AUSTIN, Texas -- Kimi Raikkonen gave exactly the sort of response you would have expected after ending his five-year wait for a Formula One victory.
Raikkonen got the jump on pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton into Turn 1 at Austin and executed two brilliantly-managed stints before holding off Max Verstappen to win. It was his first visit to the top step of the podium since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix -- a gap of 2,044 days -- and he celebrated by saying: "f---ing finally!" over his team radio after taking the chequered flag.
When asked if he was confident he would ever win again for Ferrari before his move to Sauber next year, Raikkonen said: "I don't know.