How Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso Are ‘Surprisingly’ Similar - Grosjean

Romain Grosjean, a former teammate of 'relaxed' Kimi Raikkonen and 'determined' Fernando Alonso, has revealed that both drivers are ‘surprisingly’ similar.

Allnews reports that on a recent Instagram Live with Will Buxton, Grosjean was asked which of his teammate he admires most – the Frenchman having raced with Alonso at Renault in 2009 Raikkonen at Lotus in 2012 and 2013.

“Well that’s a tough one for me,” he replied.

“I started in Formula 1 next to Alonso, then I came back next to Raikkonen, and I’ve had Kevin [Magnussen] now so yeah, really, really tough one.

“I learned a lot from Fernando and Kimi, in kind of the same way, surprisingly.”

With 53 race wins, three championships and 200 podium finishes between them, both are obviously winners, but Grosjean says their approach to a Grands Prix weekend was also very similar.

“A lot of people think they’re very different, but the way they started FP1 was looking at Sunday at 3.10 pm – that’s all that mattered,” he said.

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“They didn’t care if they were fast or slow in free practice, they were just setting up to get ready for the race and when you are a youngster you want to be fast in every session – then you learn about it and you think: ‘OK this is the conditions we’re having [now], but on Sunday, they’ll be a little bit different, so let’s change it and work around that’,” explained Grosjean.