Kimi Raikkonen has never been a friend of the media, the veteran Finn accuses them of damaging Formula 1 with too much "bullshit" reporting and gossip stories that impact the sport at the highest level.
In an interview this week, Raikkonen said, "People always complain: Oh F1 is not exciting, it's not this. Or something like: Why are people not interested so much?"
"But to be honest, I think how much bullshit there is in the media, and stories and gossips and stuff – if that wouldn't be that much, I think F1 would be much better."
"People try to create so much nonsense, that it actually starts harming F1. I think if there would be less nonsense and more actual things that are true, and this and that, it would be better for F1 in many ways."
In his book 'The Unknown Kimi Raikkonen' the 2007 Formula 1 World Champion had a stab at how the sport is reported in the modern media era, "I don’t quite see why, with twenty races a year, they’ve got to ask about the previous race every Thursday [mandatory FIA Press conference] and, on Friday, about the free practice."
"They look at the results of Friday’s practice and ask why you were eighth, seventh or sixth when it’s of no importance. They create headlines out of the free practice results, though the pole won’t be decided until Saturday. And the actual race takes place on Sunday," lamented Raikkonen.
Big Question: Does modern F1 media feed oof too much gossip and malicious reporting - like this report for instance?
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