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Who can beat Kimi?

September 2005


The TAG Heuer ambassador Kimi Räikkönen from the Mercedes McLaren team launched an unusual challenge at the TAG Heuer event at the Rümlang kart circuit in Switzerland, earlier this month.


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Kimi and the ambassador of TAG Heuer S.Buemi, Leader of the Formule ADAC BMW.

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Kimi on track

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In front of 200 spectators, the Finn gave his utmost to complete a circuit in an electric racing kart in just 23.278 seconds. Ever ready to surprise us, Kimi also managed to complete a lap in 28.679 seconds in a simple rental kart.
Around 50 winners of the TAG Heuer competition raced against the champion, 2nd in the F1 World Championship ranking. After detailed instructions from the TAG Heuer ambassador Sébastien Buemi (17), one of the most promising young hopefuls of Swiss motor racing, Kimi’s challengers were all ready to take on the mighty Finn!


Source : TAG HEUER

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