Raikkonen wins the United States Grand Prix

“It’s not a big deal for me, it’s a much bigger deal for a lot of the people. If it comes, it comes; if it doesn’t, it really doesn’t change my life one bit. I’m happy we are here and that we win but I think the biggest difference is the way people look at you. If you look at people in a different way if they win or not, it doesn’t make a lot of difference in my mind. But obviously I’m happy, just proving some people wrong it’s enough fun for me,” said Kimi Raikkonen on winning again after a long gap.

Statistics from Formula1.com

• Before Raikkonen won, the record for the longest gap between Grand Prix wins had stood at 99 races and was held by Riccardo Patrese (1983 to 1990)
• Raikkonen also broke the record for the biggest gap between first and last career wins. It’s 15 years and 212 days since the Iceman’s maiden win in Malaysia in 2003. Michael Schumacher had previously held the record, having gone 14 years between first and last wins.
• Ferrari’s victory – which gave Raikkonen his 50th podium for the Scuderia – is their first in the USA since 2006, and ends Mercedes win streak in Austin. The Silver Arrows had won every race at Circuit of The Americas since 2014.
• Verstappen finished on the podium for the second time when starting outside the top 10. He went from P16 to P3 at China in 2017, but his journey from P18 to P2 was the lowest anyone had risen in a US Grand Prix since Teo Fabi went from 23rd to 3rd in Detroit in 1984.
• With sixth and seventh, Renault scored 14 points – their biggest single race haul of the season
• Magnussen gave Haas their best-ever finish in their home Grand Prix, with ninth
• Hartley finished 11th for the third time this season, but remains stuck on two points finishes

Here are the driver standings