Kimi Räikkönen's dad Matti Räikkönen, 56, died suddenly on Wednesday.
The sad news hit the whole big Räikkönen-family who were preparing to spend Christmas.
Kimi Räikkönen has spent a longer time in Finland already.
The family who is crushed by grief doesn't want to comment it in any way.
Riku Kuvaja believes and hopes and the media will respect the relatives' sorrow and pain.
- We got the sad news yesterday, Kuvaja tells Ilta-Sanomat.
- A thing like this especially during Christmas is an extremely tough thing especially for the relatives.

- Matti was Kimi's biggest supporter right from the beginning. Without Matti there would be no Kimi. Not many fathers have helped their son as much as Matti has, Mika Salo says.
Salo sends his condolences to Räikkönen's family.
- Matti left too early, Salo says.

Matti Kyllönen sends his condolences to Kimi Räikkönen
Matti Kyllönen was shocked after hearing what happened to Matti Räikkönen.
- A completely shocking news. My deepest condolences to the relatives, Matti Kyllänen said.
He knows that the loss was huge for Kimi Räikkönen.
- They had a particularly warm and close relationship. Father and son were really much in touch with each other.
Kyllönen also thinks with warmth about his own father who passed away a year ago.
- He comes to my mind especially during Christmas. I can only imagine what Kimi is thinking now.

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Kimi's dad was the center of the gang
Kikka Kuosmanen who worked as Kimi Räikkönen's publicist for a long time was surprised just like the others when hearing that Matti Räikkönen had suddenly passed away. Kuosmanen has been a close friend to Räikkönen's family for almost 20 years.
- This is a huge sorrow now that it's Christmas. This was a sudden and suprising matter. My condolences to the family, Kikka Kuosmanen said.
- If anyone Matti was a friendly and outgoing person. He was always the center of the gang. It's hard to describe him more at this point because I just heard about his death, Kuosmanen said.

Kimi's late father Matti gave all he got on the behalf of his sons
Thursday, 23.12.2010 at 13.23
Kimi Räikkönen's dad Matti Räikkönen didn't spare himself in supporting his sons's hobby.
The aim of the family was not professional however, it all started as a hobby and progressed on the conditions of Rami and Kimi. The same spirit was also maintained throughout Kimi's whole magnificent career.
- I watched sometimes the dads in karting who were trying to live their dreams through their children. It was sad to see how the dads sweared and shouted at children who failed criticizing them for mistakes. It felt bad that the whole thing lacked fun and good spirit, Matti told Iltalehti in 2008.
- The boys' hobby started by driving in the yard until it resembled a field of potatoes. After that we switched to micro cars.
In the same interview Matti told that that the races in the beginning were far from glamorous.
- Us dads took our sons to karting from for example Stockholm to Lake Garda in Italy. We travelled 2 500 kilometers in a big hurry. We only stopped to go to the toilet. In the beginning we had our own lunches because the food was expensive in gas stations and it took too much time. Drivers took turns.
Kim's extraordinary talents in motorsport became clear early on.
- Kimi would win even if he would drive a scooter, his father summed up during his second national rally in 2009.
At that time he said he had already withdrawn aside from Kimi's career. He told that he concentrates more on the "maintenance guy's jobs".
- For the last few years I've only been in Monaco and Spa. In the past more often. I have so much to do in the garden, he laughed at the time.
Matti Räikkönen was often asked how he deals with the fear that his son's dangerous profession including tough risks causes.
- I don't feel fear but of course I follow every race nervously. Anything can happen. Kimi's car has had problems for five years so I have had to get used to failures, he told.
The father often had to respond to questions about his son's cutting-edge persona.
- I think it is right to stick to authenticity. I think the same way myself: if I'm not good enough as I am then I don't have to be good enough at all, his dad summed up.

R.I.P.

骗人.. 啊啊啊啊。

咳~

R I P

RIP…莱爸……走好……

一路走好

我。。在线翻译去。。。

好2的翻译。。看了半天还不如看英文。。。