F1 RACING AUGUST 2019 67new direction? Could management be on the cards one day? He’s had part-
ownership in the junior single-seater racing team Double R Racing (named
after himself and former managers Steve and David Robertson) and competed
in the World Rally Championship under the Ice1 Racing outfit.
Kimi interrupts: “No, it wasn’t like that in my rally days. People thought
that I had my own cars and team. Absolutely wrong. I hired the cars and it was
under my name, but only for me to fly in there. And Double R, ‘Boyo’ [Anthony
Hieatt] runs it and is still doing it. I never had the time.
“The only thing I have is my motocross team and that’s enough for me [Ice1
Racing fields three riders in the FIM Motocross World Championship]. After
F1, when I stop it’s enough. Enough. If my son starts racing... well... then I will
help as much as I can, but for me, I’ll stay in motocross, it’s more relaxed.”
If his progeny do speed up and don’t fall off two wheels, then you can easily
picture Kimi as their motocross bike mechanic in the years to come, tinkering
at the suspension, tweaking the set-up here and there, getting his hands dirty
- doing exactlywhat he wants to do...