Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutanga kwemwaka kwaRäikkönen kwakanga kusina kukwana. Motokari yacho yakanzi yakanga yakanyorova pamatai ayo eMichelin, zvichiguma nokuti yakanga isiri kugadzira kupisa kwakakwana kunyoresa nguva dzokukwikwidzana. Nzvimbo yakanakisisa yekukodzera iyo mutyairi weMcLaren aigona kubata mumakwikwi matatu okutanga yaiva yechitanhatu. Räikkönen akawedzera izvi nekumira pagiredhi remakwikwi ekutanga emwaka, iyo, uye kupedzisa mujaho uine poindi chete. Akanga achitarisira kuwana nzvimbo yepamusorosoro muMalaysia kusvikira vharuvhu revhiri rakakanganisika rikaita kuti abude mumakwikwi acho.
Bahrain yakamuona achiwana nzvimbo yake yekutanga yepamutambo wemwaka nechinzvimbo chechitatu shure kweRenault's Alonso uye Toyota yaJarno Trulli.