In the spotlight: Kimi Raikkonen

After taking a break out of Formula 1 to race in the WRC, the 'Iceman' is back, and back with a vengeance. Kimi Raikkonen has joined Lotus Renault and has already made his mark on the championship, so far this season. Raikkonen has five podiums to his name in this first half of the season and is sitting comfortably in fifth position in the drivers championship. With nine races to go, don't rule out the 'Iceman'.

After a three year break from the sport, Australia saw Kimi Raikkonen take to the stage again. Only managing to qualify in 17th place, he had it all to do on race day. Raikkonen climbed ten places to finish 7th in his first race back.
Malaysia and China were up next, where Kimi Raikkonen finished 5th to bag 10 points, but failed to make the points in China. After qualifying up in fourth place, Raikkonen dropped down the pack to finish in 14th after a tyre strategy that didn't pay off.

Bahrain and Spain were strong results for Raikkonen and finished both races on the podium. In Bahrain  a battle for the win with Sebastian Vettel was making a very exciting race. The battle went right to the end, where he just missed out on the top step of the podium and finished in 2nd. Spain was another high place finish where Kimi Raikkonen clinched 3rd position.

Monaco and Canada were respected points finishes for the 'Iceman'. Finishing in 9th and 8th position, every little helps in order to stay a float in this championship.

At the European Grand Prix at Valencia, Kimi Raikkonen, after qualifying in 5th worked his way up the pack and finished on the podium, in 2nd place behind race winner Fernando Alonso.
The British Grand Prix was another respected points finish for the Finn, grabbing 5th place and 10 points for his championship challenge.

Then came back to back podiums, with a 3rd place in Germany after qualifying down in 10th and to round off the first half of the season, a 2nd place finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Kimi Raikkonen has had a promising start of the season and with the final countdown beginning next week in Spa. What can happen in these final stages?

Known as the 'King of Spa' can we see Kimi Raikkonen win his crown back and conquer this championship?