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Kimi and the kids fly off for the summer break

The Formula 1 summer shutdown has officially started, which means that all the drivers and team personnel get to go on holiday and leave all their worries about the 2018 world championship behind them for a fortnight.

The ever-chilled Kimi Raikkonen certainly doesn't need telling twice, and he was soon flying off to spend some quality time with his son Robin (who was the star of the podium in Hungary), his daughter Rianna and wife Minttu.

The kids seem quite nonplussed about having a private jet all to themselves and are happy just to get a quick nap. Kimi on the other hand is keeping one eye on them and the other on his tablet - just like any other regular parent on a long flight, in other words.

We wish the Raikkonen family have a very happy time away. No doubt we'll be catching up with the holiday antics of the rest of the Formula 1 paddock over the next couple of weeks.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.