Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Räikkönen ya zira kwallaye na uku a tserensa na farko tare da McLaren, Gasar Grand Prix ta 2002 ta Ostiraliya. Ko da yake McLaren ya sha wahala da yawa engine gazawar a 2002, Räikkönen scored 24 maki da hudu podiums, da kuma gudanar da kansa da abokin aikinsa David Coulthard. Räikkönen ya kusa lashe Grand Prix na farko a Faransa
amma ya fita daga hanya a Adelaide hairpin tare da wasu 'yan laps don zuwa, saboda man fetur daga injin da aka busa na Allan McNish Toyota a kan hanya. Ya gama tseren a matsayi na biyu. Ya gama kakar wasa a matsayi na shida, wuri daya a bayan abokin aikinsa. Tare sun cimma matsayi na uku na McLaren a gasar zakarun Turai.