play.
Historical context
Räikkönen left F1 in 2009 after his time at Ferrari. In 2010 Red Bull had the RB6, the fastest car of the year. There were rumours that Red Bull had considered signing Kimi. With that car, the "Iceman" could have secured his second world title.
The real 2010 season
The 2010 season was one of the most open and hard-fought of the modern era. Four drivers — Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton — arrived at the Abu Dhabi finale with mathematical title chances, something extraordinary. Alonso, in his first year at Ferrari, had led the championship and was the big favourite, but a disastrous strategy call left him stuck behind Petrov's Renault, unable to pass, while Vettel won the race from pole. The German thus took his first world title at 23, becoming the youngest champion in history and firing the starting gun on the Red Bull and Adrian Newey dynasty that would dominate the years to come.
Real champion: Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull RB6. Abu Dhabi: four drivers with options, Vettel and the RB6 fastest when it mattered most. See the full 2010 season →
The driver
Kimi Räikkönen, "The Iceman", is one of the most beloved characters Formula 1 has produced. Impassive, allergic to the fanfare and disarmingly honest over the radio, that coolness hid a blisteringly quick driver of natural talent who impressed from his arrival at Sauber in 2001, with barely 22 car races behind him. His 2005 season with McLaren is legendary: seven wins and stunning recoveries, but disastrous reliability denied him a title he deserved. Full profile →
How it's simulated
The engine recreates qualifying (Q1, Q2, Q3) and every Grand Prix with the ~20 real drivers of 2010, weighing each car's performance, driver skill, weather, safety cars and tyre wear. Learn how the simulator works →
Season
2010
Mode
One driver, different car
Car
Red Bull Racing
Tags
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