Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A, McLaren mirgina fitar da sabon MP4-19B. Räikkönen ya gama na bakwai a bayan abokin aikinsa, David Coulthard. A Silverstone
, Räikkönen ya ɗauki matsayi na farko kuma ya ci gaba da zama na biyu a bayan Michael Schumacher. Bayan wannan nuni mai ban sha'awa, McLarens sun cancanci a jere na biyu na grid a Jamus. Dukkanin motocin biyu sun fara da kyau, duk da haka Räikkönen ya rasa fuka-fuki na baya a zagaye na 13 na tseren yayin bin jagoran tseren Michael Schumacher. Ya sake yin ritaya daga bayan farawa daga matsayi na 10 a kan grid, kuma a zagaye na 13. A, Räikkönen ya cancanci 10th, amma ya jagoranci a zagaye na 11 kuma ya riƙe shi don ɗaukar nasarar McLaren kawai a wannan kakar. Ya kuma dauki mafi sauri lap. A karshen mako na gaba a Monza, Räikkönen ya sake yin ritaya a zagaye na 13, wannan lokacin saboda matsalolin lantarki. A tseren na gaba a China, ya gama na uku, kawai 1.4 seconds a baya ga wanda ya lashe tseren Rubens Barrichello.