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Kimi gives it the hard sell

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen might be on holiday at the moment with his family after jetting off at the weekend, but he's left a little something to remember him by.

Here's a promotional picture on his Instragram to encourage us to pre-order his new biography. Entitled The Unknown Kimi Raikkonen, the authorised intimate portrait of the Finn is written by Kari Hotakainen who apparently succeeds in going where few writers and journalists have gone before.

Hotakainen gets the 38-year-old to reveal the side of the man that few beyond his close family and friends have ever seen. He was granted exclusive access to Kimi's world and to his way of thinking.

We're promised never-previously-seen photographs and accounts which take us into the heart of Grands Prix action around the world, including a detailed look at how Ferrari devises its winning race strategies.

The book is being published in the UK by Simon & Schuster in October 2018, in hardcover and in eBook format. Don't be worries by the cover seen here, it's being published in English as well as Finnish. And despite the inevitable quips from fans on social media, we can confirm that not every single chapter starts with: "Bwoah...."!

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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.