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Don't touch Kimi is a lesson marshals learn

Kimi Raikkonen is a man who doesn't appreciate being touched, even if it is by marshals just wanting to lend a helping hand. Formula 1's favourite Finn is a man of few words and apparently he is also a man of few touches. While many have wondered for years whether Raikkonen with his one word answers, and even occasional grunts, likes people, one thing has now been cleared up: He doesn't like people touching him. Unfortunately for Formula 1's marshals, they have at times been on the receiving end of his ire for doing just that, even if it is their job. Writing ‘The Real Kimi Raikkonen – a Finnish perspective of the Iceman' for the official F1 website, Finnish journalist Heikki Kulta...
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