Kimi Raikkonen was really flying around the Principality during the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix, which took place on this day 11 years ago. Having beaten title rival Fernando Alonso to pole position by nearly half a second, the Finn went on to lead from to start to finish to claim a dominant victory and get his season back on track.

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