So on Sunday Kimi Raikkonen capped off an incredible comeback season by winning the Abu Dhabi GrandPrix and there are still two race's to go this season. The Iceman, competing in his first season in F1 after year's away from the sport in the WRC has now been on the podium 7 time's this season and has finished every single race this year.
Raikkonen's great form and consistency mean that he has been able consolidate his position in third place in the Driver's championship. With both Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton failing to finish in Abu Dhabi and Kimi taking maximum points from the race he now 31 points ahead of Mark Webber and is 47 points behind Ferrari's Fernando Alonso with 50 points still available with two race's to go.
So if the Iceman could win either of the final two race's this season he could end the year in second place in the Driver's championship. If not however third in the championship is a fantastic achievement in my opinion when you think about Michael Schumacher, who in his comeback season with Mercedes GP in 2010 finished the championship in 9th place with 72 points.
As I mentioned Kimi has also collected a fantastic 7 podium's for team Enstone in one season whereas Michael Schumacher has only claimed one podium in three season's with Mercedes AMG.
His Lotus team are on target to finish the season in 4th place in the Constructors championship which is an improvement on last year. The team finished the 2011 season in 5th place on 73 points and already this year they have three time's as many points as they did this time last year as they currently have 288 points and are only 30 points behind McLaren who are in second but they are currently experiencing reliability problems.
The Lotus or Renault team as they were last year managed to pick up just two podium finishes however so far this season they have picked up nine podium,'s including the win.
It is also great for the fans, the team and the Iceman himself that he has just signed a new deal to remain with the team for next season.
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